The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-10
WORK ON UNION
DEPOT PLANS
Hartman Officials Will Take Up Sub
ject in Conference Today.
KRUTTSCHNlTT EXPLAINS
TELLS OF WORK IN PROGRESS
ON SYSTEM.

OINCIDENT with the Union Pacific
stockholders meeting conference
OF. managers Of the Hartman sys-
TEN is being held in salt Lake City. The
arrival Of Julius KTuttschnitt. head OF the
operating departments Sunday night, was
followed by the arrival Of the other Off
cials. They were in session yesterday
and last evening in the Oregon Short Line
offices
Aside from the improvements In salt
Lake City on the part of the Oregon Short
Line. now being prepared for by clear
ing Of ground for new passenger tefni-
mails. the policy OF maintenance. equip
ment and operation of all the roads Is
under discussion. The coming of the
Western Pacific and the advent Of the
Moffat road and vastly increased bust
ness have resulted in the decision 10
make many improvements during the
The Union Pacific. Oregon Short Line
Southern Pacific and Oregon Railroad -
Navigation companies are represented. No
departmental changes VIII come as q re-
suit of the session.
Those who are here are: Julius krutt-
schnitt director of maintenance ana Oh
Grafton of the Hartman Ines " u
Bancroft vice president and general man
ager of the Oregon Short Line; A 3.
Mohler, vice president and general man
ager of the Union Pacific; john ~ Berry
chief engineer of the Union Pacifici III
liam r Mexican. superintendent Of mo-
tive power OF the Union PacIici r. r.
Calvin, vice president and general man
ager Of the Southern PaclIlG' ). y
o Brien. general manager OF the oregon
Railway & Navigation; Everett BuehItlg-
ham, general superintendent OF the ore
gon Short Line.
Statement by Kruittsehnitt.
In an interview last evening Mr. Krutt-
Schnitt told OF what the conference has
dealt with and viii discuss, me sait
Lake union passenger station term
nails will be taken up today ne SAID ne
through train from Los Angeles 10 chi
cago was another subject of discussion.
The equipment for this train viii be com
that the train viii be scheduled soon
after that time This viii be The main
change in train service on the Hartman
system during the immediate iutufe-
salt Lake was chosen FOR this con-
ference because if is q central point,
said Mr.. F(Futtsehnitt. easily reached Dg
Officials from ali parts Of the system.
In brief. the purpose OF TINS conference
Is the betterTnent of the service. It has
dealt in the main with questions OF nam
tenance and equipment
1.-THE idea OF this FIVE managers di l
five chief engineers may nave IiNe dI-
ferenJ plans say for cuiVert building one
. of these plans is pretty sure 20 De the
best Now Mr.. Hartman believes that
bv getting together and discussing these
plans one is very likely 10 be adopted
ifor universal use.
so we have talked over matters OF mn
provemeuU. Among these IS the Dullalns
of bridges and permanent cuiVertEs AionE
the lines of the system are sill many
WATERWAYS spanned by wooden trestleS-
These will be supplanted by concrete
abutments and steel trIlSseS.
THE Los Angeles-Chicaso through
train to be run IN connection win inc
Salt Lake route VIII be among the lll-lo
vstions i'm passenger service this wear
Its schedule was discussed at consider
! able length. We have placed our orders
/ for our part of this trains equipment SO
( that we will get it probably IN DecelH
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