The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-03-27
BURLINGTON WILL
BUILD TO SALT LAKE
Hartman Cannot Get Control
of Road.
COMES FROM OFFICIAL
WORD BROUGHT FROM CHICAGO
BY CONSTRUCTION MAN.

Despite rumors to the contrary, the
Burlington will build into Salt Lake.
This is the word brought by w p
Clam of the CLAIM Construction com
pany of Chicago. who is at the Knuts-
ford. Mr.. Clam says he speaks by the
card. for he had an extended CONVEX
sation on the subject with one of the
principal Burlington officials just before
leaving Chicago.
Mr. Clam is in Utah to look after a
large contract with the Rio Grande
Western to put in concrete abutnents
on all its bridges He is an extensive
railroad contractor, and is in close
touch with the leading railroad men
of the west.
The Burlington officials, and one
man in particular in whom / have con-
ndence. and who is one of the cOntroll-
ing minds of the Burlington system
told me that the control of their road
-had not been purchased" said Mr.
CLAIM last evening They also said
that the plans to build into Salt Lake
would be carried out. 1t was my I'M
Outstanding that they had already ar
ranged for terminal facilities here, and
had ground for yards and shops The
object, OF course; is to connect with the
Clark road and form a new trans
continental route.
There has been a great deal of buy
ing of Burlington stock, and il has been
attributed to the Hartman crowd But
there is just as good reason TO believe
that Senator Clark and his friends are
acquiring an interest in the Burlington
to protect their chance for eastern con-
nectionS as there is to believe that an
effort is being made to acquire il for
rival roads. Burlington officials tell me
there is veryasmali chance of a controll-
ing interest changing hands. A large
amount of the stock is held along the
line of the road, and the people owning
it feel a pride in the system. They
would not be likely to part with il. A
large proportion of the stock is held
in Boston, and 1 am inclined to think
it would be difficult TO get these hold
ings, also.
when the Burlington does come into
Salt Lake. il will be a great thing for
this part of the country. This is a lib
eral, progressive road, and it always
tries to build up the country tributary
TO it. That is the reason it is one of
the most popular roads in the coun-
try.
Il am inclined to think that the ac-
quirement of the Rio Grande Western
by the Gould interests may be a bene-
fit to the country. also. 1t has been
commonly stated that the Goulds, Van
derbilts Standard-Oil crowd and J.
Pierpont Morgan were working in close
combination. 1t is a noticeable fact,
however, that the Goulds do not hesi-
tate to build into the territory occupied
by the other roads. They may have an
understanding with the other interests,
but there is by no means the same
chose connection between them and the
others as there is in the other crowd.
There is a strong possibility that the
policy of the new Gould system viii
be to build extensively in Utah and
develop the country. There is no limit
to the possibilities in this state if they
start on such a career
Mr.. Clam expects to be in this part
of the country a great deal. in view of
the prospective railroad construction.