The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-21
DENSE SILENCE IN
RAILROAD CIRCLES
Information Tonnage Between
High Officials and Public
Badly COngested.

Tongue-tied tetanus, seems TO afflict all
tho high officials OF the Western Pacific
and the Denver & Rio Grande who have
gathered in Salt Lake for various pur-
poses more or less unknown. Just n
family gathering is about all the In
formation they will give out Tor publica-
tlon concerning the largest meeting OF
the officers of the two roads held In this
city for months,
meeting today CFrlday) Will deal with
many Important matters concerning The
roads. among which will be settled yari-
Gus traffic arrangements reaching from
Chicago 10 the Pacific coast. IL is stated
unofficially that the Western Pacific Is
still under full Gould control and that
the road will accept traffic from all
roads alike. showing no favor to other
Gould roads. Also that what traffic
reaches Denver going east over the Den
Yer g. Rio Grande. whether II comes
from the Western Pacific or not, Will
show no favor TO Gould roads cast Of
Denver,
flee I'm Chicago. probably under che direct
control of Vice President Schumacher OF
both the Western Pacific and the Denver
& Rio Grande that Will route freight
over all lines from Chicago to Denver on
equal terms. at Denver the traffic will
be taken by the Denver ~ Rio Grande
TO Salt Lake, where il will reach the
Pacific coast over the Western Pacific.
In all this some local railroad men pro-
fess to see more or less breaking up of
at e Denver ] Would favor ' the h -, Missouri $50 Pa l.
clfic, and go on east over the Wabash,
both Gould lines.
That the traffic at Denver will favor
no particular road, but goes 10 the Rock
Island, the Burlington. the Missouri Pa
cific and the Union Pacific on equal
terms. might indicate that all these roads
have more or less Inside influence in the
Denver & Rio Grande and the Western
Pacific, situation that has been more
than rumored in. Salt Lake and other
railroad centers, for n long time. Men
supposed TO be In a position TO know. or
at least to make a reasonably correct
guess, yesterday denied that such was
the case, In spite of the admitted traffic
channels that Will no doubt be established
at the meeting today.
All Thursday afternoon Vice President
Schumacher, in charge OF traffic over
both the Denver & Rio Grande and the
Western Pacific, according to the official
letter signed by President Jeffery OF both
roads, II. w. Clarke. general manager
of the Denver & Rio Grande, and prom
nent official OF the Tonopah tS Tide
water. who is said to have charge of the
traitic arrangements OF that Nevada
road, were in conference in the Knutsford
hotel Whether or. not the Tonopah &
Tidewater might be connected with the
Western Pacific, and OF course with the
northern line of the Southern Pacific.
would be neither admitted or denied by
high officials yesterday.
To what extent, II any. the disaster to
the Salt Lake Route might influence such
a move could not be ascertained yester-
day. II was suggested that as the Sal,
Lake Route cannot now handle the traf-
Iic between Los Angeles and Salt Lake
that IL might be taken over by the West
ern Pacific and the Tonopah & Tidewater
Santa Fe road by the way. but nothing
could be learned from any railroad in
position TO speak officially.
Vice President T. NJ. Schumacher ar
rived in Salt Lake Thursday morning
General M1narpr II w. Clarke and
eral Traffic Manager a. S. Hughes OF
the Denver e. Rio Grande have been here
several days. Vice Presidents Charles II
Schlacks and G. NJ. Leyey of the Western
Pacific Were expected to arrive in u spe-
cial over that road early Thursday even
Ing, but did not get in Till near midnight
Various other officials connected with the
Two roads are in attendance at the meet
ing. Mr.. Schumacher expects to go east
from this city Immediately after the
meeting.