The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-08-22
GONSTRUCTIONVORK
on SAN PEDRO ROAD
Great Activity at Los Angeles
End of Line.
COMPLETING rHESURyEY
ATTORNEY WHITTEMoRE RE
TURNS FROM THE COAST.

the san Pedro road returned yesterday
from California. where he has been in
consultation with other officials of the
road he brought news of the prog
ress tnat is being made by the road at
the western end
"Jhe work Ola the road I'm Utah and
Ne,ada IS being impeded while the
present litigation Is pending" said Mr.
III bittemoTe 'buC meanwhile every.-
thing is being pushed at the California
end. The work OF RELAXING the tzvarfx--
sN miles of road between san Pedro
and Los Angeles with sever tv-fve-
pound rails has been completed, auf 4
f splendid piece OF road has been ob-
teined. Bids viii be opened Sept. o at
Los Angeles for she grading of the
thirty miles from Los Angeles 10 PO-
mona. and the specifications are hafna-
prepared for the grading of the thirty
miles beyond. This includes some Of
the best portion Of San Bernardino
county, and there has been difficulty
for that reason in getting a right Of
way. This task Us nearly completed
however only a couple of more pieces
being let- TO obtain, and then the work
rof building the road on the right of
way VIII be crowded throUgh
Ihe surveyors are working in Cali
fcrIla eastward from CaiOn paSs an
ithe desert. and there are now only some
200 miles TO go before they viii connect
Jtah side To the observation-disclosures
state line
eff there were stiH any lingering
doubts iu the minds Of any peo7le as
Na whether the san Pedro road actually
would Se built. / should think fha
amount Of money being scent vvouI3
convince them. Something like 81 00O
day is being spent on the grade i'm
Nevada alone / have observed. how
ever that the public sentiment is very
in 4,~,+F
ana Nevada Ia Nevada includin.-
portions not directly affected bv the
railroad, fully 50 per cent of the DeoDie
entertain warm friendship toward
ne project while in California it is
the same way"
Mr.. Nhittelnore will confer with Cen
etai counsel p. I. Williams of the Ore
goa Short Line today as 10 taking nm
some or the pending cases before Jufza
abbot while the judge is in Salt Lake
1t is proposed FOR the court IN besr
arguments on motions and Geuurrers
IN zhe forcible entry sssit brought as .
result or the capture of the CaHentesI
grade. and in the condemnation suits
brought by the Short Line across p0r-
tons Of the San Pedro right of way
me orders VIII be entered after the
Judge reaches Phoebe 1t is expected
that time viii be set also for a hear
Ills on lIie Gase involving the tax title
OF the Phoebe grade. Before judge
HaWiey in the federal court viii come
up Sept Is the ease fDvoIx-iDe ~ -
Idity Of the short Line survey across
Nevada and sept - viii be taken up
WIN tne in1unctloS ordering the short
Line to keep OF the San Pedro era5e
below Canentes
Mr. WhitIemoFe SAYS he IS advised
lnac there Is no truth in the reDOr+ sant
GUY from Chicago that Senator Clark
aAd representatives Ct Hartman ar
ranged a compromise there h fei+
certain that che pending lit.eatfon
WoUid be fought to decision.
Local ticket brokers are aroused over
I'D ts5 prospect or The formAion of a
t.cAet brokers' trust TO work in COM
blHatlon with the railroads and drive
az other brokers' out of the business !
+" an mas already been opened i'm salt
-1e.Ae ,WHich IS expected 10 spread to
az parts Of the country.
The man who is suspected of Intend
ms 70 FORM ticket brokers' trtlst ia |
A ttTinger Of San Francisco who no
centiy opened an office in salt Lake !
10 ti-loi lllation as to his movements here 4
mas neen sent Out to members of the
. merican Ticket Brokers' association I
ana t2e Guarantee association and
yesterday an the Iocu ticket brokers [
received from ST. Louis an anonvmous /
lows. P'i o9 Iul-
a. Ottinger. who controls the Pa
~. coast has about contaminated a /
siinllar deal with the -eyv combina- I
ION ot which mr.. Stubs and Mr.. Nil /
Ief are general traffic managers. He .
ual tees this combination of caDitaI 4
Sot tieIe VIII be no brokers in the I
CHlted states inside of a few vears
ana That memberships i'm the assocfa- /
t-.i' poth American and GUARANTEES
months rec
His proposition IS this. He is now,
-viiillls q stock company caDita1ized /
-'t e%ttvl0. and viii issue shares same
90 oe called Ottnger's association Of
-..I ne proposes to bulletin every
-5eA9t whether same be mileage. edi-
~ idis or any kind of transportatior-
elot is If he is unable to purchase
5iie az mis- own price (use same meth
80 as ne is now doing on the COAST (
80 TINS combination Of capital viii
protect him"
.. Gittineer now has Offices in Los An
49,, san Francisco, Settle Spokane /
en-. sam Lake. 10 is stated that he is
lii~ combinations with strong
olpAers 10 other cities to go into his I
oglltHle- The plan is said to include Z
-'lS .ne railroads a percentage of
s+i~ l'o.lls III return for their cooper
= ~, ne railroads have spent fully
s-'gog'.o7 IN lighting the ticket brokers.
. enc new plan would give one con- /
NeI + a monopoly Of the ticket broker
80 oeslreSs while the railroads would I
- Ii TOT share OF whatever was
mace out Of the business
w. b. la Vielle. former manager for
Szlllnser' s2id last evening that the
49,. .tl ~ was az present On very friendly
inns with the Southern Pacific Mr.
- iFtie said he left ottingers en-
10y because of a dispute growing out
- MS refusal 20 do certain things re-
N---ed OF him in this connection.
LLe practice of hulleting tickets can
~.-h greet loss uUon broker. BY THIS
0's-eLl- " man brings q ticket into
oIohef Office to sell, and the brok-
olef Is refused. the latter watches
-ils cLalce 90 take the form and num-
=! the ticket Should thu man sell
f-, t'cAet 90 another broker the first
--vhef promptly notifies the rafroad
-t-.iile-4y ot the fo~m and number of
-1 ttcNeL and it IS bulietined to con-
.,.-y's ana taken uD as a scalp
- me purchaser must then pay
--ll -eite or walk. Where a broker is
sung IN collision with q railroad
-s.e,AE the railroad co -,nany refunds
~ ~" t1e amount he is out by giving
-,--r9 20 ire purchaser the amount
~. -oI the ticket Where a broker is
- -ii c2Auslon with the railroad com
i,- IS necessarily q heavy loser /
"a ing his tickets taken UP.
ne local brokers propose 70 fight
-,t.l-ser, end merry war which may
Il ~ -s-y involve the travelling public
SNOW SHEDS BURH