The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-11

AT noon today the annual meeting OF the
Union Pacific will be held in this city, and
to say that considerable interest is mani
tested in the proceedings is but express
ing the sentiments of the public in gen.
eFal.
A number of well known officials of the
road came in yesterday evening on a
special train and are quartered either at
the Kunstford or in their private car at
the OREGON Short Line depot. President
Burt, General Solicitor w. X helly. w.
II. Hartman, director, Lawrence Greer,
another 7. Jefferson Coolidge, jr., an
other Winslow Pierce, general counsel,
and Marvin Hughitt. director. COM
In addition to these officials. several
Short Line people are here. President
Samuel Carr. General Counselor Henry
though Mr.. Coolidge is also director in
the road.
The Short Line meeting viii be held to-
The interest which attaches to the two
meetings lies in the fact that for some
time the eastern press, notably the papers
printed in Omaha, have SteadfaStly main
tanned that there was to be a conSolida-
ton OF the interests of the Short Line
and the Union Pacific. In other words,
that the Union Pacific would absorb the
Short Line, and again make it portion
of the old system.
The Salt Lake press has, with equal per-
sistency, maintained there would be no
consolidation. and that the Short Line
would continue, as at present, an indie
pendent system, managed from TINS city.
Conversation had with the visiting gen.
tlemen would indicate that the latter
view was the correct one. Although the
visitors are leticent. and do not apDar-
emily care TO make any detailed state
ments. what they have TO say Is judged
as conclusive evidence that nothing Of the
sort is intended and should there be any
action taken by which the Oregon Short
n s1y@v,e
line, such action viii come in the nature
of one of the biggest surprises ever
sprung upon an unsuspecting public.
The Union Pacific officials say there
will be no sensational developments. and
that nothing of a startling nature is going
to happen. That the annual meeting OF
the Union Pacific, which will be held, is
simply a formal affair, required by law,
and that is all. 1t looks as if the old
board would be reelected, with possibly
one exception. And the prospects for a
change in that direction are so remote
that it is not deemed wise to make any
predictions.
So far as other business is concerned
there will be nothing done which Will be
of a very startling nature, for all finan-
cial reports, etc. have been made public
long ago and through the press the public
has been informed from time to time of
the details of the. transaction.
Should there be a change in the man.
agement of the Short Line; should the
Union Pacific take the road, the announce
the following day. If Mr.. Hughitt and
other directors of the Union Pacific are
selected in the place of those now sery-
ing on the board. then it would be readily
ascertained who had control But it is
learned from good authority that no
changes of such a nature are going to
take place. Nothing sensational need
be looked for in that direction" remarked
an official last evening.
None of the officials consented to be
quoted: 1t is a matter Of form. and we
are governed by certain proprieties which
are well understood" remarked one Off
cial last night
From the best information which can be
had on the subject it is very likely that
there will be no change in the directory of
the Short Line at all. and that the old
board will be reelected.
If what has been outlined in the above
is true, general satisfaction will result
as the expression of local opinion has
been against any action which would
tend to deprive the Short Line of its in
dependent management. Shippers all over
the state have frequently spoken on this
question and their views have appeared
generally in the state press. The an
nouncement that conditions will remain
the same will be hailed with delight by
many who have had this proposed change
quoted them for months since the time
the Omaha press first began to agitate the
matter.
Zera Snow. the attorney who had so
much to do with the reorganization, is in
the city and at the Knutsford. Mr.. Snow
is from Portland, Ore.