Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-08
DEADLOCK ON THE
SALT LAKE ROUTE
Some lnsid. History on the Al
Ieged Misunderstanding Be-
tween Interests,
WAS SENATOR CLARK TRAppEDY
Under Agreement Sgocd lie Garnet
Extend the Road without His
ParIsers Consent

~ II Hartman and United states
Senator W. A. clark are at outs" has
boon the thcmc Of the coast papers with
variations during tho past 10 days. That
thorc " some trouble between the pres
llonl W the oregon short Lime ami
family lines and the head OF the Salt
Lake Route lhoro II no gamsoying, AZ
10 jusl what this trouble amounts TO
opinions diner,
There are come skoptlos who affirm
that this alleged disagreement between
tho two railroad operators " moro In
the nature NJ a grand stand play for
the bcncnt Of wan street and the mys'
ti0cation Of investors IN the east nni
that IN reality there IN n perfect UNDER
standing between the two factions m
tcrcs,od In TIE San Pedro road,
BE that NJ II may there " every IN
dicntion that the most cordial under
standing regarding the division of trail
nc between the southern Pacific ana the
Salt Lake Route docs not at TINS tlme
exist
POPULAR VERSION,
As the story goes, w, 4 clark be.
lioycs that he has been irlckod by the
nsiu,c financial agent NJ Jacob Schln
ana has declared 20 his friends that h.
win nghl Hartman to the bitter end
Financlors and railroad men, however
are At loss for suggestion as 10 what
means the senator has AZ his command
TO win against the head Of the Southern
pacInc company, for II has Just been
revealed that Hartman In the NornOcs
ul0r ~ the street, has his millionaire
opponent carefully "sowcd ur'
now IT OCCURRED,
| II 10 asserted that this Sewing up
| occurred ~ the famous meeting az the
| knutHford here whom Judge W, u, Cor,
| nish ana !, G, Stubbe representing tn
| Hartman interests drew ~ an agree
| monl which was passed upon by kenn
| tor W. a, clark, hls brother ], Ross
| tlNrk, ana r. n, Gibbon Tucked away
| IN this document was a stipulation that
| the clark road should mako no extern
| slons after the completion of tho mann
| line 10 Los Angeles without first an'
curing tho consent Of Mr. Hartman
| THIS innocent little clause. which an thu
face ~ II dld not appear 10 be- nrcindl.
| rul 10 the ozark mtorcalH has proved
| 20 ho n stumbling block ana rock ON
which tho split has N ~ alleged, oc'
| CURED
Las VEGAS BRANCH,
| II win hc recalled that some time
arc Thomas kcaruY who w iutorostc /
| In the nrw rond 10 the extent NJ Ssb0,O0O
! gave out IN am interview IN san Franz
1 cisco that the San Pedro WAS golng IA
| huIl at unCo n rund Ia tinldncld FROM
Las Vegas This was cmphatIcnlly do.
MED two days later by w H. Ban.
| croft who had iusl been elected N,c
| president ~ the NOW rOnd ana repre-
SCENTS the Hartman interests Then
| came the iunko, Of the Salt Lake Com.
| morcIll club to laos Angeles ana the ro'
| coptiln a, tho chamber Of commerce ON
| witch orcnslon President W A. CLARK
| NJ the road delivered u snooch I'm which
| ho promised that the road would bulls
a branch llno TO the Nevada gold fields
| This emphatic statement was greeted
| win hearty nppnuro by both The rosi
| dents of Los Angeles ana Ralt Lake
| who were present
| when II cnmo ~ fulnlling the prom
| lso, however, senator clark found thai
| the Hartman directors were ohdurnte
| ana would not llstCn tn such PROPOSE
| ilon Tho reason FOR ihla Is obvious
| Tho southern Pacific, which le con
| irollod by tho Hartman interests al
ready hag lInc into Tonor0h IN M
mlonts ana purposes, from Reno, Tint
line IL the b0al ON the entire Hartman
| pyelom when earnings ana mileage are
taken into consideration,
| Should a line be butt from las Ve
pas ~ Bullfrog, Godnrd ana Tonopol
II would give competition, To say moth
INK of short haul n the amollcrs
why spond FOOD money 10 build IN,
| limo ana then have 10 divide up M
tho earnings when there already was I
line IN from the norlh2 That was lInr
rlman's argument
smnlor Clirk, who IL q nghlor snv
tho trap into which he had been H.,
| ana nv consequence has been look
ing around for A way 10 get ont Of II
IIc promised tho line ana the lin,
ought 10 be built ho argued,
"BoRAX" SMITH JOINS FORCES,
Then II was no thought NJ "norax'
Smith, the millionaire bOrnS King
Down M los Angeles recently Mossrs
ClnrR and smith g0l lholr heads 10
| golhor ana the result has been the In
corporation ot the Tonopah a. Tide
water railway ~ run from LAS Vega
past the borNS deposits ana on TO Nh,
Nevada goldnolds While Mr. Smith
IN ostonslbly building the branch Zen
ator clark Il backing him, ana STANDING
In with him. thereby throwing M,
gauntlet down 10 Hartman,
No time has been lost Advertise
monts calling for teams and grader
were Inserted In the Dceorcl NoWa nm,
other paporR lusl week and ol the pros
ont tIno there are close upun 100 toom
At work ON The new railroad doNpll
the agreement ana lIarrlmonH with
holding Of hla consent
W, \, CLARK WAS WARM
Thla followed a very lively mecuni
Of directors In Los Angeles, IN Whlcl
! senator clark Nv said 10 have voice,
his sentiments 10 the oMpot that he IN,
been fooled, Ne loft hos Angeles In
hurry, breathing u got'cyon rplrit an,
arrived In Butte IN u very warm ram
Of mind SO abrupl wu4 his depprtur
that General Manager n, y, VOLS, o.
II VIII be recalled had to follow hin
mp lie passed through here about tW
weeks ago and only stopped over bot
coming and going between trains Ol
his return ~ Los Angeles WORK on M
branch from Las Vegas was started
~ NOT WORRYING
Since Senator Clark left Los An