Show 1 iI i 1 LIITT 1 I 4 I t C 1 I 1 I A J J f J f t J I I I I I- I 0 I 1 I II r 4 recently the literature iss issued ed in behalf of the Southern Pacific's s retention t pt of the Cent Central al U UNTIL Pacific in violation of the decision of the Supreme Court of the theU U United S States States at was wa silent as asto asto asto to the Western Pacific Maps issued in support of A Plain Statement t t ment of F Facts C show ow only the Union and Central Pacific railroads Within the I last t. t Jew few weeks the Southern Pacific has admitted the existence of the Western Pacific but bu has s represented that t the W Western stern Pa Pacific fi is j too weak to be regarded seriously as a competitor of the Central t 1 Pacific Such representations are misleading J a T What the Southern Pacific Would Like I II I to Have the Public Believe I 6 G Finally it must be apparent that the domination of this state and section by one transportation a agency ency no matter how well intentioned intentioned intentioned that agency may be be is a dangerous thing and menaces growth by minimizing or completely removing that competition of markets which is essential to development Provo Chamber of Commerce resolution resolution reso reso- lution September 29 1922 1022 t The disruption of the existing system of the Southern Pacific Company would afford opportunity for another system to develop a pol position position po po- l of monopolistic and predominating strength State of Utah's petition of intervention to Interstate Commerce Commissions Commission O October tober 28 1922 A strong effective transportation agency would be irreparably ruined in order to create a transportation monopoly for Western America America Amer Amer- ica Will AVill this section permit the utter domination of one railroad system eys- eys tern tem Southern Pacific's Bulletin October 2 1922 A plain statement statement statement state state- ment of facts with 3 maps and 9 exhibits To To prevent the domination of this state and the intermountain section see sec tion by single any transportation a agency encY Five Reasons Why Why Why-in in inthe the Central Centra Pacific Controversy issued by Salt Lake City Chamber of Commerce and Commercial Club November 8 1922 What the Facts Really Are The real fact is that the Western Vestern Pacific is a standard railroad which does docs now and always will give the Central Pacific formidable competition no matter who who owns the Central P Pacific During the World War the Western Pacific and Central Pacific were operated as a double track railroad each Une carrying its share of the traffic o Western Vestern Pacific fast freight trains between the Pacific Coast an and l lUtah Utah are scheduled four hours quicker in each direction than the Central Gentral Cen Gen Pacific The Scenic Scenio Limited of the W Western Pacific providing through h service service service ice between St. St Louis and Chicago and San Francisco is faster mile formilo for formilo milo mile than the Overland Limited on the tho Central Pacific The Western Pacific has morn mOll than one ono thousand housand miles of railroad I Its s facilities compare favorably with other lines of similar mileage The Western Pacific now has an order in for 2000 now new refrigerator cars The Western Pacific built coal cars in 1917 and more in 19 1920 0 These were uEe used in coal conI and beet heet service in Idaho and Utah both bothon bothon bothon on and off Western V stern Pacific rails According to the Railway Age AKe the Western estern tV Pacific is makin making inQuiry in inquiry in- in quirt for ton seventy-ton gondolas equal to 1100 fifty ton cars and O ton fifty ton stock cars cars i j At n no point on the Western Vestern Pacific's entire line is the grade ade more than 1 per cent cent- It has the best grade Wade of any line in western estern United r States States' Western Pacific's Competitive Activities s s According to Western Vestern Pacific 0 officials the Western Pa Pacific ex fiO-ex- fiO ex copt at times when all roads were issuing embargoes has embargoes has never der dor de- de r f. dined elined a shipment of frei freight ht The Western Vestern Pacific has on various occasions occasions occasions oc oc- detoured train loads of fruit for the Santa Fe on account of washouts washout and other interruptions to traffic on that line The Western Vestern Pacific has assisted in building up the livestock industry industry indus indus- try in Nevada fully 98 per cent of which is with the Central Cen Cen- tr l Pacific and has has' equipped a liberal supply of stock cars with double decks for both sheep and lamb movement The Western Vestern Pacific Pacific Paci Paci- fic makes as good time on stock to eastern markets as the Central Paci Paci- fi fic o The Western Vestern Pacific reduced reduce the rate on copper bullion from Garfield Garo Gayfield Gar Gar- field to San Francisco which permitted it to move through the Panama Canal The Central Pa Pacific never met this rate Utah business men have hav been led to believe that this reduced rate was put in by the Southern South Sooth ern em Pacific which is not the case The he Western Pacific also initiated reduced rates on ore from California and Nevada to Utah Smelters The Western Pacific on its own initiative reduced coal rates to the Pacific Coast in an effort to develop a market for thousands thousands' of f tons tens of Utah coal in competition with coal oal from Australia Manchuria and En Eng Eng- land From January 1st to October 1922 a period of only ten months the Union Pacific received lr irons nt the Western Pacific at Salt Lake Laka loaded freight cars and delivered d to the Western Vestern Pacific 2649 loads a total interchange or of ot cars These figures do not include the vary substantial business which the Western Pacific interchanges with the D D- R R. R G. G W. W at Salt Lake City The Denver Rio Grande Western Vestern also has been omitted from the Southern Pacific's Plain Statement of Facts Every summer the Western Vestern Pacific brings brinAs in to Salt Lake City each day 14 or 15 well filled p passenger er cars Th The Scenic Limited between St. St Louis and Chica Chicago o and San Francisco has observation and dining car service all the II At At least way fifty per cent of our passengers stop off at Salt Lake City says a passenger official of the Western Pacific The foregoing proves conclusively that the Western Vestern Pacific is an nn important competitive element in Utah's transportation structure No matter who ho owns owns tho the Central Pacific the tho Western Pacific competition will continuo continue and increase Why should the Southern SO Pacific ignore such competition and service unless it be e that to admit the Western Pacific's existence would spoil the picture e of domination r of this state and section by one railroad I furnish additional Information from time i We shall time to time o i I I Union Pacific System SALT LAKE CITY In II I A n 1 I 1 a f a r s. s s is |