Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-04
THE GOULD AND
HARTMAN DEAL.
Looks Like a Concerted Move to
Shut Out Senator cIark's Road.
BURLINGTON IS ALSO IN II.
ogden Gateway WIN Only be Open 90
Missouri Pacific Interests which
Are pledged to KIN Rivals.

The election Of Z, II. Hartman and
his associates as directors of the
Southern Pacific, thereby giving the
Union Pacific control OF affairs to the
extent Of the eight to seven, was the
topic upon Railroad Row this morning.
The general opinion expressed was to
the effect hat an understanding re-
gardng traffic had practically been ar
rived at and that George j. Gould had
received assurances that the Ogden
gateway would henceforth remain open
for ever and aye, The moves that have
also been made on the railroad chess
board Of lhs West during the past two
months were also regarded as being an
effective checkmate to the proposed
building Of The San Pedro. Los Angeles
& Salt Lake as far as this end OF the
line was concerned, The promoters of
the Clark railroad, however, are going
along as though nothing had happened.
Vice Presidents j. Ross Clark and 4. Il.
Gibbon are expected to arrive In this
city on or about The lilh. when another
directors meeting Will be held here.
the plans outlined for the construction
Of theLoad canyassed and definite steps
In that direction taken.
In speaking In regard to the present
railroad situation, a prominent railroad
official here his morning said: HThe
developments at the directors meeting
OF the southern Pacific in New York
yesterday all point to one conclusion,
and that Is that the proposed road to
Los Angeles VIII not be built by Sena-
tor CLARK and his associates. II there is
any road to be built there the Rio
Grande Western and the Oregon short
Line, OF perhaps | had better now say
The Could and Hartman lines, VIII ar.
rive az an understanding as to which
will build the road. The mere fact
that George j. Gould has been
elected into the directorate
of the southern Pacific. ooup-
led with his recent acquisition of the
western, Or practically 50, leads TO but
one CONCLUSION, which schoolboy can
hgure out Tor himself The ogden gate
way i going to be left wide open for
the Missouri Pacific interests. There
has been an understanding arrived at
without doubt us 10 which way the
traffic Will be divided; for anyone TO
suppose that these two great systems
are going to let another line build
through and cut into the Southern Pa
clflc haulage is absurd and Gould and
Hartman are pledged to each other to
Illustrate any such design. II there Is
any building OF road through to south
ern California you mark my words the
road viii either be extended from
Marysyae or Uvada. The San Pedro,
Los Angeles & Salt Lake road may be
built, but Il they come to Salt Lake as
an independent corporation they viii
md no outlet to the East, and without
that line from the coast TO Salt Lake
through the country that this line will
traverse would not pay operating ex-
penses"
" II the Burlington builds through to
Salt Lake however, the new road would
be a paying investment In more ways
than one suggested the reporter
Don't you worry about the Burllng-
ton. came the good-natured response,
'because that system was successfully
approached some time ago. The Burl-
ington has It's own territory and will
also participate In the community Of
interests That was all cut and dried
some time ago and as long as the pres
ent combinations last the Burlington
VIII never build 10 Salt Lake"