Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-04
MR.. ECAN IS COMING.
xiii Be Here 10 Attend The Oregon
Short Line Hearing.
Much INTEREST MANIFESTED
small Grounds Tor Fearing that Head.
quarters VIII b. Removed
From salt Lake.

Information reached Salt Lake 10.
Jay TO the effect that John VI. Egan,
who has been appointed and o,n.
mined A. separate receiver for the
Oregon Short Line In the eighth
clfcuii, which includes Wyoming,
anl tbs ninth, wnich embraces Mon.
iana, Idsh, Hni Oregon, will arrive
here tomorrow.
Win tue coming Of that gentleman
tho confederation % a question o, very
great iml 0fisnco c ines directly before
the people o. ih!, rrgf.tofy. The ap.
r0iuincui u Mr.. l. au as r.cslvcf Of
irc Oregon Shor. Llcu aLa Utah
Northern issIlJ,gi 10 coafirmstl1u by
Judge Merritt, ~ lar ns 70 effects tbs
ror..a a Of the system q, lbl- Territory.
ln'else Interest IL G ntesrd on thu out.
come. The fact that tie Union Pacific
lost Ia UotI tho great sl.usglas H. ~.
Paul aud Portland ia resisting segrcgA.
ii1n does NOS suon 10 deter ~ officials
from making oa1 mote effort Tor 81.
pfem1ry. That ,fiTi Will lu all
li'NA''tNNN " az HAlNNk Is wen NtNuNl
and atly prcaenlei views can make II.
In this connection much Hn,agUuism
has boun aroused over tue appoint.
mpHt u Mr.. Egau to tho posl!inp in.
dicstcd or cca0unt Of TIC uDOliluial
ANNOUNCEMENT that In case lao was
succusstul here also that his huag-
quaf;efu would lu nt Portland -thni
The hoa. qIhrlerr Of the system would
he there. A. % ihst the information
comes from a source that the NEWS
cannot consider other than reliable
that Mi. Egau hGs GisCrcttly AvoIdei
going On record 10 that extent Its
certainly hoped that he viii he able to
soc ON his arrival here tomorrow, N he
does not already see what IL perfectly
clear 10 every man Of even tho most
limited degree OF business experience
EHd sense, that Salt Lake City lei tho
natural center Of trade In tho inter.
mountain country and that being %
II must remain the railroad center.
IL Il believed that II will require no
afgument TO convince Mr.. Eggn or
anyone else OF this fact. IL would be
Just Ne reasonable 10 attempt 10 per.
suadc u person that the streams from
tue mountains which surround this
valley do not find their way into the
sHAAN ssAh' ~ w aHJ hheA ahl bNNti
offered the same advantages for head.
qunTteta Ne this. This, considered with
the furthes fact that railroad corpora
tions, like other organizations OF capital
nnd power engage Ia business whers
they can make tho most money, IL IL
lot probable that the suicidal idea Of
headuuattetr removal or establishment
elsewhere VIII he seriously entertained
for one moment. IL IL regarded as
being beyond the range Of probability
that any Official who might lie named
would do tnat. Therefore the people
Of Utah need not unnecessarily alarm
ihemselvesior whichever way the case
may be decided ,they are justified Ia
assuring themselves that headquarters
VIII remain here. salt Lake will no.
suticr, neither will sny other part o.
Utah; all fears OF that character may
safely be dismissed At once.
What Mr.. Egan may have to say on
his arrival here, II anything, 10 not
known. Ii Is more than likely that he
will not be In a mood for being inter.
Vlewcd-ihal no will not feel like out.
lining his policy In advance. His
presence In Utah at thiB time, how
ever will undoubtedly be- due to the
Interest he IL taking In the contest
that begins before Judge Merritt on
Thufsity.
Incidentally II Is universally rocog-
niIod that Utah has not been M
literally and Justly dealt with by tho
railways heretofore Us she should have
been. This Is notably true OF the
treatment she has received Ut the
hands OF the Central and southern
Pacific. This has not always or as "a
ruie been the fault OF local railway
representatives but /. has been more Of
u rNSi policy over which they mad no
control. Any cha nge that will benefit
lhe common people aud prevent as
speedily snd etieolually MS possible
continued discrimination will be warm
~ welcomed.