The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-14

tna Santa Fe line. In which ~ mas o
large stock interest; and of MS ann
ity to take this road at any time the
paw viii permit Mr.. Hartman en-
!, rssses no doubt Among the lines thus
brought under tho same control, in
addition 10 the Union Pacific, Oregon,
hailrond q Navigation Company. anu
oregon Short Line are these
The san Pedro line. All the lines of
the southern Pacific Company Ga
holding corporauon). includihR
The southern Pacific Sunset Route,
the Central Pacific ogden Route
Inc Oregon and California Railroad.
In addition. the Union Pacific con.
trolls every regular linc of transit aci-
tic steamships operated out of the m.
cific coast ports south Of Puget sound
also the Pacific Mail Line, plying be-
tween san Francisco and Panama ana
tho Morgan Line OF freight and pas
seenrer carriers, operated between New
York City. Habana, New Orleans and
Galveston.
MIR. Hartman may Journey by
stcnnsIip from New York to New
Orleans, thence b., rnil to san
ITrnpctsco, across the Pacific Ocean
to China, and, returning by an
other route to the United Statcs,
,nayr 10 to Ogden by any one of
three rnil lines, and thence to KIM
su. city or Ornhn. without lcnv-
ing the deck or Platform of II err
ricr whcl, hr controls, nnd with
our duplicating any pnrt of his
journey.
The Complete Monopoly.
To gather under one neau an eAlst-
ing transcontinental lines, or as many
as possible, and to eNcluae the illcoli-
Ing of an Gonpesitors' oeea,'It IVA ,a
iest!S WY re, ''t ,on, ~ ie,,,,,no
: ana us aaa aon 400 =" 80 nSe,tih,a hnnds
o. siVV'p.V'oo' poai,tc w;tb tho mo.
oH t"e g ,hnsn bn,ds s't ihe Ji,,ion Pacifc
ce s'.' u si ''ss AZ sn,,,betn pa
pufehasea eont'o o o. ''n ma io,itv of tha
~ ma Sorti,ern pa.
1,ts;e, Gnn,nonv wtich iattnr
..tI',,,aI,,. 49, ,ritb i, rontrol Sof
~ ~ stnck ~ nc Chicaoo
burlington and Quincy Railway Com
RAW the stock of which had been
1.urchased iotnti,, BY tho Northern Pa
rific and Great Northern companies
ard their collateral trust bonds issued
therefor. Possession OF these lines
would have given to the Union Paci-
fio absolute mastery over every ave-
nue. leading to the Pacific coast with
in the United States save that afford
ed by the Great Northern Railroad on
the northern border OF the country,
and that offered by the Santa Fe upon
the southern. This plan. If executed
would have subjected to a common
will and policy nearly one-half of the
territory of the United States--a com
'paratively undeveloped, rapidly grow
ms, and extremely rich territory, into
which must necessarily extend the
population ana business OF the Eastern
states.
BY virtue of the consolidation of
the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific
Steamship Companies all competition
between these steamship lines has been
destroyed; and there is some evidence
on the record tending to show the, i'm
possibility Of maintaining an ndepend-
ent steamship line running out of any
of these ports without the consent of
End arrangement with connecting
rall carrier.
1t is claimed by the Union Pacific
1 .i'e pliheiIai reason lor assuring
me .te l.ou.leih ia.ii4c was 70 optalh
q 80 - ~, ~ ~ ,'oii ioi''
ese,,h.asr,, trnn ~. - ~ 20 ~
ennnsctto,, for NC, 80 q h,,. o.s
~. havs saan n,ts+La,. ra,,,.,,,saS 90
M. tba rentrnl p.,itia l., ,,imss -.
form a through line NJ trsnsaor,. t,oo
with the Union Pacificoand not ~ die.
criminate against 1t In the rccefnt and
TRANSPORTATION OF freight and through
trai1lc. inc public Is entitled to all
the advantages of this line as a COM
pettive line of transportation with
other transcontinental railways.
The various lines which now com.
pose the Southern Pacific from New
,,asa ais ~ Saiilolnia were also hullt
s,.nn,op. ~, ,f, -, Iiie feaeral GOV
,icns ~ ,cro .'e uu.,aa.un ~ many mn ,
formed mn infanaasa,,, tait 80 a4. W
route. While cnngrsss d,a - na,ih ~
in EXPRESS terms tha me- ~ ~
great Federal railroad svstan,s /, -
hardly TO be believed thai s,,nh n,,o,,i
bition would not have been IN no os.,
had 1t been thought that in the cni,rsa
of time they would have been brouc,ht
under single control.
/ Interest of IInIon p.c,a, -, n.,,
nv rn. 'o'"'
aet ~. Naliioau Company
a,,a 10 eotpotatc energies
49, pomuss ~ the acauisition and
s'',snt u INES OF transportation
ana 10 o,,. sHueu d s,eat voiunhe. or stock
~ ascu. l.ies' Win Which II mas pur-
80 s'uehs on o'ler falt"ays'
. .ias oseh hioWh lof number OF years
a ,he oiiiol racine, and under its
uit .he oregon snort Line, had
ea stock IN the northern PACING