Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-03
HEARING BEFORE
HARTMAN co.
Salt Lake Commercial Club Committee
Gathering Data to Present at Proper
Time and Place.

Since the receipt Of the answer to the
request sent to %. H. Hartman the
members OF the comnWttee appointed
by the governors board Of the Com
merclal club have been working hard
upon data pertaining to the round-the-
lake cut-off, and by the time General
Manager Kruttschnitt is ready to give
the Salt Lake representation an audi
ence they viii have a formidable array
OF figures at their finger ends. The
committee composed Of col. n. q. Web
Der chairman e, A. Drueh and w. A.
Nelden, expects to get together late
this afternoon and outline the policy
owing to the fact that Chairman
Weber was present at The Sugar COM
pany meeting until after noon and W.
A. Nelden not returning from Murray
untill II o'clock the committee was un
able TO meet This morning.
Just what policy is to be decided upon
is not forthcoming Mr. Nellen cx-
pressed himself today as being in favor
Of having the entire one hundred rep
resentatlye men recently appointed by
the governor to meet with Mr. Krutt-
schnitt and then talk the matter over
Mr.. Druehl. however, is of the opinion
that II the committee can get the Har-
rman representative TO themselves Cor
a little heaIt-to heart talk that decid-
edly more can be accomplished and the
matter can be placed before him in q
more lucid manner
There IL not member on the com
mittee,' said Mr. Druehl this morning,
who will not willingly leave all his
business and use his best efforts on be-
half Of Salt Lake and her interests,
Just az soon as we sent off that re-
quest we started to collect data and
outline our argument We want all
We can get and have It In such shape
that we can do the most possible with
IT,"
When asked as 10 what would be the
line the committee would take Mr.
Druehl said Among other things
we viii draw attention 10 the fact that
by passing through Salt Lake the sys-
TEN would tap the only large city on
| the main line between Omaha and san
| Francisco--a city which all transcon-
tinental tourists wish to see, and In the
| past have gone out OF their way 10 visit
| coming down from Ogden ana return
| ing again The mere fact that salt
| Lake would be on the main lihe would
have the effect OF greatly increasing
the passeng% department receipts OF
the roads involved
"Then too" ne continued, "the line
| round the south end Of the lake under
present conditions, would be forty miles
| longer than the Ogden-bucln out-oif
across the lake. the grade, however,
| will be entirely different and trains can
| make better time on a solid roadbed
| than they can on the trestle work ana |
| do not think that when the runs are
compared that there will be much loss
| Of time to say nothing of the saving OF
! rbout $4,000 900 in the cost OF conslruc-
| tion,"
When seen today Mr. Nelden talked
In a similar vein and stated that every
minute Of his time was at the disposal
| of the people OF salt Lake as far as
the cut of question was concerned,
| 1--WE must be posted thoroughly he
said "and | believe that we win be able
to convince Mr. Kruttschnltt that In
| passing through Salt Lake his line VIII
have a good thing This is not mat
Ter Of rivalry between ogden and salt
Lake. II is simply business PROPOSE
ton and Salt Lake is entitled TO con-
slderation In this matter am person.
ally In favor Of big meeting here when
Mr.. Kruttschnltt arrives, but there Is