Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1922-09-20
What Sparks Shops Have Done Under Southern
Pacific and What it Has Meant to Nevada


for the line changes points Sparks and
Ogden This work had been done by William Hood Chief
Engineer the Southern Pacific Company under the direc
ton of Julius krustschnitt General Manager. Piles had
shipped from points i'll Oregon Ogden for the
structon OF the Salt Lake cutoff and in the waters
CT Salt Lake in the year 1000 year before the Union
Pacific and Southern Pacific consolidated
Every line change double tracking OF the Southern
Pacific i'll Nevada planned and paid for by the Southern
Pacific Company There dollar Of Union Pa
cific money expended line changes double tracking in
Nevada, the construction OF the Salt Lake cutoff the
building of the line to Westwood All the work planned
and paid for by the Southern Pacific Company The build
ing of the road from Natron Oak Ridge the Improvement
of the suburban lines the side Francisco Bay
the Walnut Grove cutoff the Weed lumber road all
planned by the Southern Pacific and paid for by their money
Not collar of Union Pacific money used
The Union Pacific Company have however published
distributed to practically every in this State garbled
OF the decree OF the Supreme Court emitting Associate
Justice Mckennas dissenting opinions they have published
garbled OF the testimony OF William Sproue Pes
dent OF the Southern Pacific Company before the California
Railroad Commission in 0lthey omitted the first paragraph
o. Mr.. Sproules tstimony, which reads as follows:
Perhaps should begin by stating with the permits
sion Of the Commission that if the Southern Pacific Com
pany had been left to its free will, it would
the OF the Central Pacific from
But when Mr. Sproule his testimony the Southern Pa
cific Company had been told by the United States Attorney
General that separation OF the Southern Pacific and Central
Pacific properties inevitable the Attorney General
had stated that the Sherman law being violated
However, since 1918 when Mr. Sproulc testified the Trans
portaton Act of 1920 has been passed Canal
functoning with absolute reguarhere has been great
world war. The latter brought light the fact that the
people of the United States better served BY consoda
ton of railroads rather than nderng them that could
be cheaper where large number q miles
management than where there three companies
and set OF officials managing lesser properties.
The Union Pacific have hired three attorneys
Nevada, attempting to break up company has
Nevada and served we'll for the past years The at
tention the Southern Pacific officials giving subject
IS in the nature OF protection They attempting
take property from other protect $4,000
stockholders i'll retaining their own property
The Union Pacific in their advertisements various states
nave not said to the people that when Mr. Hartman wanted
competent and efficient officials manage the great conso
dation that he brought about of the Union Pacic-Souten
Pacific lines, he selected entirely Southern Pacific officials
Tor the management of the great consolidation Julius Krut
schntt Director of Operation and Construction all the
the lines j. G. Stubs Director of Traffic all the lines
y IS Segar Southern Pacific official Comptroller of all
the lines Judge Robert 1ove attorney the Southern
Pacific Atlantic System New Orleans the Chief Attorney
OF all the lines These the that Mr.. Hartman
selected to operate and the work of improving
alone the Southern Pacific and Central Pacific the Union
faclc the Oregon Short Line the Oregon as1gton Rail-
roadand when the lines segregated these men, with
the exception OF Judge Lovet their own home
ne the Southern Pacific Of the great wen,anaged
properties of the world.
The Southern Pacific is the only GREAT linz Meet rs 4.
Missouri River that has the hands Of receiver
defaulted for one dollar
Inc Cnon Pacific has assumed the unfair attitude to it's
most friendly and beneficial on this qestion
In regards to the Sparks Shops Union Pacific advertise
nlent which signed by any individual makes the mis-
leading statement indicating that the Southern Pacific Com
panys maximum employees Sparks has been 75O
At the time the strike took place the Southern Pacific
mad Ilo2 employees at Sparks with a monthly payroll of
Slol830 TO- The Southern Pacific Company at this time
had l54 men employed Reno payroll Of S2O14O Der
month LII order to maintain the Sparks Shop with this
large number OF the Southern Pacific Company over
nauied G locomotives the Sparks Shop during the month
OF May 1922 81 Of these locomotives were overauled in
the Sparks Shops that divisions west Of
Sacramento returned Immediately their divisions after
they had been ovcrhauled
In winter there locomotives from Portland