Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-08
OPTION ON 0. ISL.
EXPIRES TO-DAY.
Pending Deal Involving 800 Miles
South Of Salt Lake.
TERMS OF THE ALLIANCE.
Dispatches Give a yersion ofthe Deni
AZ Understood IN California
Railroad News.

To-day, Thursday, Jan. s, Is the day
upon which the option Of the San Pc
dro Los Angeles & Salt Lake upon the
Oregon Short Line trackage south OF
Salt Lake expires. Just what has been
accomplished at the recent meeting IN
New York is not at this time forthcom.
Ing for II is anticipated that no an
nouncement win be forthcoming FOR
pcme time yet until everything ia In
readiness FOR the transfer,
IN CHICAGO TODAY.
Vice President and General Manager
w. II. Bancroft General Sunerintend-
ent n. Il. Calvin and Acting Traffic
Manager T. Nj. Schumacher of the Ore
gon Short Line arrived In Chicago this
morning, where they met j. c. Stubs
and other Hartman officials. II is also
believed that Vice Presidents j. Ross
Clark. r. h. Gibbon and other San Pc
dro officials are in Chicago today upon
matters connected with the purported
transfer
THE TRANSFER.
Considerable speculation Is rife among
the employees OF the Short Line regard
Ing the transfer The general opinion
seems to be that the same order VIII
b followed as that which marked the
segregation OF the Oregon Short Line
from the Union Pacific some yenrs ago.
On that memorable occasion circulars
were issued giving notice OF the change
and stating that the entire stan would
remain, the only difference being that
they would report TO Q. s. L. head
quarters instead OF the U. p at Omaha.
LEASE OF EQUIPMENT.
II IS believed that providing the
transfer Is made that the much debat.
ed rolling stock. together with the priv.
Ilege of entrance TO the Salt Lake depot
roundhouse, yards, etc, will be leased
from the Short Line until such time as
the San Pedro can replace them with
equipment and buildings Of it's own.
OFFICERS APPOINTED.
There win be no need to appoint adj
aitiona officers, save perhaps joint
agent and one or two minor positions.
The general officers OF the company
have long been appointed. The only
difference viii be that as, under the
contemplated transfer, the traffic end
II the line VIII be transferred from the
California 20 the Utah end of the line
there may be move made to Utah on
the part OF some Of the officers.
NEW TARIFFS.
At present the only men who are wor-
rying are Acting Traffic Man
ager Schumacher and his force
For the transfer Of all the
smelter and wool business will mean
the issuance OF new tariff sheets 10
cover the change in the Oregon short
Line mileage. This IN itself is a piece
Of work that Is big undertaking on
any railroad system,
Speaking OF the alliance the San
Francisco Examiner this morning says
BY making an alliance with Senator
Clark OF Montana, Il. II. Hartman
leaves Prince Ponatowskfs projected
railroad from Los Angeles 10 San Fran
cisco In the air and neutrallzes the dam
ger OF o possible combination between
poniatowski. Clark and the Gould rail.
road system.
The Clark corporation has agreed to
buy from Hartman 300 miles OF road,
part Of the Oregon Short Line, running
southwest from Salt Lake to a point IN
southeastern Nevada This deal Is 10
be closed In New York within a few
days by means Of II, Senator Clark
gets rid Of parallel line whlchHarrl-
man was arranging TO build.
On the other hand, Hartman has an
understanding with Clark. 50 It Is said,
by which Gould is shut out from part
ownership In the road projected by
Prince Ponlatowshl from San Fran
cisco TO Los Angeles to connect with
the Clark system.
THE PRICE.
Owning the 800 miles OF the Oregon
Short Line. Senator Clark viii have
about 400 miles to build All the sur
veys are made and construction Is In