Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-11-22
Six Clark and Half a Dozen
Directors Arc to be
Chosen.
WHY re. CIBDON WAS CROPPED
Stated He Did Not Like the Idea of
The san Pedro Coming Into
The Hartman Fold.

A forotold In last nights News
ne annual meeting OF stockholders Of
Mo San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt
roko which was to have been held In
mo Office OF Atty. c, o. Whittemoro
stlp m. yesterday was postponed
until Dec w 49,
rollowing the announcement here
pr,ddent W. A. Clark gave an inter-
claw in Los Angeles last evening,
,,hsreln he stated that six Of the pres
an, directors Of the road are to be
d,opped when the meeting actually does
-, down to business. The list In
endes n u. Glbbon, vice president of
,he road. y. W, Clark, r X. Rule W.
Mccormick, Il, l. Belts, Ross W.
smith and Senator Reed smoot who
heretofore represented the Clark inter-
ests
This means that with the exception
or c. Kerens the last OF the old Los
Angeles Terminal people, In the per-
IONS Of Messrs. Gibbon, Rule and Bet
NE are out OF the proposition.
considerable surprise Is experienced
both mere and on the coast that T. II.
Gibbons name had been dropped. Some
OF those who have been watching de-
ytlopments, imagine they have seen
slRns Of rift within the lutte. MI
Gibbon, who is a fighter, as was demon-
strlted when he combatted Coils +.
Huntington and won out over the san
Pedro harbor proposition, from the
frat was opposed TO any surrender TO
The Hartman forces II Is asserted he
claimed that he had gone on record as
saving the San Pedro was going TO
he an absolutely independent road, and
he was decidedly opposed to any COM
uromse that would bring no relief to
The existing railroad situation In south
ern California as far as the transcon-
tnental shipper was concerned
T. II. Glbbon, since the day OF the
articles Of Incorporation were filed In
this city, has been looked upon locally
as one Of the brainiest Of the Salt Lake
Route promoters. II was he who fought
the Oregon Short Line on the rlght-of-
way proposition through the Meadow
Valley wash and aided by c. o, White
more here caught the legal depart
ment mapping on the map question.
The comIc-0pera bloodless battle. on the
grade and the frantic race across the
country with a surveyors chain trailing
behind the wagon viii go down as one
Of the funniest incidents OF railroad
litigation IN the history OF the west.
While there is nothing IN the reports
thus far received to indicate that Mr.,
Glbbon will continue his service with
the road II was stated here today by
one who Is conversant with the situa-
ton that Il Is morally certain that he
VIII remain IN the capacity OF general
counsel q position that he has filled
with signal ability.
AS things stand now there win be
an even representation on the board
The Clark interests will be represented
by W. A. Clark, w. X. Comstock,
Thomas Kearns, ]. Ross Clark, 7. h.
Miller and h, G. Kerens.
The Hartman interests will name six
men. among whom Will possibly be
William S. Mccormick and another
member Of the old board.
In Montana Senator Clark's interests
are claimed TO be closely Identified with
those Of the Standard OIL crowd. Ac-
cordlngly acting upon this hypothesis,
the Salt Lake Route will be to all In
tents and purposes a Harriman-Stan-
dard OIL proposition, or, In other words.
under the control Of the same crowd
which now Is in the saddle on the Union
Pacific, ond which will undoubtedly