The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-05-14
THEY REACH BUTTE
The Union Pacific officials Inspect the
Property There.
A TRIP DOWN TO ANACONDA
Chairman Carr Talks About the u.
r. and Oregon short Line
Burlington Magnates,
In the City 100.
A TRIP DOWN TO ANACONDA

President S. H. H. Clark of the Union
Pacific; Samuel Carr. Thomas Jefferson
/ Coolidge, jr., and Henry G. Nichols of
Boston; General Manager e. Dickinson.
w. HI. Bancroft, the general
superintendent of the mountain
division, j.. H. Mcconnell. SUI
perintendent of the motive department;
j. +. Dunn, division master mechanic,
and j. z. Markell. superintendent of the
Union Pacific hotel service, spent a
Few hours in Butte last evening. Mr..
carr is chairman OF the reorganization
committee and Mr.. Coolidge is son of
one or the committeeman. Mr. Nichols
Is the attorney for the Utah Northern
d Oregon Short Line. The party trav-
eled in a special train of four private
cars, ana they arrived at Silver Bow
junction about ] o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon. There they were met by Gem
eral Manager w. H. Burns of
the Montana Union, who accom-
panied them to Anaconda. They
remained there about an hours and
made a careful examination of the
Montana Union shops ana yards. They
then came on to Butte, arriving here
little after O'Clock. They looked over
the yard and round house and spent
some time in the discussion of business
matters. Mr.. Carr and Mr.. Coolidge
then came up town and had a talk with
John f. Forbis in regard to the reor-
ganization of the Butte a. Boston COM
pany, in which they are both interest
ed. Both gentlemen aIso own stock in
the Butte General Electric company and
in the Butte City Water company, and
the conditions of these properties was
talked over in a general way.
A Standard reporter subsequently,
visited the party. but was unable to
gain any information of a startling ma
ture. President Clark, who was first
encountered, said that he did not know
of anything new that was of special
importance, and he declined to discuss
reorganization, for the reason that he
did not care to put any words into the
mouths of the gentlemen who had that
matter in hand.
1--WE are simply looking over the prop
erty," said Chairman Carr of the reor-
ganization committee. I'VE go from
here to Salt Lake and from there we
Will go over the Short Line to Portland
and then down to San Francisco. There
is no change of any Importance in
Union Pacific affairs. Ii is a settled
fact that the Utah Northern & Oregon
Short Line will be placed under a sep
arate management, but IL will, to all in
tents and purposes, continue to be a
part of the Union Pacific system The
Union Pacific will control ii and the Og-
den gateway will not be opened If 1t can
be prevented. / consider 1t very likely
that Mr.. Bancroft will be made general
manager of the Utah Northern & Ore
gon Short Line" From another source
1t was learned that affairs were so com
piicated that the work of the reorgan-
ization committee will not be completed
before this fall, and possibly not before
the nrst or next year. The party left
at o'clock last evening for Salt Lake.
General Manager G.. w. Holdridge of
the b. & M. railroad came in yesterday
afternoon in his private car, which was
attached to the Northern Pacific train
from the West A special engine was /
waiting for him and he proceeded i'm
mediately to Anaconda. He returned
to Butte last evening and held a short
with the Union Pacific
officials at Silver Bow junction.