The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-04-29
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THE UNION PACIFIC.


we know that everybody out this way
who is interested in the welfare OF the
Union Pacific railway and is DESTROYS OF
seeing that great system made to do the
most good, will be glad that Wednesdays
election resulted as it did. 1t would have
been misfortune to the entire section |
traversed by the lines of the company if the |
control had passed from Mr.. GOULD and
associates. Especially would it have been
unfortunate had the Boston influence OBJ
tanned the mastery and the ADAMS regime
OF conservatism and incompetency been re-
| stored. To be successful a western rail- |
way must be operated in harmony with
western ideas. 1t must be energetic, pro-
gresslve, generous and IN sympathy with
the communities with which it has to deal,
and from which it draws its support.
1t is all right to be narrow and
picayunish and non progressive in q
narrow, picayunish and unprogressive
community, but that sort of thing will not
satisfy in the great west, where if there
are not many people as compared with the
populous east, the few who do live here
pride themselves on their broadminded-
ness and their push and enterprise. There
was time when the Union Pacific was
thoroughly in touch with the people of
Nebraska. Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.
That was in the days of the GOULD and
DILLON control, and these two men were
| looked upon as westerners in spirit and
enterprise. A change came, and the New
England ideas and down east methods were
brought into play, with the inevitable re-
s1lt that no MI Eo hcO
hated from one end of the line
to the other. Those in control were not in
sympathy with the local communities;
their ways and methods were not like ours;
whilst the road was operated in the wild
and woolly west," the atmosphere pervad-
ing every depar tment was of the east. The
methods may have been those of strict
business, but they were not such as made
the patrons and the public feel sat home"
so to speak. This is not said with the in
tention of rejecting upon Mr.. CHARLES
FRANCIS ADAMS, who is doubtless one of
the ablest railway men, theoretically, and
one of the most honest men in the country.
: He simply didn't know how to operate
railroad in the far west; he didn't like the
west and the westdidn't like him.
AS remarked, we are glad MIR. GOULD
has retained control, and especially glad
that he has put at the head of the system
his most capable lieutenant, Mr.. S. H. II.
CLARK. Mr.. CLARK belongs to the west,
his ideas are western and the western peo-
pie like him. Unless he shall be handicap
ped, which we do not think probable, the
policy of the Union Pacific will be in har-
mOny with the ideas of the western COM
munities, and something of the lost prestige
of the line will be recovered.
The election of Hon. JAMES SHARP, of this
, city. as director, was not only graceful
tribute to the late Bishop JOHN SHARP, SO
long faithful member Of the board, but
: was as well recognition of railway ability
and showing of Difference to the local
community. Mr.. SHARP's presence in the
directory should, and doubtless will, prove
advantageous to Utah.