Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-04-21
IS STILL MORE
SAN PEDRO TALK
Considerable Speculation Regard
inc What viii be Doue9
", 4. CLARK COMES MAY 10
80, Meeting VIII Then Follow
same Dimculues 10 be Overcome
II, construction Gang"

l. stated last night in the News
,sa snecial meetings Of stockholders OF
,so Gan Pedro and Short Line VIII De
~ !, this city about the middle OF
Nav IN order that the big deal may be
.ueed From a dispatch received In
ME- city last evening 1t was learned
,Ao, senator Clark proposes to be in
cal, lake on or about May 10, and 1t
: believed that ere he leaves, this city
al arrangements will have been made
-, the formal transfer of the property
,Ss letting Of contracts for construction
,be appointment of division superin-
,ondent general agent and possibly
oSsr minor officials, and general out
lining OF plans
OFFICIALS OF SAN PEDRO.
eneculation is now rife In railroad
,,rcies regarding the appointment OF
NAN 10 operate this end OF the road. AS
n XIII he necessary general officers have
Sasn m the payroll Of the company for
,~on,hs mast and have been located at
me general offices In Los Angeles dur
,ns nat time, II will be seen that there
,ril not be any big appointments forth
'on,lnp The "headlners" as they now
s,,rd are. w. A. Clark, Butte, pres
Isnt. r. c, Kerens, St. Louis, first vice
n,esIdent ]. Ross Clark, Los Angeles,
second vice president; 4. Il. Gibbon,
,blrd vice president and general coun-
seE II. II. Wells, general MANAGER i.
r Miller secretary; ii. HAYWOOD, ehief
engineer: L. X. Rule, auditor; W. II.
Iaeie treasurer; II. Med. Taylor, cash
Ter and paymaster; Il. w. Gillett, gem
eral freight and passenger agent; 7. {.
peek assistant general passenger agent;
r. DAWSON, superintendent Of ma
ehInery, T. p. Cullen, superintendent;
Nv. r, Diss, right-of-way agent; l.. b.
stiles. general storekeeper; =. M. jess
SUP engineer maintenance Of way.
OFFICIALS YET TO COME.
II can be seen that when the road is
completed that IL will only lack a traf-
&c manager, general passenger or
freight agent as the case may be.
general superintendent and a couple OF
division superintendent to make the
roster practically complete and In line
With other big systems. As the matter
stands now all that will be necessary
will be to appoint a general agent and
division superintendent at this end Of
the line when the transfer IL made and
these officials will report to headquar-
ters I'm Los Angeles.
HOW CHANGE WILL BE MADE.
Il Is also believed that when the ae-
tual transfer does take place that 1t
viii be along the lines that marked the
segregation OF the oregon Short Line
from the Union Pacific some years ago,
Then the agents at the various stations,
track hands trainmen and minor OFF,
Gals were notified that henceforth they
would get their monthly checks from
the Short Line instead Of the Union Pa
clfc. In this case the notification will
Be 10 the effect that the men employed
on the Short Line south of Salt Lake
will get their pay from the San Pedro
company II Is not believed that the
men viii be inclined to quarrel about
tie changes in the signatures TO their
paychecks II they should have any
scuples regarding the matter they viii
have the privilege of resigning, but as
they will then be on the main line
though TO California II Is not antlc-
paled that they will decline their jobs.
ADDITIONAL MEN.
OF course when the line is built right
through and the gap closed up, there
viii be demand for additional train
men, station agents, dispatchers and