The San Francisco call., 1907-01-21
RAILROAD LANDS
To BE PLACED
ON MARKET
Many Holdings of Southern
Pacific, Here and in Utah
and Nevada, to Be Sold
TIMBER PROPERTY
WILL BE RESERVED

1t is officially stated from the land
Office of the Central Pacific Company
that the Southern Pacific and the West
ern Pacific have reached an agreement
whereby the Hartman road is to sell
right of way covering ESQ miles
through Nevada to the Gould interests.
The negotiations for this remarkably
intimate Harriman-Gould deal are now
being consummated in this city, and, if
the representatives of the rival systems
fell to reach an adjustment of terms, it
has been stipulated that an arbitrator
shall be brought in to decide upon de-
tails Thus the transfer is assured.
For the first time since George
Gould clashed with Hartman over the
meager allotment of transcontinental
traffic to the Denver & Rio Grande road
there is a truce between the two men.
The sale of the right of way involves
the land in Nevada which is part of
the heritage to the Central Pacific from
the colossal shrewdness of Coils p.
Huntington. The right of way along
the $50 miles, stretching virtually
across the entire State of Nevada, is
for the most part on land granted the
Central Pacific by the United States
government as bonus for the building
of a transcpntinental road. In some
places the right of way of the West
ern Pacific is to parallel the Southern
Pacific, but the transfer will not ma
terially affect the plans of the Gould
line regarding its entrance into Cali
fornis. The Western Pacific is to enter
the State at Beckwith Pass, where con-
struction work is already under way.
The negotiations between Gould
and Hartman agents have not been
as expeditions as they have been Sc
cret. IT was believed that the entire
deal would be completed by Decem-
Der 81. on which date bids were to
have closed for the construction of the
Nevada section of the Western Pa
cihc; but at that time the adjustment
was not sufficiently near to warrant the
Western Pacific commencing work, and
the date for closing bids was post
poned two weeks.
When the second date arrived the
land deal was safe and the specifica-
tions were accepted and are now be-
ing passed upon.
The contracts for the Western Pa
cifc road have been parceled into three
sections-the first. from Salt Lake City
to the Utah Nevada State line; the sec
ond. across Nevada. and the third, from
the California Nevada line to OAK
land. The first and third were let
some time ago; the second, across the
Nevada land grant. is now pending.
At the recent Interstate Commerce
Commission investigation held in New
York City the details of the traffic
troubles between Hartman and Gould
were made public through correspond
ence obtained by the commission. A
personal note from Hartman TO Gould
was read. in which the Southern Pa
cif1c president regretted that his and
Gould's ways had to part and that he
would be deprived of the latter's sd
vice and counsel. It is a matter for
speculation whether this new land deal
means resumption OF close business
relations by the two railroad men.
Although Hartman apparently is CO.
operating with the Western Pacific
across Nevada. there is nothing 10 in
dicate that he has withdrawn his op-
position TO the plan of the Gould line
to procure terminal facilities on the
Oakland water front.