The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-09-18

Island & Pacific, Burlington & Mis-
souri, River, Missouri Pacific, Union Pa
cific, Denver & Gulf and their vast
number of connections east of the Mis-
souri, river. st. Louis. and Chicago.
The combination of roads above
named were never permitted TO trans
act any freight traffic at local points on
the Oregon Short Line While that prop
erty was controlled by the Union Pa
eific. There was period from 1890 to
1892 when the Ogden gateway was
opened for the interchange of passen-
ger traffic, and in the year 1891 there
was transferred to and from the Rio
Grande Western at Ogden more than
1900 passengers, showing the desira-
bility of the Rio Grande Western and
its connections as one of the greatest
and most attractive passenger lines in
the country
When the Ogden gateway was closed
to the Rio Grande Western the passen-
ger traffic of the Short Line commenced
to decrease. and has steadily fallen off
until it was again opened, when the
travel has been increased very mater
tally. The Rio Grande and its connec-
tons would have at all times been glad
to have accorded the oregon Short
Line the same divisions north of Og-
den that the Union Pacific accorded it
MtSl Va ATIdDStIt Onl O. litE OiAOl L d
cific controlled the Short Line the cold
shoulder was always given the Rio
Grande on interchanged traffic. The
troubles between the Short Line and
! Union Pacific have been discussed by
all of the prominent railroad men in
the United States. and not one has yet
said that the position of the Short Line
was unfair or unreasonable, but on the
other hand, that its position was emf
I L. d@nl@ lN.tc fFta
with the Union Pacific, Rio Grande,
Southern Pacific. Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company, and more or less
with the Northern Pacific and Great
Northern at Butte
1T is the custom of all the great
trunk lines in the United States to in
terchange business with every connec-
ton coming to them. whether their
haul is ten miles or more They never
refuse business from a connecting line.
The Union Pacific are having today
the same troubles with the Short Line
that they had with the Union Pacific,
Denver & Gulf when that road went
out OF the great system. also With the
South Park, also with the Oregon Rail
( road & Navigation company. The di-
visions formerly allotted these lines
/ were fixed by the Union Pacific man
! agement and repudiated as soon as the
passed from their control. They have
cancelled through tariffs and through
train service in connection with the
+ Oregon Railroad & Navigation COM
pany. the same becoming effective Sept.
%, thus withdrawing from all traffic TO
| and from the territory west Of Hunt
ington, Ore, causing them a large loss
! by such withdrawal.
1T is hard TO understand why the
| Union Pacifis desires to withdraw from
a traffic that is. worth S2,0G0,000 or S3
( 100000 per annum TO them, which can,
( so far as the Short Line is concerned
/ be handled through the ogden gate
way via the Rio Grande Western, and
! in just as satisfactory a manner as has
heretofore been the case when both
! Granger and the Ogden routes were
used. The public has been very liberal
! in its patronage through the Ogden
/ gateway and realize that the fast SER
vice given by the Rio Grande Western
and its connections is just as good and
| satisfactory as any other route
! throughout the west, and today. tia
| largest volume Of the Short Line g
green fruit and live stock traffic has
been diverted through the efforts of its
! connections to the Ogden route and the
/ time made from points in oregon,
Washington. Idaho, Montana and
western Wyoming TO Missouri river,
Chicago and other eastern markets is
so satisfactory that not a single COM