Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-02-25
oylYefTE raE ROAD 4 cHiNCE.
IN. President ofthe Uaion Pacific STATE" "'
WISHES Of Hs Managers.

nNfY EfVE TdE ROAD A CHfNCE.
IN, President ofthe Uaisn Pacific states th'
Wishes Of Its Managers.
Washington dispatch: The senate
snecial Pacific railroad committee held
a preliminary meeting this morning ana
voted to enter first upon an investisa-
tion OF the Union Pacific matters IL
decided 10 begin its hearings February
o. and 10 invite the Pacific railroad com
missioners and General johnson, com
missioner Of railroads, to appear ON that
day. Ii will bring the commission bills
before the senate Monday in order TO
have them printed for the use OF the
committee.
Mr.. Charles Francis Adams, president
of the Union Pacific, was before the
committee for short time, by invita-
ton, ana stated the wishes Of the PEG.
Me he represents, that the questions ia.
yolying their interests should be treated
IN business like way and brought 10 .
final settlement.
He said he did not come 10 make any
extended remarks, for tine reason thar
IL had made statement 10 the commit.
tee two wears ago, which iii its essential
features he had seen no reason ~ revise.
Meanwhile the business had become
two years older and was "A matter OF
which not only the country, hut con-
gress and the press had become some
what weary.
1T i al old story, gone over al
nausum, said Mr. Adams. He did not
intend h 20 over il again bat would
simply refer the committee 10 the vol
unlinous record which exists, and which
has been increased ty the six or seven
volumes II the report VI the lnyeatigat-
ins commission.
eff Won will give MS q chance, said
Mr.. Adams, "We are willing and able 70
nav tue government, and X ouiy remains
10 see that the load Is - adjusted that
We can raw IT, 4 railroad Is d good deal
like horse III You adjust the hnrdcn
he will carry considerable loa.l, hgt il
you tie it around his legs and 90 ilis
head AMI neck hg cannot run . rtcc. ot
il he does he cannot win.
He said that he had gone with ctre
over the bills pFrparrd by tll@ cDmmis
sion and Mr. Cultivate, and hAi pro
pared statement showing hos they
would have worked Il enforced, during
the tlgr years IT bis presidency II the
Union Iacitic. II Wu8 also aAsumesl
that the requirements ~ ths Cultivate
till had replaced tltsse imposed by the
Thurman act. Hni Il ftha Cultivate
bill been enforced. the company would
have been able ~ NEST ali IT, liked
charges, Including It's payments 81 tie
government aud IL would have had a
surplus over and above applicable o.
other purposes. amounting t0 sd 600
600, or q psr cent on the capital stock
lie did not think tltht il would - wise
h. pass any u the hills without spmu n
strictinus. II they were riassetl, liz
would try % shOw what r0licy The rom
rany would pursue He wished the
committee 20 consider the sIU.khollrrs
Of the Union Pacific They wrFn ! ,DD4
In number. Shortly thry would hOlI
their annual meeting, aud IL would hst
for them ~ say whether eu act IytssEti
by congress would Ia acraptrd ~
Thorn, This constant agitation *
the subject this constant questioning
by the papers and congress. a. N
whether the company MAS honest, Is d
whether IL could ard would ray haI
such au injurious effect Itr0u III traffic
that IL made the life ~ a railroad preai
don't like that depicted in comic uytara,
The London Policeman mot a hapfv
one After Ill this injurious nettati6r
and lev challenging ~ Ia honesty and
integrity 81 purIpass, be- WIS free a. a.1y
TINT II o bill was rAaa.d ~ congress
hased up0H the general lime ~ lhr
Cultivate, or commission It'll. with such
notifications ~ hN sAGuld hupt To- sr,,.
nud the burden waahuy hrrr within t}lr
COMPANIES strength 10 carry, be would
ID all that be- rUald in thr form II
recommending 30 induce the atcrt hnIrI
ers 10 accept H. and ba believed they
Wuntd
Mr. Vail remarked that Il waa claimed
the company had diverted earnings that
should haze been paid tn Tho govern.
iment for the purpose of building branch
lines
Mr. Grain remarked that Mr.. Hunt.
in2ton had asked Tor thirty DAYS time
N which 20 prepare his proposition, and
he inquired how much time tile witness
wanted for That purpose Nfr. Adam4 ne.
Piled that hC would submit Il within
~ hours His company waa ready and
had been ready iur four years.