Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-13
JOSEPH F. SMITH
MADE DIRECTOR
Chosen 10 a Place on the Board to
Succeed T. ]. Coolidge of
Boston, Resigned.
HARTMAN COMING NOV. 20.
viii be Here at the Time of the For.
NAL Opening Of the Lucin Cut
on Utah Policy

The annual meeting Of stockholders
of the Union Pacific Railroad company
took place this morning as advertised
in the Office OF ID. u, Cray general
agent Of the Hartman lines. After the
election of directors for the ensuing
year the meeting was adjourned until
Nov 20 when T.. II. Hartman and a
party of directors win come 20 Salt
Lake on a special train IN order to be
present on the occasion of the opening
of the Lucin cutoff The election of
directors resulted in but one change
being made. Hon. Joseph f. Smith be-
ing chosen resident director to succeed
T, ]. Coolidge, Jro Of Boston. The
board of directors as elected Is as fol-
lows.
Oliver Ames Boston, Mass. Horace
g, Burt, Omaha. Neb, Thomas Il, Eek
ert, New York CITY. Louis Fitzgerald,
New York city; George j. Gould, Lake
wood, ~ j.. r. II. Hartman. Arden,
n. "; Marvin Hughitt Chicago, Ill.,;
James II. Hyde, New York city; Otto
II Kahn, Morristown. N. j.; Charles a.
Peabody, New York city. Winslow $.
Pierce. New York city; Henry II, Rog-
ers, New York city; Jacob H. Schiff,
New York city, James Stlllman, New
York Cityi Joseph f. Smith, Salt Lake
City.
STOCK REPRESENTED,
In all there was sii77sl 800 worth ~
stock Of the company voted, practcnl-
ly by proxy. for each Of the directors
named above The directors viii meet
In the east within the next 10 days Be-
yond the checking up OF the proxies
and the formal reading OF the volume
NOUS report the meeting was entirely
routine in character. There were pres
ent President Horace c. Burt OF the
Union Pacific. Alex. Millar, secretary
for the Hartman lines, New York
Judge Kelly OF omaha, chief counsel
for the Union Pacific and Judge lie
Grand Young, local counsel for the
Union Pacific
UTAH POLICY.
After the meeting this afternoon Mr..
Millar said.
1T has always been the policy OF the
Union Pacific to have a resident direc-
tor In Utah That policy has been car
ried out since the days Of Brigham
Young. who was a director When he
died John Sharp was elected, after him
came Hon. George @. Cannon and now
Mr. Smith. Before we elected Mr. Smith
we asked him to accept and he kindly
consented Mr.. Coolidge had sent in
his resignation 10 the board and II was
accepted on account OF his pressing
business In other directions.
The meeting has been adjourned UNI
a 0n "A
some Of the directors VIII be m Salt
Lake on the occasion OF the opening Of
the Lucin cutoff. -
PRESIDENT BURT TALKS,
President II. G. Burt Of the Union
Pacific in an Interview with the News"
cmphatically denied the rumors that
he was to resign at an early date. ~
guess that originated with you gentle
men OF the 0ress. There Is neither any
thing in the story that / am going to
the Southern Pacific" Mr., Burt also
stated that business on the Union Pa
ciho right now was better than II had
ever been before. I'VE have got
through with the improvements" he
said, and are taking all the business
we can handle with comfort"
NEW EQUIPMENT.
w L. Park, superintendent OF the
Wyoming division Of the Union Pacific,
who is also In the city today, stated
that the Union Pacific had received 800
new stock cars and was now daily re-
cevlng coal cars from the eastern
shops, so that there would be no danger
Of a car famine.
President Burt will return to ogden
evening aud continue on his way
Ihome TO Omaha after inspecting the
system. Mr. Mlllar viii remain over
In Salt Lake In order to attend the
meeting OF the oregon Short Line
stockholders in the board room at head
quarters tomorrow,