The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-15
HI HEMORRHAGE' Up
To ITS OLD GAME
Loses Out on Big Story and
Then Publishes Silly
FaISehO0d.
TRIBUNE ONLY PAPER
T0 PRINT THE FACTS
Ogden Street Railway viii
Change Hands, but Hill Not
Involved.

Under the headlinet Tribune once
More Goes Forward by Rush Back
ward" the Smoot "lIcmorrhagc' Sunday
morning printed silly story 10 tho ef-
fccl that The Tribune denied one OF It's
own stories when on saturday morning
it published the exclusive story To- the
effect that the OGDEN Rapid Transit
company is soon TO pass out OF the hands
oi David Eccles Just what the 'Hemor-
rhagc" meant 5y rs story Sunday morn
Ing is not certain, but il is rhc supposi-
ton that when il said that The Tribune
denied It's own story, II Cue Hem
olrhagc'D was referring 10 a dc
NAL which was made BY judge II
II. Rolapp. business associate OF David
Ecolcs. that the ogden Rapid Transit
c,unnany was To- pass into the hands ot
Il syndicate headed by the I'M interests
and which wgS published in The Tribune
on the morning of Friday. Nov, .; How
ever. In This story The Tribune aid not
deny that the ogden Rapid Transit COM
panv WAS 90 change hands az the hem
orrhage" would make il appear, but, on
the other hand, Tho Tribune. story sald
That withstandins the denial mado
10y Mr.. Roigpp, il was authorlatiVciS
reported that a big deal would bc swung
IN ogden in the near future.
Telegram From Hill,
on the morning Of Saturday. Nov. g.
Tnc Tribune published 5n exclusive tclc-
gram from James j. iii, in which he
absolutely denied having negotiated fer
The Ogden Rapid Transit company, which
lie was attributed 10 have done by the
''tTemorrhage" In its silly story sun
day morning, the "BemorrhaGa SAID
that the story published exclusively by
'Che Tribune last Saturday suhstautiated
The story which 1t (the "Hcmorrhacc'D
had published that She system WIS 90
capitalists headed by lIiil. Nothing
could be more absurd. The Jrlbun"
never once limited that nm was al th3
back Of the deal, AZ he was attributed
To bc by the 'HcmnrThdg". and hence
the exclusive story Of the real facts pub
lishcd by The Tribune on Saturday MORN
ing was Ecally a denial OF the misleading
story Of the 'icmorrhage; Instead OF
Substantialinc the ''Hcmorrhagc story.
rs that paper would lead the public to
believe by its story Sunday,
Sunday evening The Tribune Was noti-
fled from official source that Mr., I'M
was not at the back OF the deal which
is pcudng. nor the representatives of any
other railroad. As WAS exclusively an
uounccd in The Tribune Friday, the men
at the back of the deal are largely Salt
Volved. II is absolutely denied by those
interested in the deal that Mr. Hill has
any connection with it. and as Mr.. Hill
has personally denied II, ii gives founda-
;ion lor the opinion that the story pub
lshcd by the ''Hcmorrhagc' was abso
lutely wrong as usual
Deal Nearly Completed,
The deal by which the Ogden Rapid
Transit company win pass out of the
hands Of David Ecclcs has been practi
caly completed. Il was learned sunday
night. The Tribune Is in possession Of
al OF the facts concerning the deal. but
j. not in d position 10 make them public
at the present time II is enough TO
say for the present that the deal has
been nearly consummatcd
IN addition 10 Il large traction system
extending north and south OF which
the Ogden Rapid Transit company will
form the nucleus. IL ts understood that,
other improvements of the present sys-
tom Will be made. The Tribune has
been Informed that a cog railway viii be
BUILT 10 the top of Observatory peak,
which is 1910 feet high and Is situated
just East of Ogden; thence to Waterfall
canyon, This will be about seven miles
long. An lnterurban line Will be built,
" is said from Logan TO Payson. The
cost OF these improvements will be ST.
600 ,0QU. il Is stated.