Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-01-22
PACIFIC EXPRESS
LEAVES THE WEST
The Oldest Inhabitant in This
Particular Line to Retire
April |.
AMERICAN COMPANY COMES IN
Newcomer Is No Youngstcr. Having
Flourishcd for Many Years on
Eastern Lines.

BY the latest move on the checker
board of big business what is regard
ed as the waning hand of Gould and
the waxing one OF other great railroad
interests in the west Is shown On
April the Pacific Express company.
heretofore controlled largely by Gould,
but In which the Pacific railroads re-
tanned a powerful interest, will vacatc
the territory heretofore occupied by
tnem on the Union Pacific, Oregon
Short Line and Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company. to be succeeded
by the American Express company,
one of the largest and most powerful
organizations In the country
The considerations by winch the old
Pacific company is induced to this
Wholesale abandonment of the vast and
lucrative field comprised in the terri
tory covered by these three railroad
lines has not yet appeared on the sur
race. but the fact that II is to be so
was confirmed this morning by Jesse
w. Rogers, superintendent OF the Pa
clhc Express company In this city.
The Pacific Express company VIII
retire from the field covered by that
portion of the Hartman system COW
cred by the Union Pacific, Oregon Short
Line and Oregon Railroad & Naviga-
tion company on April L. said Mr..
Rogers. IL have received official noti-
fication to that effect. with instruc-
tions to have the business of this terri
tory ready to turn over to the Amer
lean Express company on that date. l
have also received a letter from G. c.,
Taylor. assistant general manager. OF
the western department OF the Ameri-
can company, saying that he expected
to arrive in Salt Lake City within the
next 10 days, when the details Of the
transfer viii be gone over and arrange
ments made for installing the new conf
pany. Mr.. Taylor also said in his let
ter that Salt Lake City would be the
headquarters of the far western de-
partmcnt, temporarily. at least, and
that the matter OF permanent head
quarters would be selected later.
EXPRESS IN THE WEST
Il cannot say what changes will be
made locally as. the result of the trans
fer as l have received no information
on that head The business will be
ready to turn over on the date named.
The passing of the Pacific Express
company from this territory marks al
epoch In the history of express trans
portation in the west. The advent OF
the company was practically contem-
porAneous with the completion of the
Union Pacific and Central Pacific.
transcontinental line, which occurred
at Promontory point in this state. May
10 1859 To handle the express busi-
ness on the through road the Pacihc
company was formed, and through
various changes, the last of which was
the possession by the Goulds of 90 per
cent of the stock, the old Pacific now
tka of
to give place to another powerful con-
cern.
With the transfer of the main line
business will also go the business ac-
auired from the smaller roads built out
from the principal roads in the states
through which it passes, so that the
Pacific will be known no more at all
from Omaha to Salt Lake. from Salt
Lake to Portland. All other lines over
which the Pacific company operates.
however, will remain unaffected by
The change in this section.
AN OLD COMPANY.
While the American Express COM
pany Is new 10 this section, II is one OF
the oldest express companies In the
limited states. and has been organized
for more than so years. The American
company has perhaps the largest mile
age Of any express company in the
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country, operating on the Vanderbilt
lines In New York, including the New
York Central. the Northwestern and
on most of the lines In Now England
James c. Fargo. descendant OF the
| old family of the same name which es-
tablished the Wclls-Fargo Express
| company is president OF the American
Express company. which has flourish
inp departments In the eastern, vest
| nrn and southern sections OF the coun-
try. The company also has agencies IN
the leading ccnters of Europe. where II
maintains its representatives for hand
| ling the large business passing between
the continents. H S. Julier is the
general manager OF the eastern de
/ partment of the company with head
quarters In New York. and l.. w
Fargo is general manager Of the west
| ern department at Chicago. under
which Jurisdiction the Salt Lake divi-
sion win fall. and from which Mr.
| TAYLOR. assistant general manager mas
been detailed to come TO Salt Lake q
organize the new department created
by the vacation OF this territory by the