Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-27
INDICTMENT OF The c, P
Bill Of Particulars Showing That
Roads Intense friendship
Comparisons by one who knows
Utah vitality Interested In tho
western Hoad's tate.


The Importance to the Utah people
Of the Reilly funding bill now before
Congress, which proposes to extend
Tor nity years the gigantic debts to tho
government OF the Central and Union
Pacific railroads, has already been
commented upon In the DEsEREr
NEWS several times and figures pub
lished to demonstrate tho necessity for
Utah people watching and doing their
share Of resistance unless thoy wish TO
be struck with the present txorbllhnt
rates tor another fiiiy years.
The nnii-'unding bureau In San
Funcitc0 has already received the
enormous number Of 10000 signatures
tot petition 10 Congress protesting
against tbs passage Of thn Reilly iund.
Ing bill. OF these signatures 1851
sfp from California and the balance
from Oregon, Washington, Nevadt,
ArZsna, Idaho, Utah and other states.
The probable enOot OF this great poti-
ton upon Congress " beginning to
seriously alarm these roads, anu the
southern Pacific has boon writing 10
oac Of the salt Lake papers.
a letter was recently published by
"a friend OF the Central Pacific" pro.
testing against certain statements put
out here on behalf OF the auti.iunding
movement that the freight charges ON
the Central Pacific were excessive qua
buruunsoms 20 Utah people. The
"iHenJ OF the Con tfal Pacific" gave ~
hia reason iot writing that lie hal the
interest OF Utah In view, ~ lhu publ
cation ofa statement that Utah was
hardened by heavy freight charges
would deter people from settling here.
This anxiety on the part Of ths Con.
ttsl Pacific that Utah people should
not hunt themselves, In view Of tho
pact history Of that road hetcabouts, IL
refreshing. Some OF that history might
pr0fitab y be recalled; say, for instance,
the history Of how the Central Paoifo's
agent got around the Deep Greek rail.
road project n few years ago and laid u
away on ice, where II has since TO-
mait cd.
MIR. w. IL. Mills, land agent OF the
Central Pacific, at tho blk irrigation
con. resi- In Salt Lake two or three
years ago, told the congress what he
thought Of Utah. THIS IL what he
SAID; "rhree hundred ana twenty
acres Of land In California are worth
more than tho entire 100000 acres OF
| land that have mysrli sold Ia the
I Territory OF Utah" tNido repott.)
How does that slfiEe the people Of
Weber aud Box Elder counties,
where Mills sold his 100000
acfes2 Mr.. Mills wanted nj that
lime to give tally to tue large Caliiof-
MIA delegation present, aud gratuitous'
ly insulled tno Utah people. In these
latter days the Calitotnlans have gone
back on Millt's railroad, and the rail
road Ia coming hero to tell Utah how
much II thinks OF ".
TIC "Friend OF the Central Pacific"
says his road does not make hlgh
freight charges on wheat anu leal, ana
10 prove that the rate IL not high, he
saws the rate has been for years Just 80
par cent OF lhe rate eastward 10
Omaha. Well, suppose So per cent 10
DO true, what DOES it proven Merely
that the Central Pacific II not more
sxtortionate than other roads. II the
Central Pacific has wished u do this
Territory any good, II could have long
ago quoted such a rate Aa would
have compelled tho eastward roads
10 lower theirs. Are the Central
Pacific rates reasonable per ee2 That
il the question. The charge on wheat
per cwt, from Ogden to5An Francisco IL
thirty,eight cents. Compare this with
the rate from Central Kansas 10
Chicago, an equal distance, anu II ~
found that the Central Pgciic rate II
double the other
Abont lead. Tho rate on lead from
Denver u Chicago, over 1000 miles, II
"a 90 per ton, The rate from Ogden 20
San Francisco, a less distance, IL near
ly three times a. much
Aato coal, the "Frlend OF the Cen
tral Pacile1 Gays the rate from Osden
10 San Francisco h 50 per ton only. In
view of this, the strange thing Ii that
40 little Utah coal can yet TO the
roast and that san Francisco II i'm.
porlinp 500, 600 tons annually which
nuyht 10 DO mined Ia Utah
sn5 rould be sold on tho
Pacific coast a. retail cheaper than
interior Imported coal now sells there.
Er,.,yht rntes on coal are very suscep-
ihIn In tugglefy and the fact that the
IIish coaT hardly gets Into the coast
r,srtet IA better evidence OF freight
ratos than a published iarll.
ii was recently pointed out To the
r,ssent writer that part OF the diill-
ruity in getting coal to the coast WAS
he existence Of aTate 70 Ogden aud
snotner onr beyond, 40 that two lines
nave 10 bs dealt wilh-a condition
whteh eausod higher total rate. IL
NAV he pointed out In answer that Us
a. Inc subsidized roads arc con-
earned. such rate making T. contrary
~ thsir charter. Page 1877 Of tue Pa,
Ana n. Il. Commiision report 1857,
,ssts, so guard against possible
Sbn..s OF these great powers, Consre's
they lthu subsidized roads)
should binI themselves TO operate all