The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-04-06

Other way OF figuring it
The formal transfer of the Utah &
Pacific will not take place until the
sale which was concluded on Thursday
IS ratified at a meeting of the stock
holders Of the purchased corporation.
This meeting will be called for an early
date and the ratification will be per-
1ected. 1t is mere matter of detail.
but 1t MIST be attended to before the
Short Line can begin operating it's
newly-acquired property.
General superintendent T. r. Eller-
beck, who was in town yesterday. said
he had turned over his stock to Attor-
, ney Farley 4. Williams of the Short
Line. Mr.. EIIerbeck expressed the opin-
ion that the owners of the Utah & Pa
cific had made something good by the
sale, but he was not willing TO give the
annount for which the road was trans
fe-red- He believed that the work of
extending the Short Line to the Goa
would be begun at once, as the road
at the Uvada end is in excellent shape
4 to start the construction. Mr.. EIlIer-
beck also thought Senator Clark would
abandon the San Pedro, Los Angeles &
! Salt Lake altogether.
I &. o. hittemOre, assistant general
counsel for the Clark line. said yester-
! day afternoon that the purchase of the
utah & Pacific would not interfere
/ with his roads plans. He thought it
would be built just the same. For some
/ time past we have anticipated such a
] liipNt do lDlSs nc dQuGu. ana we are
not unprepared for it Further than
/ this Mr.. Whittemore did not desire to
/ be quoted.
Ownership of Grade.
! Mr.. Whittemore was eiated over win
! ming the grade fight. A special to The
I Herald announced the victory for his
J line. and Mr. Whittemore had received
1 private confirmation of it. The decision
! was signed by Register o. H. GaIlup
I = n InI1
/ After going ever the history of the
case. the officials came to this conclu-
/ sian,
Our conclusions, drawn from the
I foregoing facts. are that the claims of
I the Oregon Short Line, the Northern
( Railroad company and the Utah. Ne
vada & California are without merit, the
right under which they claim having
! been forfeited. We, therefore, recon-
mend that the maps of the line as sur
Veyed by them be rejected, and the
maps of the Utah &, California filed in
the United States land Office at Carson
! City, New. Feb. p, 1897, as corrected
! be approved. and said company granted
/ the right Of way
This is an important victory foI
/ us, said Mr.. WhittemOre. The secur-
! ing of this grade means a good deal
/ OF course the osher side has thirty DAYS
J in which to appeal to the land commits
/ sioner. and then an appeal may be
interior. But it is something TO have
Z won the first point"
Farley L. Williams. attorney for the
| Short Line. did not care to discuss the
I decision. He said he had no advices re-
! garding it. and didn't officially know
anything about it. Mr.. Williams was
OF the opinion that an appeal would
be taken. in all probability.
VIII Occupy the Grade.
Another Short Lire man who wa,
/ questioned about the case, said: WHY
tSat decision doesn't amount to a, row
| % pms. The grade is ours, and we arr
going 10 occupy il. We won't wait for
any appeal to be taken. We won't val
hIteen minutes, III fact, after We are
ready TO begin laying rails over if
men once we have our road on thai
grace 1 thing the right of way DISPUTE
VIII ne settled beyond calling up again. ,
me disputed grade aside from he
ing intrlnsically a valuable piece 81
property, is the key to the sftlIa tior II
the south, as 1t is the easiest CUTLER II
ne coast The work was done in the late
Gus py the Short Line, and covers sev.
chly-hVe miles of territory. including
SIX tunnels that aggregate 200 feet IN
lehsth, Inc original SZsst of the rIadt
/ from Milford to SIS presenr tern1iy,,,,
was $3.50. 900. The UIah e. Pacifc - =.
course. occupies it TO Milford bnf ~.
unoccupied portion was much the MOI,
expensive, in that it Involved some bsrC
ifeats of engineering in the line of nm
mel driving and overcoming steep sIo O.
The most troublesome part of thu ROM.
10 Los Angeles is inclEded in this seH-
enty-fi miles