The San Francisco call., 1906-08-26
CLARK AND BROCK
ROADS At WAR.
Playing a Game of Bluff
in Nevada for Rich
Slice of Territory
CONFERRING HERE

ing is arrived at an early date the
mining towns of Tonopah. Goidneld and
Beatty, in -.evada. will be soon enjoy
ing the benefits of rival traffic lines
4 row is on between the Tonopah Rail-
road Company and the Salt Lake, San
Pedro and Los Angeles road over the
question as to which line. shall cease
building in the much coveted mining
district OF Southwestern Nevada. and
it bids fair to develop into quite bit
ter controversy.
With the hope of averting a fight,
Millionaire John Brock of philadelphia,
PRESIDENT of the Tonopah road. has
come 20 San Francisco to talk over the
matter with Vice President ]. Ross
Clark of the Salt Lake road. The Phil
adelphian arrived here quietly yesterday
mcrning IN his private car and spent
4he greater part of the day in secret
conference with Vice President j. Ross
Clark of the Salt Lake road at the
ST. Francis Hotel At the conference
were also General Passenger and
Freight Agent Gillette and Associate
Counsel Whittimore OF the Salt Lake
road, who came here yesterday from
Los Angeles with Vice President Clarke
and John F. Heddon, the newly ap-
pointed general superintendent of the
Tcnopah road, who accompanied John
Brock.
THREATS FLY AROUND.
The latter company is at present pre-
pairing to lay rails from Goldfeid to
Beatty and the Salt Lake road is also
within eighteen miles of the latter
point and ready to survey on TO Gold
field, which means that their road will
parallel that of the Tonopah to Gold
field and possibly later to Tonopah.
Brock threatened that in the event of
Z
scheme he would parallel their line
southwark, but in this threat he ap
parently reckoned without the aid of
z. II. Hartman, who. through the
medium of the Southern Pacific line at
Sodaville. practically controls the des-
tiny of the Tonopah road. Furthermore,
Hartman is a large holder OF stock in
the Salt Lake line, which he has fire.
quently been accused of trying TO alb
sorb, and consequently he is not let
ting any outside railroad interest men
ace its traffic
John Brock. keen business man that
he is has not overlooked this fact
in his controversy with the Salt Lake
road, but at the same time he has not
permitted any threatened interfer-
ence of Hartman to alter his plans
to stand pat against the proposals of
the Salt Lake road TO cease further
building. At the same time he has
offered to compromise with the Salt
Lake people on an interchange traffic
basis and it was in the furtherance of
this proposal that he came West to
meet ]. Ross Clark, who represents
Senator Clark in the latter's absence
abroad.
Brooks friends claim that, notwith-
standing the fact that he is severely
menaced on one side by Hartman and
on the other by Senator Clark, who in
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western Nevada, the Philadelphia is
prepared to make a fight for territory
in the Sagebrush state, having re-
ceived assurance from several pron1i-
nent fnanciers of New York of assist
ance. should he need it.
FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT.
At late hour last night Brock and
Clark had failed to arrive at any sat-
isfactory understanding.
We're going to build to Goldfield,"
declared ]. Ross Clark.
Were going to build to Beatty and
possibly farther on" was John Brooks
declaration after the conference, and
that was all these ,.estern railroad
men would say regarding their plans.
Judge Whittimore. while diplomati-
caliy avoiding any breach of the con-
fidence reposed in him by the heads of
the Salt Lake road, consented to discuss
tue p4dHS VI HIS iOdH.
T r FOR AID h
The road is now about eighteen
miles from Beatty said he, and the
distance between these two points is
graded and ready for the rails. We
expect to have the rails down some
time during the early part of Septem-
ber Surveying OF the route to Gold
field is already under way"
Discussing the annual election of the
Salt Lake road. which will take ulace
in November, the Judge said there is no
doubt that United States Senator Clark
will be reelected president. Concern
ing the latter's recent announcement
of his intention of withdrawing from
public life, he said:
Being a shrewd old miner, Senator
Clark realizes that there are going to
be great developments in Nevada and
particularly in the territory OF the
Salt Lake road 1t was principally for
the purpose OF giving more attention
to his railroad and mining interests
that he decided to withdraw from poll
tics In the future, after he has re-
turned from his present trip abroad, !
think the Senator will spend the great
er part of his time in the West, all
though II is not likely that he will
abandon his residences in Montana and
New York: