Los Angeles herald., 1905-05-03
SALT LAKE WILL ENTERTAIN
PROPOSITION
SENATOR'S BROTHER PLEASED
Says Opening Of the New Road Is
Realization Of a Cherished
Dream-Plsns for the
Future

Los Angeles, and l believe the time is
not far distant when this will be an
accomplished fact. The entry Of the
salt Lake road--which is the result OF
years of unceasing effort and hard work
on the part of many of us-has paved
the way for an undertaking of this
sort, and now we ought not to let the
opportunity slip away from U.S.
It was j. Ross Clark, vice-president
of the new San Pedro. Los Angeles d
Salt Lake railroad company and bro
ther of Senator William A. Clark, who
made this declaration to a Herald re-
porter yesterday.
Mr.. Clark, who has been confined to
his home on West Adams street for
several days past with an attack OF
lumbago, regrets very much that he
was unable to be present at the First
street station Monday night and watch
"the baby" as General Counsel Gibbon
termed it, steal away in all the splen-
dor and magnficenCe of modern rail-
way equipment, on it's initial journey
to the Mormon city.
Proud of Start
1--WE are all proud of the start the
Salt Lake has made" said Mr.. Clark,
land we hope to be rewarded for our
labors by developing this great south
western country to such a degree that
the wheels of commerce will grind in
one accord across the country and from
continent to continent.
"The time will come when Los An
fornia will share to no mean extent in
the rich commerce of the Orient. It'll
will. of course, require much time and
considerable work in order to bring
about these conditions, as the harborl
at San Pedro has yet to be dredged
| in oceanic traffic.
Mr. Clark has watched every move
of the Salt Lake company, having been
! prominently identified with its prog
ress since the purchase of the old
| Terminal road about four years ago.
mental line, he says, is like fond
dream being suddenly realized
Much Credit Due Him
To Mr.. Clark is due much of the
credit for building Salt Lake road.
| Since his brother, the Montana multi
millionaire, became interested he has
practically carried out all the plans,
weighing them carefully in the balance
| inta n
| deemed for the best interests of all
concerned. The victory of the people
of this section in securing a new trans
continental railroad is no less the vic
| tory of j. Ross Clark. 1t has been to
him what an infant is to the mother,
yet he is modest and reserved in his
praise of his own magnificent achieve
ment.
Twill the new road pay from the
start?" was asked of Mr.. Clark.
That is a hard question to answer"
he replied, LAS a general thing few
railroads pay at the beginning. They
have to work up a steady traffic, de-
velop the country through which they
pass and otherwise pave the way for
profit-making."
To Open Gold Fields
Mr. Clark said further that the Salt
Lake expects to derive it's greatest
benefit at present from the opening of
the rich mineral belt In southern New
ada In all proba bility a branch road
will be built from Las Vegas to Gold
field in the course of a few months, in
which event Los Angeles will share
equally with San Francisco in supply
ing that section of country.
For the present the new Clark road
will not build new depot in Los An
geles, being content to use the First
street station.
I'VE have been negotiating with the
Southern Pacific to run our trains into
the Arcade depot" said Mr.. Clark, "but
just what the final outcome will be /
am not prepared to say. 1t is time that
we get together on this proposition and
agree upon some central place where
the travelling public would be able to &c
and board any train for any place they
desired We ought to have a union
depot The Salt Lake is ready to
entertain that sort of proposition al