The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-28
RAILROAD GIANTS
D|v|D|NCE IRE
Southern Pacific and Santa Fe
Form Defensive Alliance
in West.
AIM TO CONTROL
ALL CALIFORNIA PORTS
Give Traffic Rights to Others to
Prevent Building New
Extensions.

The Santa Pc and Southern Pacific
are said to have come to an amlcabc
agreement. Territory is being divided
up and neither viii encroach upon the
others ground. This truce was signed.
It is said. es long ago as last April,
when Presidents Lovett and Ripley met
in a peace conference In San Francisco
and divided an empire. Thus il can be
seen that while E II. Hartman Is dead,
his gigantic plans are being carried out
by Judge Lovctt. Naturally this agree
nent Will initiate against tho Western
Pacific receiving any cordial greeting
from either liue in California. IT Is
far-reaching agreement, OF deep interest
TO rot only the Pacific coast, but those
states OF the intermountain country and
Mexico reached by the rails OF the giants.
The Southern Pacific is permitted to
break the Santa Fc monopoly AZ san
Diego through connecting the old Tia
Southern Pacific. with the Lovctt sys-
tenn in the Imperial valley OF California,
connecting with the main line at Yuma
This will give the Southern Pacific and
the SDreclSels interest In San Diego
shorter outlet to the cast. and will OBJ
yiate the long Santa Fe haul through
Los Angeles. besides doing away with
the heavy grades il will also give the
coast TO the Gulc OF Mexico for compe-
titlon with the Panama canal.
Using Each Others Tracks.
The Santa Fe. in return for this. will
he permitted TO use the Southern Pacific
lines over the Tehachapi pass, on the
Los Angeles San Francisco division,
which will allow the Santa ITe to oper-
ate through trains between Los Angeles
and San Francisco. without making the
long run by Barstow.
The Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe
will build giant oil pipe line from Bak-
erslield across the mountains to Mojave.
and VIII spend. In SO doing, more Than
$1,000, 600. I'm order 10 save the heavy haul
of fuel over the Tehachapi pass. The
Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific's de-
cision TO build the Northwestern Pacific
into Humboldt and Mendocino counties
OF California also Is q move 10 prevent
The Northwestern Pacific's construction
Will involve S1350Q, c00-an estimated cost
OF $50, 900 a mile, As the San Diego line
OF the Southern Pacific blocks the Gould
building. so does the Northwestern Pa
cites construction close the door OF the
north in the face of the rival builder.
This is the liIn for which the Utah
Construction company recently received
the contract,
Gould Rock Island Gift.
However, Gould gets some traffic
agreements which enables him to ge!
south as far as bakersfield and San Luis
Obispo. as well as north of Sacramento
IS far As the Oregon line, but he cannot
traffic agreements last. so il Is said.
The Rock Island also comes into tho
game NJ El Paso. where It has traffic
arrangements with the Southern Pacific
and will rot extend to tho Pacific coast
during The life of these agreements. The
two llnanciers hayo likewise divided"
Arizona, Mexico and Texas. each rccciv-
ing much benefit Fere enters The new
Colo, OF which 80 much has been printed
and which viii give Denver and that Soc
ton short cut TO San Diego.
In return for the Santa FEES agreement
to keep Its hands of this building, the
Southern Pacific gives the Santa Tc the
advantage of the Santa E'e cutoff be-
tween Bensnl and Parker Arizona, and
gives the PhocnjN short line trade with
the Pacific coast 10 The Ripley system
This agreement practically divides tho
territory. with its mining and agricul-
tTal resources, in half, and gives the
Southern Pacific an opening with the
Santa Te into southwestern Colorado.
Both Gain Some Points.
So far. hcnch;s have been In favor OF
the Southern Pacific. but In Texas The
Santa Fe rcsps. for the Southern Pacific
will not interfere With the Santa Fe's de-
yclopmcnt work in western Texas In
that state the santa re is building a liSc
which Will give the RIPLEY system a
shorter cut from san Francisco to tina
gulf than the Southern Pacific nov OWLS.
together with spiders web of branches
With the c%ccption oI The Western Pa
clic al San Francisco. the ports of the
Pacific from Eureka to San Diego arc abb
solutcly controlled by the two great syS-
tens named. and as the Panama canal
viii enter Into the situation. thnlr posi-
tion Will bc highly advantageous II
should be borne I'm mind, however. that
tho Western Pacific Is steadily fortifyins
itself aud is being allied with the Hunt
inGtcn. Nawlcy, Trumbull and Yoak,rm
crowd. Then. the northern ports arc In
the hands OF lIil and the st Paul svs.
TENS. so Tho future light for supremacy
on The Pacific has many stirring chapters
stlll to he written.