The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-28
Transcontinental Railroad Officials
Will Discuss Schedules Today.
CONFERENCE AT OGDEN
S. p, U. P. and c. g. N. w. OF
FICIALS TO MEET.
The Bettering of the Fall Schedule
viii Be Taken Up and Considered
Also the Matter of Pro Rating
the Running Time of the Three
Roads.

The officials of the Southern Pacific,
Union Pacific and the Chicago & North
western will hold an important meet
ing in Ogden today for the purpose of
endeavoring to better the present
schedule now operated by these lines
in the running of their transcontinental
trains. The direct object is to pro rate
the present running time between the
great trio so that the faster fall
schedule, which will doubtless go into
effect in the near future, may be work
ed to a better advantage for all con-
cerned. This has been brought about
by the fact that at present the Union
Pacific and the Chicago & Northwest
ern are bearing the brunt of all the
fast running on the transcontinental
mail and passenger service.
& officials Arrive.
The following are the officials Of the
Union Pacific and Chicago & North
western who arrived here yesterday
afternoon on the Overland Limited:
Union Pacific Buckingham, sup
erintendent of transportation; 2. T..
Lomax, general passenger and ticket
agent !; E. Dickinson, general manager.
81 Chicago & orthwestern-John M.
Whitman, general manager, and w. 3.
Kniskern, general passenger and ticket
agent. %
The party came on. Mr.. Dickinson's
private car Immediately upon their
arrival they We're run out to Ialtair as
a. special, the party being anxious to
see that resort They had dinner upon
their private car on the return trip and
visited the Salt Palace last night. They
will leave this morning to meet the
officials Of the Southern Pacific at
Ogden, where the conference Will be
held this afternoon
The. party from San Francisco is
composed of j.. G.. Stubs third vice
president. J. Kruttschnitt fourth vice
president and general manager, II IA.
Goodman general passenger agent, j.
A. Fillmore general superintendent, and
d. w. Hitchcock, general agent of the
passenger department Of the Union
Pacific at San Francisco. The officials
from the coast will reach Ogden this
morning.
Important Business.
There is no denying that there is
great deal of important business to be
transacted, and in fact more than the
eastern contingent were willing to dis
scuss last night, and it is also a fact
that they were more or less apprehen-
sfve as to- the outcome of the conference
for the reason that the question of the
Southern Pacific's running time is to be
the matter chiefly brought up for dis
cussfon. They all hope that the con-
ference will achieve its ends amicably
and at present it looks as IL 1t Will.
To Better Schedule.
Mr.. e. u. Lomax, general passenger
and ticket agent of the Union Pacific,
when seen at the Knutsford last night
relative to the conference said:
ss.This conference will be held Tor the
purpose of endeavorings to better the
coming. fall schedule and to pro rate the
present running time between the
roads. Just at present l am not at hb-
erty to discuss the matter as fully as
+ would like to do, but it will be con-
ference held purely for considering the
question of the schedule now in opera
tion In the transcontinental business
between the roads that will meet to-
gether."
When asked il the matter of putting
on q third train would be brought up
he said: Il have. very little to say upon
this subject also. but am of the
opinion that the matter will be con-
sidered. We are anxious and willing
for another through train If we think
our business warrants it and the South
ern Pacific is agreeable. The train, If
put on. will run from Chicago to San
Francisco
Beyond this Mr.. Lomax refused to
make any further statements for puDli-
cation.