The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1922-07-01
UNION PACIFIC MEN
STATE ARGUMENT
Party Here Yesterday Visited Many
Business Men to Explain Their
Side of the Proposed S. P.
and C.P. Separation

A visit to the business houses in
this city for the purpose of talking
over the dissolution question be.
tween the Southern Pacific Railroad
Company and the Central Pacific
and conference between Secretary
Theodore Grady and others at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms, took
place yesterday afternoon through
the efforts of d. r. Gray of Salt
Lake City, assistant general freight
agent of the Union Pacific Com
pany, and F. B. Wilson, Reno rep
resentative of that company.
The object of the interview as
stated by the men was to ask every
one interested in the question to
take no part in passing resolutions
for the adjustment of the question
and to not sign petitions being put
out by the Southern Pacific Com
pany, taking the stand that the rul-
ings of the supreme court, one of
the foundation stones of the Ameri-
can government, should be accepted
at face value, and that no effort
should be made on the part Of the
American people to embarrass that
institution, or to make its rulings
Intellectual.
At conference held in the
Chamber of Commerce rooms it was
agreed that no steps should be taken
by that organization until the COM
mittee which has the matter under
advisement makes a thorough in
vestigation of all sides of the ques-
tion and has accumulated informa-
ton on every possible phase of the
situation.
Gray and Wilson tried to con-
vince the various business men here
that according to the rulings of the
supreme court the Southern Pacific
system and the Central Pacific sys-
tenn should be dissolved, and the
interstate commerce commission
should act according to the decision
made.
In connection with the willingness
of the Union Pacific Company to
take over the Central Pacific sys-
tenn in case the divorce should take
place, they stated that while not
anxious to do so they considered it
an advisable step on the part of
the Union Pacific Company, and
stated that if such transaction
should take place that results all
around would be good, and service
on the Central Pacific lines would
be continued in regular Union Pa
cific style.
They made talk on the history
of the Central Pacifc's growth dur
ing the period from 1901 to 1918,
during which time the Central Pa
cific, Southern Pacific and Union
Pacific systems were operating un-
der one head, pointing out that SER
vice on the Central Pacific had
never been better up to that period
and has never been better since.
They cited incidents of extensive
development carried on at that time
on the line in question including
many miles of double track built
on the lines between Fernley and
Susanville, from Hazen south to
Mojave and from Lucine cutoff to
Ogden; the general improvement of
rolling stock and efficiency in SER
vice.
That service over the Central Pa
cific, if taken over by the Union Pa
cific Company, would be improved
rather than hampered, was declared
by Gray and Wilson, and as proof
of this they compared the difference
in freight rates which may be made
much more satisfactory to CUSTOM
ers and heavy shippers as a result
of shorter routes being added to the
system. They declared that ship
ment over the long Sunset route of
the Southern Pacific entitled that
company to 100 per cent freight
charges, while if shipped over the
Central Pacific lines in conjunction
with the Union Pacific lines, much
shorter route might be obtained in
shipment to points in the east with
a much greater saving to the
shipper.
So far as the present attitude of
other systems hauling over the Cen
trail Pacific lines, they stated that
no change would be made and the
Western Pacific would still be en-