The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-20
THE GATEWAY WIDE OPEN
And Will Be Kept So by the New
Management.
IT WILL NOT BE CLOSED
President Cornish Says Thors VIII Be
No Disturbances OF Commercial or
Trafic Arrangements by tbs
Recent Changes.

W. u. Cornish. president OF the Ore
gon Short Line. accompanied by other
prominent officials OF the Short Line
and Union Pacific. arrived in Butte
from Portland yesterday afternoon on
a special rain. and after spending a
few hours in the city. left at 3 O'Clock
for Salt Lake. The members OF the
distinguished party were President
Cornish. W. III. Bancroft. vice presi-
dent and general Of the short
Line; s. w. Eccles. general traffic
manager of the Short Line; ID. +. Bur-
ley. general passenger and ticket agent
Of the Short Line: Il. T.. Calvin. gen.
eral superintendent; J. c. O'Melveny.
chief engineer. all from Salt Lake:
Charts A. Hubbard. comptroller Of the
same road. of Boston: James II. Will
son OF New York. a former receiver of
the Union Pacific; Judge Sanborn Of
Omaha and w. n. Kelly of Omaha,
general solicitor Of the Union Pacific.
The party came TO Butte from PORT
land by the way OF Pocatello. going
TO Anaconda from silver Bow over the
Butte. Anaconda a. Pacific early in the
morning and returning TO Butte about
! o'clock in the afternoon. The gentle
men took carriages at the depot and
were driven about the city and visited
the Anaconda mine. returning to their
train about two minutes before the
time for leaving.
The brief time the gentlemen had
I'm his city made IL impossible to OBJ
tain much of an Interview from any
of them. President Cornish. however.
stated that the object OF his trip over
the o was to make a daylight in
spection Of the line. The party went
West over the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific as far as Portland.
and returned over the oregon Railway
& Navigation To Pocatello. and from
there up to Butte. At Portland. Presi-
dent Cornish and the Union Pacific off,
Gals were met by the Short Line gem
tlemen. The trip was made In day
light over h entire system. and Judge
Cornish expressed himself much
pleased with the condition Of things
as he found them. In reply To a ques-
tion relative to the Ogden gateway. he
stated that IL will not be closed. His
connection with the oregon short Line.
he said. had no special significance
other than showed on the surface. The
Union Pacific. while practically con-
trolling that interest, would not mate
rally change It's present policy. In
other words. the Vanderbilts were
broad and liberal-minded I'm their
methods of running railroads. and the
control Of the Oregon Short Line did
not mean a closing OF the Ogden gate
way. The good results produced since
that important gateway was thrown
open have been such as to show conclu-
sively that the best. interests OF all par
ties concerned would best be served by
leaving that gateway wide open. as IL
has been. He said:
II think there will be no disturbance
Of commercial and traffic interests by
recent changes in the relations OF the
Union Pacific and oregon Short Line.
IL Is the policy Of all railroads to serve
I'm the best possible way every interest
Of the country through which they
pass or which is tributary. Traffic ar
r~anRements. whereby the North Pacific
coast will obtain every advantage for
the transmission Of its products. Will
certainly be afforded"
Although neither President Cornish
nor any of the other gentlemen would
discuss the matter. Il Is stated that
the reorganization Of the Union Pacific
and oregon Short Line and the Oregon
Railway g. Navigation companies will
have the effect of consolidating the
Short Line and Oregon Railway &
Navigation connections into one sys-
TEN. { o be operated from Portland.