Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-11-20
PRES. ". A. CLARK
TALKS Of ROAD.
Head Of Salt Lake Route tx.
presses Himself as Being
Pleased With Conditions.
WILL BUILD ON TO BULLFR0G.
Officials Arrive IN Order 10 Attend the
The Annual Meeting OF Stock
holders of san Pedro Road.

Senator w. A. Clark of Montana,
president Of the salt Lake Route, ac-
companled by his brother j. Ross
Clark, second vice president and c. O.
Whittemore, counsel for the road, ar
rived In Salt Lake this morning in or
der to attend the annual meeting OF
stockholders OF the company and the
first meeting OF the Las Vegas & Ton
opah road which will be held in the
offices OF Mr. Whlttemore at .. m
The gentlemen named will vote the
majority Of the stock the Hartman
interests being represented by Atty.
Farley l.. Williams.
The party made the trip from Los
Angeles In running time that went "A
little over % hours. Stops were made
ut Las Vegas, Caliente and other points.
but otherwise good speed was main
iainod by tho special train, on one or
two occasions the Indicator In President
Clark's new car 200l registered rs miles
an hour for several miles,
VERY WELL SATISFIED.
When seen this morning Senator
Clark expressed himself as being very
well satisfied with the condition Of the
road and the outlook for business gem
orally.
Business is good all over the coun-
try" he affirmed. but there is a short
age Of cars generally, In Arizona we
are experiencing considerable trouble in
moving ore. Business on the Salt Lake
Route looks good and growing every
day We with get our pro rata OF or
urin ha
them after Ian. |. The orange crop Is
o good one this year and already from
central California some are being ship
ped for the Thanksgiving market"
BRANCH TO BULLFRoG.
Coming down TO salt Lake Route az
fairs proper President Clark stated that
aside from the branch to Bulfrog there
was no new construction under contem-
platlon at the present time.
we have let the contract for con-
structlon to BulfrOg" he stated. land
have ordered enough steel and ties to
cover the distance, and the road will be
pushed without delay"
RATE LEGISLATION.
When asked as to forthcoming lesis-
lation in Congress, Senator Clark stat
ed that he would leave for Butte to-
night and after spending a few DAYS
there he would go east to Washington.
Would you care TO be quoted regard
ing the railroad rate legsatlon?" he
was asked.
With smile he responded "As we
arc the jurors IN the case II would
hardly be proper for me to say any
thing
THAT STEAMER STORY.
Vice President j. Ross Clark. who
Will be In this city for the next Two
days, In an Interview with the News"
stated that he had heard nothing OF
any order for line, or any part OF 4
line. OF steamers 10 ply between San
Pedro harbor and the orient in connec-
tlon with the Salt Lake Route. This
statement was made by the Railroad &
Engineering Review a couple OF weeks
ago and went the rounds OF the press
here.
LAS VEGAS AND ToNoPAH.
In connection with the Las Vegas e.
Tonopah Mr.. Clark said: I'VE expect
10 commence laying track on the 10
miles of grade We already have about
Dec. !, ana on the same date we propose
10 go ahead with the grading operations
and push them right through to COM
pletion.
"On the main line the dust problem
u being solved by sprinhling the track
with oil on the worst places where the
ballast is not clean. With about AZ
miles yet to be finished the rlght-of-way
through Nevada is now practically
cleaned up and the distressing dust
that marked the early days Of the road
Is now a thing of the past
The Spegial train which arrived thiu
morning included the private cars OF the
senator and his brother Senator Clark3
car Is claimed to me one Of the hand
soonest ana most convenient yet turned
out by the Pullman company As IL
has only been in commission a couple Of
weeks, .ts neWness has not yet worn Oft.
and today 1t has been the center Of at
traction down in the oregon Short Line
yards