The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-30
Reported to Have Controlled the
Ogden Conference.
MADE THE NEW SCHEDULE
RIO GRANDE WESTERN TAKEN
OFF ITS GUARD.
The Oregon Short Line Will Put On
a Train to Connect With the Two
New Overlands- Will Leave
Salt Lake City at 11:45 a. M
Railroad Notes. i,

4
Yesterday that the Southern Pacific, in
i the schedule that it announced for the
third train that is to be put on between
i Chicago and San Francisco Oct. Is, has
stolen march upon the Rio .Grande
western that is anything but agreeable
to that road. The runor goes further,
land those who are in a position to
know what they are talking about de-
clare that Mr.. Huntington'S represen-
4 tatives dictated to the Union Pacific IN
the matter of the proposed schedule
ithat was adopted ait the conference held
lin Ogden on Thursday. 1t is a. fact
! that the officials of the Rio Grande
4 We're taken unawares, and yesterday
4 they We're unable to state definitely
what they propose to do to meet the
I change in the schedule of the transcon-
tinental trains. The wise ones say
\ that the Southern Pacific assumed con-
1 troll of the situation when it announced
! that a third train would be operated
FOYER its line in four hours less time
\ than the present Overland, but With.
| out a third train there would be no
| improy This move was made.
| upon the part of the Southern Pacific
/ because Of the fact that it fears the
Icompetition that will exist when the
Santa Fe gets into San Francisco next
| January. To Offset this, however. p.
| o.. Mccormick, passenger traffic man
'ager of the Southern Pacific, declares
THAT his line and the Santa Fe: are
| practically partners in business, and
! that there will be no cutting of rates.
"A Diplomatic Move.
Be this as it. may, the local railroad
officials assert that the Southern Pa
ciffe is taking time, by the forelock in
| the matter of fighting any competition
: thatsmay arise from the Santa Fe by
lettering it's schedule beyond all eX-
4 pectations. 1t is fact that the wind
was completely taken out of Mr.. Lo-
max's sails when he found that the
Southern Pacific had practically ar
ranged it's schedule when the confer
ence convened, and that there had
been made reduction of about four
hours on it's running time from Ogden
to San Francisco. 1t is said that the
Union Pacific people, when they went
up to the conference, were only consid-
tering the third train as possibility,
and that they had some ideas of their
foWn regarding the schedule if it was
8to be put on. What they really want
ed was to get their present Overland
train over Huntington's line on better
lllilG, .Dul sGllIS MdS refused ana the
only condition by which they could ac-
complish their ends was to agree to the
third train, which alone is to have the
fast through schedule from Og-
Esden. This was said to have
been the ultinlatum of the South
ern Pacific, and by it, railroad
anen here assert, it has put a most
Eeffectives checkmate upon the Santa Fe.
FAs a matter of fact the Southern Pa
Il
no alternative for having two feeders
at Ogden in the Rio Grande Western
and the Union Pacific, the traffic that
lit is required to handle being far
greater than that of the Union Pa
Ecific, which could attend to the bust
ness with its present trains.
Rio Grande Affected.
The greatest matter of Importance
with the putting on of the third train is
the effect that it viii have upon the
schedules of the Rio Grande Western.
That of a necessity there must be
changes made, the officials of the line
admit, but what they will be they could
not state yesterday, except to say that
they would meet all connections and
keep. up their end as far as Salt Lake
City is concerned.
Acting. General Passenger Agent
Heintz of the Rio Grande Western,
when asked what changes would be
made by his road, said:
1.-THE new schedule to go into effect
on Oct. 10 was only submitted 10 me on
Friday. night, and at present it is i'm
possible. for me to. say what will be the
changes upon our line. / have dis
cussed the matter with Superintendent I
Welby, and we arc now working upon
the new schedule, that is to say, we
are doing some preliminary work re-
garding its formation, but at present |
it would be mere .guesswork for me to
attempt to say what the new schedule
will be. have notified the Burling
ton, Rock Island, Denver & Rio Grande
and Santa Fe,. all of which are our con- !
inections, of the new schedule upon the
Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and
Chicago & Northwestern, and we will
have to know what they intend to do J
before we will have any idea of what
will be our own schedule. Our con-
neetions with these lines would not adj
init of our going ahead and making
schedule without consulting them. /
willsay this much. however, and that is
that we will have such schedule as
will enable US to keep up our excellent
service. We have always kept up with
other roads, and we will continue to do
so in the matter of schedules
a 9IuDdDI6 SaanS6.
Superintendent Welby when seen
said that it would be only, guessworll
for him to venture to say at present i
what the new schedule upon the Rio /
Grandea Western will be- 1t was ru-
mored that the. Rio Grande would put /
on third through train that would /
take the place of No. 9, which is al stub 4
train, but MIR. Heintz declared that |
there was no truth in any such rumor. |
1t is thought, however, that. No. q. I
which leaves here for Ogden at 1890 4
p. m, will be taken off. or else it's time H
Of departure will be changed so as to l
allow it to reach Ogden in time to con-. \
meet with No. /, which is the new over 4
land and which leaves Ogden for San
Francisco at 1890 p. M, Pacific time.
which Isl the time that No. arrives /
at Ogden II this is done, then No. 8 L
win also make connection with No. 5. Il
which leaves for the west at ITO p. M,
Pacific time, just forty minutes after
the departure of No. H.
Three Trains Each Was.
Under the present schedule as put on
by the three transcontinental lines L
there will be three trains each way Il
daily from Ogden. No. 5, whose sched4
ule east of Ogden was not given in the
time table prepared at the conference I
held at Ogden On Friday, is the fast II
mail that leaves Chicago at 10 p. M
daily. On the run from Chicago to !.
Omaha, over the Chicago & North-3 +
western, this train does not carry any 7
passengers, but only the through mail. /
When it reaches Omaha the Union Pa
cific is allowed to attach two passen-
ger coaches to it. and the train con-
tinues its fast run 10 Ogden, arriving
there about LAO p. m, Mountain time, /