, 1890-11-08
NO MORE CHANGES.
Government Director SpauIding on
the Union Pacific.
Decapitation Stopped---New Equip
ment---0uthWaite Bill.
Feeders Profitable and They Should
be Developed.

Government Director Spaulding of the
Union Pacific has been interviewed at
Salt Lake and expresses the belief that
President Adams policy is an honest
one, a improvement over some previous
administrations, and that his errors were
of the head rather than the heart. The
executive heads of the road had made a
mistake in the past by SO often changing
the personnel Of the executive and divis-
ion stats. This demoralized the subaltern
officials and employees SO that they lost
the interest that good dicipline required
they should take in the road. In speak
ing Of this to a prominent business man
the latter had stated that when recently
travelling over the road he had heard the
brakemen and operatives generally speak
of the road. not as our road but as
"the Union Pacific road" as though the
idea Of really identifying themselves with
the company Tor which they were working
had not occurred to them. They felt like
transients, not knowing when the guillo-
tine would fall and chop their official
heads of. Mr.. S~paulding thought there
was much in this and was glad that the
decapitation business had stopped.
The decentralization incident to this lack
of official tenure had been augmented by
the attempt to keep up with the demands
of the increasing great Northwest with
the then motive power and rolling stock
equipment on hand. President Adams
had i~oreseen a steady increase IN business
both present N prospective, and had
placed large orders with the largest manu-
~farturers. But, bless you, what could he
do when these manufacturers failed to
keep their contracts, as business devel-
oped with unprecedented rapidly all
over the country, and orders came in like
rain? The officers OF the road put their
shoulders to the wheel and said: Wen
do the best we cam" and they did, not
withstanding the frequent changes, the
breaking down of engines from overload
ing, etc. The track could not be properly
kept up because material could not be Sc
cured with necessary promptness; acci-
dents and smash-ups began to pile up,
and the operatives grew more and more
demoralized.
However, the new equipment was now
coming in, 1855 engines and $500 cars
were being steadily delivered, the opera
tons of the road were being curtailed to
within the margin of safety and profit,
and the outlook was indeed encouraging.
Mr.. Spaulding had the greatest hopes In
the future of the Union Pacific, which be
considered the greatest artery of trade yet
built across the continent. He held that
at the earliest opportunity the road should
be double tracked all the way between
Omaha and Salt Lake. This would SO in
crease the facilities for doing business that
the Union Pacific would be tho ~favorite
transcontinental road. Mr.. Spaulding
regarded President Adams idea of de-
veloping feeders to the main line as an ex-
cellent scheme. These feeders as far as
he could ascertain were doing remarkably
well and were already of the greatest as
slstance to the main line. The 0uth-
waite bill ought certainly to become a law,
for it was an act of justice to the Union
Pacific. Extend the time as provided in
the bill, for the liquidation of the roads
Indebtedness to the government and give
it a show to compete fairly and squareIy
with other roads and the Union Pacific
will come out all right.