Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-30
COMBINE AGAINST
SALT LAKE ROUTE
Nevada Lines Alleged to Have
Entered an Agreement to De-
prive Clark Road Of Business.
BETWEEN BROCK AND SMITH.
Connections Furnished by Brock and
BornN Smith May Make Things
Interesting Tor san Pedro.

The reported alliance OF the Brock
and Smith railroad interests against
the Salt Lake Route Tor the business
OF the western Nevada mining camps
has aroused considerable interest in
railroad circles, and has brought on,
at least one denial from q prominent
Nevada railroad official. The report.
us given out in o special dispatch nom
Rhyolltc, was TO the effect that the
Brock and Smith interests there. en-.
hrecing The Guldfield x Tonopah rail-
road aud the Tonopah x ItdcWatcr
line, had combined for mutual benefit
and for the purpose OF opposing thu
clark railroad interests in Nevada, The
report is that the Smith line will build
us terminal at RhyOlite where the
Brock line already has terminal facil-
tiles. AZ the present time the Brock
inc furnishes the Southern Pacific con-
nectIon from the north into Rhyolite
while the Smith line connects the san.
Ia Fee with Rhyolite on the south The
result Of The alleged combination would
be the alignment OF the Southern Pa
CHIC and Santa We against the san
Pedro. Los Angeles & salt Lake road.
and the big freight business 10 and
from the camps from Los Angeles and
san Francisco is The prize for which
And though the existence Of the COM
hinatiop has been denied by General
Manager j H. Hedden. Of the Brock
system, reports are inslstent to the
effect that an agreement has been en-
tered into between tho Southern Pacific
and Santa Fe to fight the Clark road.
ROAD MUST LOOK SHARP.
The latest phase In the situation de-
NclOpcd at recent meeting between
Genera Manager Ryan and Traffic
Manager Alherger Of the Ionopah &
TideWater extension of the Santa Fe
and John Brock and j. f. Hedden for
the Brock extension Of the Southern
Pacific, which was held IN Brock S pri-
vate ear III Beatty, At the meeting
II is alleged, II was arranged that as
soon as the Smith road Is completed
to the Bullfrog district freight and
passenger combination will be effected
which will materially interfere with
the clark supremacy in the Bullfrog
district.
At the present time the Brock line
has the straightest line between Rhyo-
lite and Goldned, connecting with the
Southern Pacific near Reno, controll-
ling the Goldfield district and tapping
the country of the May and Bonnie
Claire mines in the Bullfrog district
while Clark controls practically the
remainder OF the BulIfrog district.
The BoraX Smith line is pow COM
pleted TO within 80 miles of Rhyolitc
and within 30 days will be operating
into camp. This line is a hundred
miles shorter IN its length to LOS An
geles than is the Clark road and by
connecting with the Brock line at Gold
Center where the right of ways are
adjacent, fast trains will be able TO
carry freight and passengers to Gold
field and Tonopah To compete with the
san Francisco merchants.
NOTHING KNOWN HERE.
When interviewed In regard to the
developments as given above, the Off
cials of the Clark road in this city
said they were In ignorance as far as
this division of the road Is concerned.
1t Is Il matter that would be handled
directly from the headquarters of the
road at Los Angeles, by the traffic de-
partmeut, and nothing has been given
out here that would tend either TO con-
hrm or deny the existence of the al
legged combination 1t is claimed, how
over that when the officials of the
traffic and legal department We're in
conference with President Clark and
General Manager Bancroft of the Short
Line IN this city last week, when they
left here It was to attend some Kind
Of a meeting in Nevada of the officials
of the various lines centering IN the
mining region. And what interesting
turn developments may take, time on
l,- will fpll