The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-11-21
LETS CONTRACT
FOR NEW BRANCH
Pres. w. A. Clark Says Las Vegas &
Tonopah Will Be Finished Apr. l.
SALT LAKE is TO BENEFIT
ANNUAL MEETING OF SAN Pc
DRo ROAD HELD.

CENATOR W. A. CLAh--. president Of
y the san Pedro read. Vice President
J. Ross Clark. Superintendent Cul-
len and c. o. Whittemore. counsel for
the company, reached Salt Lake yest=r-
day on a special train composed of
Senator Clark handsome new private
car. and the ears of the Yice-president
and superintendent. Part of the run
was made in the fastest time ever at
tempted on the new road. several
stretches being reeled eff at better than
70 miles an hour. and the through trip
was made i'm twenty-five hours
The senator spent the day attending
the annual meetings of the San Pedro,
Los Angeles and Salt Lake road. and
the new Ton0pah company, and left
last night for Butte He said he had
recovered his health entirely, and was
in better trim than he had been for
some time before the operation in New
York. His trip had included an inspec-
ton of his interests in New Mexico
and Arizona. and a brief stay in Los
Angeles. The railroad situation he
found in good shape, with a promising
outlook for traffic on the new line.
Referring TO the new Bullfrog line,
the senator said
I'VE have let the contract for grad
ing the line from Las Vegas to Bull
frog to Deal Bros & Mendenhall Of
SpringVille. and they are preparing to
begin active work at once. Grading on
the extension viii be under way by
December list, and we expect TO have
the road completed and in running
order within six months. Tn territory
in southwestern Nevada is opening up
splendidly. and with the shipping facil-
tiles the new line will afford the amount
of development there will naturally be
increased, and we expect TO see q
great mining region opened up.
As to New Limited Train.
The new train schedule will go into
effect as soon as the Pullman company
can deliver the equipment for the fast
Chicago-LOs Angeles train, probably
some time early next month. As has
been announced the new limited will
make very fast time all the way, and
we expect il to attract a good share OF
the California travel. The time on the
other through train will be arranged
so that passengers viii have the early
morning ride from Riverside into Los
Angeles, one of the prettiest bits of
railroad travel in America: and the
! time of departure here win be convent
| ent for Salt Lake people who want to
go To Milford, Frisco, NeWhOuse, Cali
ente and the camps in southwestern
Utah. Altogether. the change and the
/ additional train ought 10 benefit SAIL
! Lake. considerable
1 After few days in Butte, Senator
| Clark viii 60 to Washington TO be on
hand when congress convenes early in
| December. Vice-President j. Ross
~.
/ and then return to Los Angeles.
Annual Meeting Is Held.
! At the annual meting of the San
| Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake
/ road held yesterday in this city. no
/ change was made in the present direC-
/ torate. the following being chosen: w.
| H. Bancroft. H. l. Belts, w. ID. Corn
| ish, e. II. Hartman, w. c. KerckhOff,
| J. j. Slausen. j. Ross Clark, ". a,
| Clark. w. II. COmstOck. Thomas
| Kearns, +. c. Kerens and T. +. Miller.
President W. A Clark presided
while {. o. WhittemOTe was secretary
of the meeting. Out of total Of 100000
! shares, 249. 991 were voted. Those pres
| ent. in addition to President Clark and
! Mr.. Whittemore, were W. IL. Bancroft
| ]. Ross Clark. David Keith, w S. Nc
| Corniek and Farley L. Williams.
Immediately after the Salt Lake route
meeting had been held, the first annual
meeting of the Las Vegas and TonOpah
railroad was held. It was announced
| that the contract for the construction
| of the road from Las Vegas TO Beatty
| had been let and work would begin
| December LIST. The contract calls for
| the completion of this part Of the road
! by April LIST. Track laying over the
eleven miles of grade taken over by
the Las Vegas and Tonopah from
"BOraX" Smith will begin December ].
BY an amendment the directorate
was increased from five TO seven mem
! bers, and the following We're named
| W. A. Clark, G. o. WhittemOre, j.
| Ross Clark, F. A. Waters. r. c. Kerens
| w. II. ComstOck, and W. A. Clark, Jr-