The San Francisco call., 1898-07-03
BIG DEALS IN PROSPECT.
OF THE COMING OF
 OFFICIALS.
Belief That the Oregon Short Line and Navigation Company Road Will Be
 Absorbed.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

DEL MONTE, July 2.-The Union Pacific Railroad is destined to become one of the greatest in the West in the very near future. The board of man. agement that took control after the termination of the series of receiver ships through which the road passed last year is virile one, and a policy of aggression will be pursued until the company is it's former self, with, even an accretion of additional strength in the way of new properties.
 The visit of the Union Pacific officials to this coast is full of import. Start ing from Omaha the party, which com prised E. H. Hartman, chairman of the executive committee; E. Dicktn- son, general manager; J. B. Berry, chief engineer; President H. G. Burt, General Passenger Agent Lomax and Freight Traffic Manager Munroe, pro- ceeded along the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line to Portland and thence to Del Monte. Messrs. Lomax and MunrOe left the party at Oakland and went to San Francisco to transact business with the Southern Pacific concerning their departments.
 The trip from Omaha to Portland was fraught with business of great railroad importance. A very minute inspection of the Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Railroad and Naviga- tion Company line was made
 The presence of E. H. Hartman in the party is significant. Mr. Hartman is man of wealth and represents large New York interests. To him falls the formation of combinations among the various lines which are contiguous to or connected with the Union Pacific in any way.
 President Burt, though strong in the asseVeration that the Union Pacific has not formulated any definite plan to con- trol the Oregon Navigation Railroad and the Oregon Short Line, admits that tending to a strong alliance between the Union Pacific and those lines. The present tour of the Union Pacific mag mates has been productive of this alli- ance, which in fact Is of more conse- quence than the mere formation of an alliance. It foreshadoWs the resump- tion of old conditions. The Union Pa cif1c is moving outward for other prop critics, and everything that can be ac- complished in the way of railroad ag- grandizement by the officials now in charge will be done.
 From the present outlook the Mon tana Union line will soon be branch of the Union Pacific, and it is expected that by November of this year the lat ter line will have in it's control the most two desirable properties of the North west, the Oregon Short Line and the Oregon Navigation and Railway Com pany line.
 The railroad magnates at Del Monte assert that the business of the trip was consummated when Portland was reached. Fror. that place the Journey through California was one solely of pleasure. They will return to San Francisco on Monday morning. E. H. Hartman, chairman of the executive committee of the Union Pacific, said tonight:
 Our trip to San Francisco is one of pleasure, with an undercurrent of busi- ness. The Union Pacific owns one-half the stock of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company, and while in San Francisco we will look into the affairs of the Occidental and Oriental"
 The Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific divide the stock of the Occiden- tai and Oriental Steamship lines between them, and thus the two big railroad companies of the West will be brought together in a conference. MT. Harri- man continued:
 "Of course we will lock out for all our interests with connecting lines As the Union Pacific has large coast inter- ests it is probable that an annual trip will be made to San Francisco on a tour of inspection"
 It Is rumored the Union Pacific will combine the freight and passenger agencies in one of the cities on the coast in order to retrench. This is in consonance with the spirit of retrench- ment concerning unnecessary expenses that the Union Pacific intends to follow out in the future.