Tonopah bonanza. [volume] (Butler City [i.e. Butler], Nev.) 1901-1909, 1905-06-17
CLARK And
HARTMAN FIGHT
Sensational and Bltler
win BE Waged Between the
Copper King and the
Great FInanclef'

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astute financial agent Of jacob schlh
and he has declared to personal
friends that he will fight Mr.. Harrl'
man to the bitter end and a sensa'
tional fight It promises to be- man
ciers and railroad men profess to
believe that Hartman, IN the yer
nacular Of the street, has his multi
millionaire opponent carefully "sewed
upp and are at a loss for a su9ges'
tion as to what means the Senator
has at mis- command to win against
the slick dnancier. BE that as u
may, Senator Clark is a lighter and
when he realized that he was IN a
tran lost no time in looking around
for a way out Of it, and no matter
what the cost, the Senator will do
everything 10 his power to even up
with Hartman, for revenge to him is
sweet.
II is asserted that the sewing up"
occurred at the famous meeting at
the Knutsford IN Salt Lake, when
Judge w. D. Cornish and J. c. Stub0s,
representing the Hartman interests,
drew up an agreement which was
passed upon by Senator W. A. Clark,
his brother, J. Ross Clark, and i, i.
Gibbon. Tucked away in this docu-
ment was a stipulation that the Clark
road should make no extensions after
the main line was completed to Los
Angeles without first securing the
consent of Mr.. Hartman. This inno-
cent little clause, which on the face
of it did not appear to be p%reJudicial
to the Clark interests, has proved to
lie a stumbling block and q rock on
which the split has, it is alleged, oc-
CURED, and it is also claimed that it
has caused a split between Senator
Clark and I. e. Gibbon. The latter
is head counsel Of the road ard is
supposed to represent Senator Clark
on the Board Of directors, The
Senator looked to him as a lawyer
and as hisfriend, to detect Just suct
"bugs' in the document. That he
overlooked one Of such vital import
ance to him, is what makes the Sena
tor feel that be has been getting the
worst Of it in the house OF his friends
1t will be recalled that some time
ago Thomas Kearns, who is inter
ested in the new road to the extern
of $3.50, 900, gave out in an interview
in San Francisco that the San Pedr,
was going to build at once a road t.
Tonopah from Las Vegas. This wa
emphatically denied two days late
by w. n. Bancroft, who had jus
been elected vice president Of tn
new road and represents the Harri
man interests. Then came the iunke
OF the Salt Lake Commercial Club I
Los Angeles and the reception of tn
chamber Of commerce., on which occa
sion President W. A. Clark Of til
road delivered a speech in which i
promised that the road would build
branch line to the Nevada gold field.
This emphatic statement was greete
with hearty applause by both tt
residents of Los Angeles and Sa
Lake who were present.
When 1t came to fulfilling Il
promise, however, Senator Clar
found that the Hartman directo
we're obdurate, and would not list,
10 such a proposition. The reas'
for this Is obvious. The Southe
Pacific, which is controlled by I
Hartman interests, already has
line into Tonopah, to all intents a
purposes, from Reno, the Carson
Colorado road. This line is the be
on the entire Hartman system VIII
earnings and mileage are taken il
consideration.
Should o line be built from |.
Vegas to Bullfrog, Gold6eld "a
Tonopah it would give competiti,
TO say nothing Of a short haul to
smelters. Why spend good mon
TO build the line and then have
divide up on the earnings when the
already is a line in from the north
That was Harriman's argument.
Senator Clark was not to be deni
however, and he thought of Bora
Smith, the millionaire borax king.
Down at Los Angeles recen
Messrs. Clark and Smith got til
heads together and the result /
been the incorporation of the To
pah & Tidewater railway to
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