Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-20
SENATOR CLARK
HERE NEXT WEEK
Meeting of Directors Of San Pedro
to be Held on 9th inst.
SHORT LINE POWERS MEET.
Wee President W. II. Cornish, Judge
Kelly, Gen. Manager Bancroft and
ATTY. Williams Meet To-day.

Hon Perry S. Heath this morning re-
ceived a wire from II, G. Kerens. first
vice president Of the San Pedro, Los
Angeles O. Salt Lake road, to the effect
that he would leave st. Louis on Mon
day and arrive in this city on Wednes-
day on which day he expected that
Senator W. A. Clark would be in salt
Lake in order to attend the directors
meeting which has now been set for
Thursday, the eth inst.
Vice presidents T. E. Gibbons, j. Ross
Clark and possibly Secretary 7. f. Nil
Ter are expected to arrive in this city
late this afternoon from Los Angeles,
Attorney &. .. WhttemOre win also
arrive from Washington, d. G. either
tonight or tomorrow morning. In addi-
ton TO those named, G. Is. Leighton
the late president OF the Los Angeles
Terminal, which has been absorbed by
the San Pedro and 5. A. Bemis. the
head of the big st, Louis bag company,
are expected to arrive in this city at
the early part Of next week.
WILL PLAN CAMPAIGN.
AS soon as the directors get together
IN the Offices Of the company In the
Mccormick building they will proceed
TO outline an active plan of campaign
Tor the immediate construction OF the
road through TO southern California. At
the present time there are half a dozen
parties OF surveyors out In the field and
II Is expected that by next week en-
gineer Mccartney VIII be in a position
to place something tangible before the
railroad promoters.
In the meantime the Hartman inter
ests are doing an they can to block the
project Of Senator Clark and his assoc
clates. Surveys are being run which
VIII have the effect. II accepted, Of COM
pelling the rival roads to cross their
tracks, as indicated by the line staked
out of the city to the vicinity of the
salt Works last week. to say nothing
of the lines that have been run in Ne
Vada. Then too, the Clark people
find that II Is virtually impossible to
get any supplies and material hauled
over any roads upon which Hartman
has any Jurisdiction As conse.
quence there is a probability that the
major portion of the San Pedro steel
rails and other material will have 10
be shipped round Cape Horn by boat
from Pittsburg connections.
o, s. L. LEGAL TALENT ARRIVES.
After the impending meeting the
fight viii begin to grow interesting TO
the onlooker In the meantime there Is
an important meeting in session today
in the board room of the Oregon Short |
Line. Early this morning Vice Presi-
dent w d Cornish Of the Oregon
Short Line, Union Pacific and Chicago |
q Alton roads arrived In town accom-
panied by Judge W. X, Kelly, the gen.
eral counsel for the Union Pacific. |
These gentlemen have been closeted |
withGeneral Manager Bancroft and At |
torney Farley l.. Williams Of the Short |
Line for several hours this morning |
and afternoon. They have been dis |
cussing the outlook and plans for the |
extension OF the Uvada line through to |
Los Angeles and the legal phases Of the |
hearing at Carson City rea-
tive to the disputed ught-of-way in
Nevada.
CORNISH rs RETICENT.
Judge w. D. Cornish. vice president
Of the oregon Short Line. Union Pacific
and Chicago a. Alton. accompanied by
Mrs Cornish, his secretary II. b. Tay-
lor and Judge W. X. Kelly counsel for
the Union Pacific, arrived In this city
from the East this morning, and reg
istered at the Knutsford
When seen by News" reporter this
afternoon Judge Cornish professcd TO
express the greatest surprise that
there should be any significance at
tached to his visit here at this time.
81 am out here on one Of my perIodi-
cal visits" he said and viii probably
remain here for a couDle Of weeks"
Then he went on to say that he
would have to take a trip to Idaho
and Wyoming to view the coal mines
and the extensions and improvements
that were being inaugurated along the
northern portion Of the system. When
I came to the south end Of the line
judge Cornish ignored the Cos Angeles
situation entirely; M even said that
he did not know whether he would take
, trip down to Uvada and the scene OF
The proposed extension 10 the coast.
rs the Oregon Short Line going to
build through to California o" was a
question which was put 90 him.
II have not heard anything 10 the
contrary, was his answer but then
'ou know we do not build any railroads
n newspapers"
He admitted that there was a posi-
,llity Of the Oregon Short Line tapping
he coal and iron deposits In Iron coun-
" but even on that matter he was not
ertain.
With the excuse that he might get
nto trouble II he talked. Judge Corn
sh was equally nOn-committal upon
he appointment Of Traffic Adviser
'tubbs and all matter pertaining TO the
Hartman community OF interests"
'ollcy."