Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-12-24
Hon. Thos, Kearns, C, 0, White
more, Hon, Reed SmoOt Return,
CLARK ANXIOUS TO BEGIN.
Articles TO He Filled within the Next
Two Weeks Conference of Capt.
talisls In New York.

Hon Thomas Kearns. G, O. White
more and Hon. Reed smoot have re-
turned from New York where they have
been In attendance upon a meeting Of
the promoters Of the San Pedro. Los
Angeles 4 Salt Lake railroad. All
three bring back with them the cheer
ing assurance that the road will be
pushed to an issue In the near future.
When seen this morning Mr.. White
more produced letter that he had just
received from Senator Clark through
the mall In which the president Of the
proposed road expressed himself as
agreeing with Mr. Whittemore to the
euect that the articles OF Incorporation
should be filed here at the earliest date
possible. This will be done, said
Mr. Whittemorei lust as soon as It Is
possible, and while / have hopes tnat
they may be filed in this city by Janu-
AIRY lsti IL would perhaps be safer to
say, however, that along about the 10Th
OF the month they will be fled
Continuing, he said: "TLSe Is no
question that the road will be built
right away. The last thing Mr.
kearns said 10 me before | left Chicago
was to the effect that this would be
done; In fact everyone / saw spoke in
the same enthusiastic yein The peo-
PIE Of this State need not have any
tear Of this scheme falling through,
for II will not. They have already be-
gun construction on the California end
OF the line and It viii be pushed right
along. All the details are being
worked out as rapidly as possible. The
ordinary individual possibly has not a
conception as TO the amount Of work
that is attached TO a proposition Of this
kind. Everything is being pushed as
rapidly as possible. but II takes time.
First we had the meeting here, then
there was a meeting Of the Terminal
people. later one Of the California I'M
prOVement company, then the stock
holders Of the two companies had 10
meet to ratify what had been already
done by the directors. There u.
a meeting IN st. Louis followed by one
In New York. Just as soon as the
articles here are filed they will have to
be ratified and more business entered
into. IL all takes time and in the end
the public Will see that we really mean
what We have stated from time TO
time In regard 10 the enterprise
In answer TO a question In re-
gard to the route Of the road from
Salt Lake City west, Mr.. Whittemore
stated emphatlcaly that he did not
think that the tracks OF the Oregon
Short Line and the Utah q Pacific
would be utilized by the new road on /.
the other hand he was Of the opinion, /
although he could give no hard and /
fast definite assertion on that point, |
that the line would enter I
salt Lake city over Its |
own tracks over the route set forth in |
the Christmas edition Of the News" |
When referred 10 an Interview with |
Hon. Reed Smoot published IN a morn
ing paper to the effect that the road |
would possibly utilize the tracks above |
indicated, Mr., WhlttemoTe expressed !
the opinion that Mr. Smoot had been
upon the subject.
Mr. Kearns when seem also was en-
phatic in his statement 10 the effect
hat the road was going to be built, and
that no delay would be made in the III
ing Of the articles OF incorporation OF
he three companies which are 20 Uper-
ate development, construction, and the
railroad
Senator Clark, ] Ross Clark r. r.
iibbon and possibly some OF the other
promoters OF the big enterprise are
expected to be in this city during the
irst week Of January.