The San Francisco call., 1905-06-05
HARTMAN
AND CLARK
ARE At WAR
Senator 0utwitted
by Railroad
Magnate.
Scents Plan to Freeze
Him Out Of Salt
Lake Road.
Copper King Is Preparing to
Carry the Fight to the
Bitter End.

senator w. a. Clark are at outs and
the Western railroad world IL ex-
pectantIy awaiting n declaration Of war
between the two magnate. that will
determine the future control OF the
san Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
Railroad. The Montana Senator has
discovered. he believes, that be has
been tricEed by tie astufe financial
agent of Jacob schif and has declared
10 his friends that he Will fight Harri-
man to the bitter end. Financiers aud
railroad men, however, are at loss for
a suggestion as to what means the
Senator has at his command TO win
against the head of the southern Pa
cihc Conapany. for ii has just been re-
yea1cd TINT Hartman. In the .ernacular
of the street, has his lniIlionaire -oppon-
cut carefuIly. "sewed up.r
The control of the E asalt Lake read, ,is
now equally divided between CLARK apd
Hartman. condition II affairs that.
Hartman brought about through the.ss>~.
sistance of Judge W. d. Cornish vice pres
ident of the Southern Pacific, and Traffic
Director J. G. StubbE of the Hartman
lines. Clark would probably not have OBJ
jected to this, equal division of the rpaGs
llitcItStc fudQ fic ifol fdtciS QlS|Ot Cfrtl
plan of Hartman to freeze him out OF
the road His discovery was made too
late and, convinced that he had been
trfcked.s he proceeded to denounce lis.
railroad partner in terms that would not
be pleasing to the latter.
When Clark first announced his inten-
tions to build a road from Salt Lake 10
Los Angeles the news was hailed with
g1ee by the people of the Mormon State
and those of Southern California. Tie
latter looked upon the enterprise as a
competitive ROAD for the outlet of their
products but were soon disappointed
when the announcement was made In
The Call. and later confirmed by the
press of Southern California, that Harrt-
man really had a hand in the project and
was debating to Clark as to the future
policy of the. corporation
CLARK MAKES A BAD MOVE.
For months Clark insisted that Harri-
man was in no way interested in the
foad. and even after a part of the Ore
gon Short Line was turned over to the
Salt Lake road the Senator still main
tained that he had bought with his own
money the trackage and rolling stock
that was included in the deal Five
months later, however, Senator Clark
came into the open with statement
that Hartman vbs interested In the road
that he held Half OF the stock and
would participate, in the management OF
the company.
All this time the general public, and
even many of the sshrewd railroad on
cials of the country, had supposed that
senator clark had retained at least one
share more of stock than his business as
sociate SO that he might assert his au-
tLoritv in7$the9 event he and Hartman
disagreed Naturally it is With consider
able surprise that these railroad men
have learned that the stock OF the COM
many was divided fifty and fifty. one-half
going to clark and his friends and the
other to Hartman
The d;vision of the stock occurred at
the time that Hartman gave to Clark
mart of the Oregon Short Line, and ii was
ri this time that Hartman. through his
clever agente. played trick ON the un-
srspectinx millionaire mining man and
inexperieuced railroad magnate
JOKER IN THE AGREEMENT.
Bv agreement it was stipulated that the
Clark road should make no extensions
AFTER the completion of the road into Los
ANGELES without the consent of Harri-
man At the meeting at which this agree
rnent Was adopted Hartman was present,
witb 7 c. Stubbs and Judge Cornish,
while senator Clark was attended by his
hrother ]. Ross Clark. and the attorney
of the Salt Lake-road, It p. Gibbon. The
Clarks and Glbbon ndd nau no previous
exnerience in railroad affairs, and regard
ed the agreement in the light of the usual
transaction in business OF that character.
and thew as readily entered into tramc
asreener,t. which, very fortunately. was
not framed so as to be prejudicial to the
Clark interests
WITH their equal shares of stock, Har-
r;n,an and Clark later got together and
elected a board of directors. representing
eacS equally and then as compliment,
senator Clark. who was the original
nresident of the road. was permitted to
he,ld the position At a second election,
held a few weeks ago. Hartman had W.
n bancroft. general manager of the Ore.
yor short Line. and one of the shrewdest
1siiroad men in the West. elected first
. ,.,ces president of the new road and al
!. loved Senator Clark's brother to retain
his position as second vice. president
Again the wits OF Hartman showed
ttsn,seIves to- an advantage. for he In
d,,ced clark to agree that all matters
that General Manager r. E. Wells could
. ,,ot readily decide should be, referred to
vice Presidents Bancroft and Clark, and
.. in turn by them to the board Of directors.
WILL WAR WITH HARTMAN.
AS a result of this agreement Senator
FC,lark was soon made to realize that Har-