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Show UNION PACIFIC OFFICIALS COMING Officials of tho Harriman railroad are en route to Ogden, and from here will go to Salt Lake, where they will hold a conference oer plans for tho operation of tho Central Pacific between be-tween Ogden and San Francisco as a part of the Union Pacific system, instead in-stead of the Southern Pacific. Tho conference is said to havo been called call-ed with the intention of permitting the real operating officials of tho lines to work out a plan of operation, which plan will be presented to a reorganizing committee soon to meet In N'ew York. Presldout Mohler of the Union Pacific, Pa-cific, left Omaha yesterday and will arrive in Ogden today. Vice President Monroe, in charge- of traffic, reached Omaha from tho east at noon yesterday yester-day and started west within an hour Similar officials of the other lines aro on route to the conference and tho heads of the law department of all tho roads will bo here. The main object of the meeting is to prepare for tho operation of tho Co. tral Pacific as a part of the Un ion Pacmc system, giving tne union Pacific entry into California over Its own tracks. It is taken for granted in Union Pacific circles that the Central Cen-tral Pacific will pass to tho control of tho Union Pacific Tho Utah conference will have nothing to do with mnking the plans In which the Central Pacific will pass to tho Union Pacific, that point being be-ing left to the New York officials. The conference will simply deal with the best way in which tho Union Pacific Pa-cific and Central Pacific can be op-orated op-orated as ono big system and from one head Tho local railroad offices were apprised ap-prised this morning that J. I. Mun-roo, Mun-roo, vice-president in charge of traffic traf-fic of the Union Pacific, would reach hero late this afternoon. V. D Lincoln, assistant general manager; W. H. Murray, assistant passenger agent, and Charles Ware, assistant to the general manager, expect ex-pect to arrive tomorrow. They will be joined here by a party of Harriman officials from the northwest, headed by J P O'Bricnfl vice president and general manager of the Oregon -Washington Railroad &. Navigation company. com-pany. . nr |