The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-20
CLARK'S ROAD
BOOMS NEVADA
Meeting of Stockholders Held
in Salt Lake Yes
terday.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS AHEAD
VICE PRESIDENT TELLS OF CON-
DITIoNS IN NEVADA.
BRIGHT PROSPECTS AHEAD

A stockholders meeting OF the san
Pedro. Los Angeles & Salt Lake Rail
road company CSalt Lake Route) was
held in Salt Lake yesterday in the Of
fees of the legal department here The
board of directors selected for the en-
suing year comprises Senator w ~
Clark of Butte, Mont; Z. II. Hartman,
New York; r. c. Kerens, Los Angeles
w. d. Cornish of New YORK
Thomas Kearns, Salt Lake; w. II. Ban
croft. Salt Lake; j. Ross Clark. Los
Angeles; T. r. Miller. Los Angeles; w.
II. Comstoclk. Los Angeles; II. 1. Bet
lis, Los Angeles; W. G. Kerckhoh, Los
Angeles. and W. r. Kelley, Los An
geles. The directors will meet in the
near future and elect officers for the
ensuing year. 1t is expected that no
important changes will be made. The
officers of the Salt Lake Route now are;
President, Senator W. A. clark; nrst
vice president W. II. Bancroft; second
vice president. J. Ross Clark; general
manager. r. Z. Wells; auditor. H. l.
Belts. These officers, with the ex-
ception of Mr.. Wells, are directors. All
stock Yesterday was voted by j. Ross
Clark. w. II. Bancroft and Thomas
Kearns, who held proxies for stock out
side their own.
J.. Ross Clark Here.
Vice President ]. Ross Clark. who ar
rived here yesterday morning from Los
Angeles TO attend this meeting and look
over affairs at this end of the line, was
seen after the meeting. Outside of the
election of directors there is nothing of
interest to make public" he said
while the condition of the road was a
matter of some off-hand discussion, no
reports were read. These come up at
he a date
been set for this, but il will be held in
the near future So far as l know, no
change was made i'm the list of direc-
tors yesterday. Judge w. r. Kelley, for
.rner general counsel for the Union Pa
cific. was appointed general counsel for
the Salt Lake Route, vice T. +. Gibbon
Judge Kelley's name appears on the
board of directors instead of Charles
Sayies of Los Angeles. Judge Kelley
has taken up his residence in Los An
geles.
Tracks Into RhyoIite.
Everything is in a most satisfactory
condition" said Mr.. Clark. when the
conversation had drifted to the Salt
Lake Route itself. THE tracks of the
Las Vegas & Tonopah will be into Rhy'
olite within a few days. Grading Is
now on the extension from that point
to Goldfield. Deal Brothers & Menden-
hall. the local contractors, have this
work in charge, and are sending mer
and material into Nevada daily. There
is now no scarcity of labor, and work
is progressing with more rapidity as 8
result With regard to the Deep Greek
and Phoebe projects, there is little &c
say at the present time. Work on tbs
Deep Creek branch has not yet been au'
thorized. Material is being assembled
at Caliente, however, for the Phoebe
Of
ready unlOaded at Caliente and enough
ties will be on hand within the mex
sixty days or so to cover the line.
Ready for Rough Weather.
While we may never experienc,
such a winter as we did last year, We
viii be prepared for just such seasons,
said Mr.. Clark, when some reference
was made to the series of washouts
which swept away tracks through the
Meadow Wash country last winter
The damage was wrought by a com
binatiOn of troubles coming all a
once, and aided by natural condition:
10 some extent The tracks through
that portion of Nevada are built a
right angles with the side gullies anC
canyons An unusually heavy fall O
snow filled the gulches, and when {
steady rain had fallen for several week
water began to pour down these marrow
gulches. hitting the tracks with full
force and washing the beds from unde
them. The capacity of bridge cuts wa
not enough to carry the waters through
During the past year two crews nav
been at work rip-rapping every foot o
ground that needed attention. Wher,
bridge cuts and tracks pass gullies
trenches are being dug for great dis
tances to each side of the cut and OF
both sides of the tracks. The trenches
are then walled with rock and stone
and when finished are strong and larg'
enough to carry any amount of water
no matter with what force it strikes III,
cut. Both crews are equipped Will
steam shOvels and heavy working
equipment. so the work being installed
is more than strong enough. The crews
are now working toward Caliente, an,
are but a short distance from that sta
ton. They are cutting out about 40
cubic feet of dirt each day. The worl
will be completed before winter set
in. Lots OF money is being spent il
nuttine the tracks in good condition
but expense has not been considered $
much I'm this work as solidity an
strength.
Nevada is undoubtedly the creates
mineral state in the Union right now,