The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-05-08
SHORT LINE RAILROAD SQUEALS|
Sends Tricky Letter Every Voter Ogden Trying Deceive Each
Into Believing They Offer Good Rates Did the Rio Gande
and Western Pacific Railroads Ogden Wants the Same
Rates Granted to Salt Lake Cty-Denver & Rio
Grande Gives Them Short Line Refuses

President A. R. Haywood, of the
Weber Club and William Glasmann.
president OF the Four State Fair, arc
making an interesting fight for a
square deal for Ogden in their effort
to secure excursion rates as cheap rs
Salt Lake City receives. The general
passenger agent of the Short Line is
on tho run. He feels his case is so
hopeless that he finds It necessary TO
write letters to every voter in Ogden.
The Standard and Examiner reach
eight thousand people and to send a
letter to each of those costs S1G0 In
postage stamps alone and as much
more in labor and stationery, or $500
1t will be seen that to eXpend such
sum Of money indicates that either
Mr.. Glasmann OF Mr.. Haywood or
both have pricked the tough hide Of
the Short Line passenger agent. This
paper offered Mr.. d. E. Burley free
space TO tell his story of the DIS
ELIMINATION he practices against
Ogden, but he preferred to spend $500
for what he could get for nothing.
Why? Did he think we would success
fully answer him if he told his story
In this paper? Was that why he pre-.
ferred to spend $500? Yes, that was
it. Here is the letter he sent to the
5000 readers of the Standard and EX-
aminer. 1t was sent out for the eX-
press purpose OF pulling the wool over
the eyes of the Ogden people and for
no other purpose:
The Smooth Burley Letter.
salt Lake City Utah. April .. 1909
Inter Mountain Four State Fair.
"Mr VIM. Glasmann, Pres, Inter
Mtn. Four State Fair, Ogden. Utah.
Dear Sir;
Answering your favor OF the Sth
inst in which you refer to my letter
No. A 597, dated April. My carbon
copy shows date April 9th.
MY letter of April 9Th. which you
evidently refer to. quotes rates from
Oregon Short Line points. which We
will be pleased to authorize for your
fair. and to make no mistake as to
your being advised on the subject,
am sending you herewith a copy of
that letter.
In your dual position as President
of the Fair, and as Business Manager
of the Standard Publishing Com
pany, in the agitation which you have
inspired regarding rates, you purpose
ly ignore the fact entirely that our
rates. based on &c q mile. arc the same
lA ID
not only in Utah. but for similar
state fairs in Idaho and Montana, re-
sDectiyely. You also purposely ignore
the fact that our &c rate is the same
basis per mile as is authorized by the
Denver & Rio Grande, San Pedro and
Western Pacific lines, their local
rates being &c per mile. while ours Is
sc.
While you may not be advised on
the subject, the fact Of the matter Is
that none of the lines west of Chicago.
and | question if any OF them east of
there, with the exception of the New
York Central, who under their charter
have Il &c local fare between New
York and Albany. have in effect, or
grant, as favorable rates, local. round
trip, or excursion. as we have In ef-
feet on our line at the present time.
CAS- advised in my letter of the 9th
inst the Union Pacific officials are
agreeable to authorizing same rate
from Utah points east of ogden. also
Wyoming, as far cast as Evanston.
Whether they would want to extend
these rates over 10 Rawlins or not,
as you request, | cannot say. Suggest
that you take the question up with
Mr.. E. L. LomaX. General Passenger
Agent, Union Pacific r. r. Co., Omaha,
Neb.. direct.
I'VE also advised In our letter of
the 9th inst. that we would take up
with the Southern Pacific the question
of rates from Nevada, which we have
done, and will advise you fully on the
subject just as soon as we hear from
them. Yours truly, (Signed) D. E.
Burley."
What is the object Of this letter?
The third paragraph tells the story.
Mr.. Burley wants the Ogden people
to believe that he is giving Ogden as
good a rate as is the Denver & Rio
Grande. If we were to take into con-
sideration. only, the price per mile 1t
would be the same per mile.
The Weber Club the Chamber Of
Commerce. the Retail Merchants AS
sociation and the Four-State Fair of.
flcials all have asked the railroads to