The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-24
WILL DISCUSS
SAN PEDRO LINE
Prominent Railroad Officials Ar.
rive in Salt Lake City.
TRIP TO PARK CITY MINES
BIG TRUST COMPANY TO DEVEL-
oP LOCAL RESOURCES.
TRIP TO PARK CITY. MINES

R. c. Kerens, first vice president.
and T. z. Gibbon, third vice president
and general counsel Of the San Pedro.
Los Angeles & salt Lake railroad,
reached the city yesterday from St
Louis in the Denver" the private car
OF j. A. Edison. manager Of the Rio
Grande system. The party was met
at the depot by Thomas Kearns,
Charles o. WhittemOre, the local at
tOrney for the road; David Keith, one
of the stockholders, and Engineer II.
NJ Mccartney.
+. +. Calvin, assistant general man
ager of the Oregon Short Line, was at
the depot when the train pulled in, and
this fact naturally whetted the Curl
osity Of those who were awaiting the
arrival of the train, :. W Eccles,
traffic director of the American Smelt-
ing & Refining company, was also at
the depot and greeted the officials. The
conclusion was natural that a harmony
of interests had brought the men to-
gether at this particular time Mr.
EcCies was on his way to the east,
however, and Mr.. Calvin, accompanied
by Mrs. Calvin. was awaiting the ar
rival of Mrs. Edison. who will visit in
the city for Il few days AS soon as
the train arrived Mr.. Calvin and party
entered their carriage and were driven
down town
Went to Park City.
Manager Edson's car pulled into the
depot at 2-20 j. m superintendent Jo-
seph II. Young had his private car
'Wasatch' in waiting for the party,
which left an hour later for Park City
TO inspect the mines. Manager Ed
sons car was also coupled to this spe-
cial- Before leaving the city the Wis
itOrs We're taken in hand by Senator
Kearns, and, with Messrs. Whittemore
and Mccartney, took a short carriage
ride.
Attorney GibbOn did not accompany
the party to Park City, bur went at
once to the Knutsford. Mr.. Gibbon
said, when questioned regarding the
purpose of the present visit:
There is nothing new to give out for
publication regarding the san Pedro
situation that would be of interest.
Everything that can be done has been
done regarding the transfer. There are
routine matters to go over, but it may
take month yet before the final dis
position is made. / have been in St.
Louis on business connected with the
railroad and started for Los Angeles
by way of Salt Lake because I ex-
pected to meet Senator Clark here"
Senator Clark was expected to reach
Salt Lake yesterday, but kilograms
were received by the party stating that
he would be in Ogden on Monday. The
telegram invites Messrs. KerenS and
Gibbon to meet him there and accom-
peny him to Butte. Senator KearnS,
c. o. WhittemOre and Mr.. Mccartney
viii also go TO ogden.
Mr.. GibbOn said that there are some
minor matters to go over with Messrs.
WhittemOTe and Mccartney. and this
was another reason for stopping over
in salt Lake.
Senator Clark Going to Butte.
It is understood that urgent business
matters at Butte make it necessary for
Senator Clark to foregO his visit to
this city, although this was his inten-
ton up TO the time that he reached San
Francisco. He viii be accompanied
east by Vice President Bancroft Of the
Oregon Short Line Mr. Kerens. when
seen, said to The Herald:
THE transfer Of the Short Line to the
San Pedro will be one of the matters
discussed at the meeting with Senator
". A, Clark. I can't say what will
come up at the meeting Monday, but
there is nothing to give out yet The
plan of organization in detail has not
been worked out. and there win be
nothing affecting this question until
after the meeting and. possibly, not
then There are other matters which
We expect to discuss while here, and in
which some Of the San Pedro people are
Interested"
From one Of the members of the party
IT was learned that the business re-
ferred to means the formation of a
trust company It is expected that 81
600 900 will be invested in this enterprise
which anticipates the development OF
local resources.
Preliminary Details.
Regarding the official personnel of the
new road when it is turned over to the
San Pedro. nothing is yet known. Al
the officials stated positively yesterday
that nothing along this line has been
done One Of the first matters to be
arranged, said one of the officials, is
the execution of the mortgage and the
issue Of the bonds which must be ap-
proved, certified 10 and signed by the
president and the secretary. There are
$4,000 bonds Of the value Of 81, 900 each
and II viii probably take some time tC
sign them
The other details affecting the man
agement and the operation of the road
viii be arranged after the financial and
legal matters pertaining to the trans
fer are out Of the way. It has beer
stated several times that the work Of
construction VIII make it necessary tC
appoint some one at this end who viii
have the managementyof the work.
The fact that Manager Edison of the
Rio Grande accompanied the San Pedro
officials to this city gave rise to the
rumOr that 10 was a coincidence affect
ing the matter of union depot. Mr.
Edison stated that he came to inspect
the Park city line. Since assuming the
management Of the Rio Grande system
he has confined his trips of inspection
until now to the main lines Of the road
Mr.. Edison was formerly manager OF
the ST. Louis Southwestern, the famous
Cotton Belt" line in which Mr.. Kerens
was interested before il was taken over
by the GOuids- Messrs. Edison auC
Kerens became intimately acquainted
at that time. The return trip from
Park City viii be made some time to-
day.