The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-07-14
HARRIMAN'S POWER
SHOWN In REPORT
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organization the old company had CON
troll. through stock ownership. OF the
Oregon Short Line Utah Northern Rail-
way. and the Oregon Railroad and Navi-
cation Company.
These companies were also recognized,
and shortly after the foreclosure sale
the Union Pacific Railroad Company ac-
Quired by stock ownership the control OF
these companies, and has since acquired
substantially ali their stock The Oregon
Short Line owns the lines OF railway
from Granger. WyO.s on the Union Pa
cifc, TO Huntington, Greg. and from
Salt Lake City to Butte Mont The Ore
g0n Railroad and Navigation Company
owns the lines from Huntington, Greg,
10 Portland. Greg, together with a num-
Der OF important branch lines in The
States of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon.
Prior 10 the acquisition OF the control
Of the Southern Pacific by the Union Pa
citlc the Oregon Railroad and Navigation
Company also owned and operated a line
Of steamers from Portland to San Fran
cisco. and line Of steamers from Port
land to japanese and Chinese ports.
Growth of Six Years.
The Union Pacific also owned one-half
the stock OF the Occidental and Oriental
Steamship Company. which owned and
operated a line Of steamers plying be-
tween San Francisco and Oriental ports.
The report says:
with these properties as a nucleus. and
with the credit based on these assets. the
Union Pacific has in the past six years so
grown in power and influence that ct this
time il controls every line Of railroad
4T,r
land on the north and the Mexican border
on the south, a distance as great as that
from Maine to Florida. excepting alone
the Santa Fe line, in which It has a large
stock interest, and of his ability to take
this road at any time the law will permit
Mr.. Hartman expresses no doubt Among
the lines thus brought under the same con-
troll. in addition 10 the Union Pacific
Oregon Railroad and Navigation Com
pany, and Oregon Short Line. are these:
The San Pedro line. running from Salt
Lake City, through Los Angeles, to San
Pedro HsTbor, on the Pacific Coast, pro-
tected and begun by Senator Clark as an
independent line, which Mr. Hartman
stopped and absorbed.
Lines Held by Southern Pacific.
'All the lines of the Southern Pacific
Company "a holding corporation. includ-
ing:
The Southern Pacific. Sunset Route.
running by two routes from San Fran
cisco to Los Angeles, and thence through
Arizona, New Mexico Texas. and Louisi-
ana TO New Orleans, with many extensive
branches
The Central Pacific Ogden Route,
running from Ogden to san Francisco
and from Roseville near Sacramento TO
. the Oregon State line. with several
branches.
The Oregon and California Railroad,
running from Portland to the California
State line. which, with the Central Pa
cific's Shasta Route connects Portland
with San francisco.
In addition, the Union Pacific controls
every regular line Of trans-Pacidc steam
ships operated out Of the Pacific Coast
ports south of Puget Sound: also the Pa
cific Mail Line, plying between San Fran
cisco and Panama and the Morgan Line
OF freight and passenger carriers. operated
between New York City, Havana, New
Orleans, and Galveston.
Controls Vast Mileage.
Mr.. Hartman may journey by steam
thence by rail to san Francisco, across
the Pacific Ocean TO China. and. return
ing by another route to the United States.
may 90 TO Ogden by any one OF three rail
lines, and thence to Kansas City or
Omaha. without leaving the deck or plat
form Of a carrier which he controls and
without duplicating any part of his jour
ney.
He has further what appears TO be
dominating control in the Illinois Central
Railroad, running directly north from
the Gulf Of Mexico to the Great Lakes.
paralleling the Mississippi River; and
1900 miles west Of the Illinois Central
he controls the only line Of railroad
paralleling the Pacific Coast and running
from the Columbia River to the Mexican
border.
Within a year his sphere OF influence
has extended eastward; the Union Pa
cific and Oregon Short Line have ac-
quired b.62 per cent OF the stock Of the
Baltimore and Ohio at a cost Of 81. 466.-
$50 and have invested S19, 634, 324.93 in New
York Central and Hudson River stock.
THAT 1t Is only the law which prevents
the concentration into Mr. Harriman's
hands of every railroad line lying be-
tween Canada and Mexico Is the frank
admission Of Mr.. Hartman himself made
at the hearing"
UniflcatiOn the Aim.
The report states that it was the Har-
riman policy to gather under one head
all existing transportation lines or as
many as possible, and to exclude the
incoming OF ali competitors For this
S10O, 600. 900 OF convertible bonds were issued
by the Union Pacific With the proceeds
Of these bonds the Union Pacific DUR
chased control Of the Southern Pacific
Company. and a majority Of the outstand-
ing stock Of the Northern Pacific. which
latter incidentally carried with it control
OF one-half OF the stock of the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy. the stock of
which had been purchased jointly by the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
companies and their collateral trust bonds
issued therefor.
Possession Of these lines would have
given 10 the Union Pacific absolute mas
terry over every avenue leading TO the
Pacific Coast within the United States
save that afforded by the Great Northern
Railroad upon the northern border OF
the country ana tldl dDOTueu DIV the
Santa Fe upon the southern.
This plan, if executed, would have
subjected 10 common will and policy"
the report says nearly One-half OF the
territory Of the United States-a compare
lively undeveloped, rapidly growing, and
extremely rich territory, into which must
necessarily extend the population and
business Of the Eastern States"
StOpped nv the Cour4
The control OF the Northern Pacific and