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

OENATOR W. A. CLAh--, president Of
the San Pedro read. ice-Presideut
j. Ross Clark Superintendent Cul-
len and {. Q. Whittemore. counsel for
the company. reached salt Like yest=r-
day on a special train composed OF
Senator Clark's handsome neN Fri ate
car, and the cars OF the Vice-p president
and Superintendent, Part Of the run
was made in the fastest time ever at
tempted on the new road. several
stretches being Feeled eff az tetter 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 Tonopah company, and left
last night for Butte. He said he had
recovered his health entirely. and was
in better trim than he had been TOR
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 i'm 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:
w e nave let the act ibA 5idt-
ing the line from Las Vegas TO Bull
frog to Deal Bros. & Mendenhan OF
Springville. and they are preparing to
begin active work at once. Grading on
the extension win be under way by
December LIST. and we expect 10 have
the road completed and in running
order within six months. TIL territory
in southwestern Nevada is opening up
splendidly. and with the shipping facii-
tiles the new line will afford the amount
of development there will naturally be
increased. and we expect TO see
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 win
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 i'm America; and the
time OF departure here viii be convent
ent for Salt Lake people who want TO
so to Milford, Frisco, NeWhouse, Cali
ente and the camps i'm southwestern
| Utah. Altogether. the change and the
I additional train ought TO benefit Sait
! Lake considerable
/ After few days in Butte. Senator
/ Clark viii 90 TO Washington TO be on
hand when congress conveues early In
/ December. Vice President j. Ross
| Clark viii remain here a day or two
and then return to Los Angeles.
Annual Meeting is Held.
At the annual melting 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.
| II. Bancroft. II. l. Belts, W. d. Corn
ish, e. H. Hartman, w. G. Kerckhof,
J. J. Slausen, J. Ross Clark, ". A
! Clark. w. II. Comstoek, Thomas
Kearns, r. c. Kerens and T. F. Miller.
! President ". A Clark presided
! while 9. O. WhittemOre was secretary
| of the meeting. Out of a total of 100000
! shares, 249. 991 were voted. Those pres
! ent. in addition to President Clark and
| Mr.. Whittemore, were W. H. Bancroft
/ J. Ross Clark. David Keith, W. :. Nc
| Cornick 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. 1t was announced
| that the contract for the construction
! of the road from Las Vegas to Beatty
| had been let and work would begin
| December 1st. 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 l.
By an amendment the directorate
was increased from five to seven mem
/ bers, and the following were named
/ W. A. Clark, c. o. WhittemOre, j.
| Ross Clark, F. A. Waters. r. c. Kerens
| w. II. Comstock, and W. A. Clark, u