The Oskaloosa herald., 1885-07-09
THE UNION PACIFIC.

II
The following kindly spoken words
from the pen of Father Clarkson of the
Register will receive a warm second
from every member of the Iowa Press
| Association:
Editors can honestly be in favor of
the stTictest regulation of railroads by
the agents of the people, OF of allow
ing them the largest liberty to regulate
each other by competition. But no ed
itor who participated i'm the late excur-
sion to Oregon can refuse TO yield ac-
acknowledgements for the kindness, ex-
pense and care extended TO them by
the Union Pacific Railroad. It is a
great road, having under its charge
vast interests, and yet, If the editors in
their excitement and enjoyments, took
time to carefully observe the perfec-
tion of its management-its punctual-
/ ity, without buster or unnecessary
strictness, they must accord to its adj
mirable corps of officers and managers
their complete fitness for their respec-
| tive positions. Any one travelling on
their roads soon feels himself at ease,
and banishes the thought of danger or
accident. This grows out of the fact
that they have the right men in the
right PLACES, who understand the busi-
ness and who know that the safety
and comfort of their passengers, as
well as their own positions, depend
upon their faithful performance of
their duties. 1t is grand road, mag
nificently officered, who feel the full
responsibility of their positions, first
in saving to the stockholders the vast
in tho PIInf1nn nFh
equipment of the road; secondly, in
doing faithful service to the public, as
one of the largest benefciaries of the
government; and thirdly, in protect
ing the lives and property entrusted
In their care.
I'm going and returning, the Iowa
Press Association travelled on the Un~
ion Pacific Road about 1916 miles.
With all the restlessness of sightsee-
ing and pleasure seeking crowd of over
two hundred, with such care and Wig
lance was the affair managed that not
the least accident happened nor the
least dissatisfaction was felt While
all wishes were gratified, and all rea-
sOnable time given for stoppages at in
teresting points. and all Emergencies
granted, yet pnnctuality TO the time
table prepared before sterling on the
trip was strictly complied with in ev-
cry particular.
The railroad itself is in superb con-
dition. Even the Oregon Short Line,
which is owned and operated by the
Union Pacific, and which is a new road,
only opened foI traffic last fall, has a
solid and even road bed, which the
cars glide over as smoothly as Oh the
oldest trunk lines i'm the Eastern States
From Granger, in Wyoming, to Hunt
ingtOn, in Oregon, IL is q marvel OF per-
fection in engineering skill and in con-
struction. 1t may be considered by
some as reckless and hazardous for the
Union Pacific To construct this impor-
tant branch at the time and under the
circumstances that it did. 1t was a
large job to construct this long line
through the dreary waste without any
land grant or other outside aid, but the
public and the interests Of the country
demanded it TO develop large section
OF country rich in ores and grasses,
inaccessible without this improvement
Its construction lays the nation under
deeper obligations to the Union Pacific
For years il will hardly pay running
expenses, but as il was built TO exist
as long as the snow capped mountains
along its track stand as sentinels, or as
the brooks which pour from their sides
run to the ocean, the wisdom of its
construction will be demonstrated by
their increasing years. There should
be no grumbling among its stOckhold-
ers on account of the construction of
this branch. 1t will eventually be al
good investment and add largely to the
revenues of the main line.
No matter what may, in the future,
be the political question involving the
regulation or management of railroads,
the editors of Iowa can have nothing
but the dest recoIlections Of the
care and 1ent they received from
the Union ic Railroad"