Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1907-11-05
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
NOW in CONTROL
DOMINION OF c::;;fi;s:loN SHORT
LINE Is AT AN END IN
NEVADA.

More important than any change
I'm railroad management since Z. II.
Hartman obtained control of his
transcontinental line. is the re-divi-
sion of the system announced official
ly yesterday I'm Sparks, says the Reno
Journal. The Oregon Short Line Of
ficials, who have conducted for four
years the affairs on the line from
Ogden to Sparks, and from Ogden to
Green River, Wyo., were told in the
telegram that the Southern Pacific
Company and the Union Pacific Com
pany now have charge of 1000 miles
of rails.
Southern Pacific management ex-
tends from San Francisco to Ogden,
according to the new ruling, and the
Union Pacific management is extend
ed west from Omaha to Ogden.
You are working for the South
ern Pacific instead of the Oregon
Short Line" was the word buzzed
through the headquarters in Sparks,
after the notice came from New
York. A rumor came through Fri
Cay night, but was not believed when
first heard by even the best informed
of local officials. 1t became a reality
shortly after noon yesterday. The
subject was the talk of the town DUR
ing the morning and when the report
was obtained that the change of man.
agement had taken place, a cores
ponding change of district officials
was predicted.
The Oregon Short Line exists as a
railroad now only between Portland
and Ogden.
Il. H. Hartman owns the Oregon
Short Line and the Oregon Railway
4 Navigation Company. 1t is freely
stated in Sparks that many of the
Oregon Short Line men, who pro-
cured their present positions when
the old Southern Pacific management
was supplanted, will be taken back
to the Short Line This is believed to
mean that Southern Pacific officials
will largely be appointed by Cen
eral Manager E. E. Calvin, to fill the
places now held by General Manager
Bancroft's agents.
Before the announcement of the
Southern Pacific and Union Pacific
control was made, the management
of the Oregon Short Line affairs was
directed from Salt Lake by w. H.
Bancroft. When Mr.. Hartman ac-
quired the Oregon Short Line, he
chose Mr.. Bancroft as his head man,
and also made him vice president of
the great corporation.
E. E. Calvin was given a similar
place on the Southern Pacific. Mr..
Calvin operated from San Francisco,
his authority extending from there to
Portland on the north, to Los An
geles on the south and to Sparks on
the east
w. g. Van Wick was general man.
ager of the Sunset route of the
Southern Pacific. Mr.. Van Wick
main offices are in Texas, and he con-
trolls the system from Los Angeles to
New Orleans.
According to the information that
was received from Salt Lake, it was
not stated that any of these chief Of
ficials would be deposed. All rumors
telling of new general managers are
ridiculed by those who claim to be
well posted.
The Oregon Short Line was con-
trolled by Union Pacific and it's con-
troll was acquired by Hartman when
the Union Pacific passed into his
hands, the Oregon Short Line went
with it. Three years ago, about the
time the shops were constructed in
Sparks. Hartman gave the manage
ment of the Southern Pacific between
Sparks and Green River to the Short
Line officials. A radical change of
policy, consequently, was introduced.
On October 81, Union Pacific
shares were quoted at $97, and at
that time, also, j. P. Morgan and
William Rockefeller purchased in
Wall street, according to the financial
news bureau, 100000 shares. The
purchase entailed an outlay of over
900. This amount, after be-
ing turned into Mr. Harriman's treas
ury. was used to prevent a continu-
ance of the financial depression.