Show lS 1 TilE S S1 P gaMINGBOU Many Railway Men Consider the Rumored Extension Probable TRAFFIC MANAGER SMURR Interesting Talk With the Southern South-ern PacHic Hagnate Think 1 Mih < Be Well to ret in ami Effect u Traffic Arrangement Trip of tic Choir to California Fruit Shipments The Milwaukee Meetinfir Important Change in the Union Pacific Service Effective Tomorrow Local Railway Xews of Interest I Traffic Manager Smurr of the Southern South-ern Pacific was in the city for a few hours yesterday afternoon accompanied accompan-ied by his private secretary Mr Brewer Brew-er He is en route east in his private car Sacramento and on arrival at Ogden Og-den yesterday morning it was found necessary to hold the car over in order to replace a pair of defective wheels During the wait he concluded to rundown run-down here He was shown around by General Agent Gray and left again on the 7 oclocK Union Pacific to complete com-plete his journey to Milwaukee Mr Smurr is rated as one of the ablest traffic men in the country and is likewise an affable and interesting talker To The Herald man he said I am indeed sorry that my stay must be cut short as I am on my way to Milwaukee to attend a traffic meeting that will convene there on next Monday Mon-day I do not apprehend that Utah traffic matters will figure in the meeting meet-ing there as the matters to be taken up and passed upon relate almost exclusively ex-clusively to CaliforniaOregon business and that of the northern country affected af-fected by such traffic However I understand un-derstand Traffic Manager Babcock will be present to look after the Utah interests inter-ests should they in any way be made a feature of the meeting Traffic Manager Man-ager Monroe of the Union Pacific will also be present FRUIT SHIPMENTS What is the outlook for the Cal fornia fruit crop We think it will yield about equal to last years crop but it will fall considerable con-siderable short of the estimate early pJaced uppn it The orange crop suf fered from early frosts The estimate on fruit shipments was placed on 9003 car loads and it will fall short of that figure about 1500 car loads making the I output 7500 loads I wont be but a short time until your people here will be a potent factor in competing with ours on fruit you have the climate I you have the soil and already you have a whole lot of the fruit and it is of a quality and flavor that places it in the front rank Speaking of this I want to say that about twenty years ago I was of this I section and know pretty well its re sources Mr Gray ha been showng me around and when I looked ITpon the fine business blocks the joint city and county building the electric car system the te sanitarium in your very midst paved streets and then cast back in my mind to the time of the old horse cars I know that the spirit of progress lived here Its a beautiful city and you have a climate bfIutful unsurpassed UTAHCALIFORNIA ROAD Have you California people been made to understand that just now our people here are starting to build some railroads that will strike you on the coast line When this question was put the Southern Pacific traffic manager smil ed in a manner showing the diplomat he is and pleasantly said Oh yes We California people have learned of such moves and to tell you the truth 11 have been thinking that it would be perhaps well to get in and effect a traffic agreement with them Anyway Utah is destined to stride forward a mining and agricultural interests will g forward at an aston ishing rate and people will come in ac cordingly and settle here Salt Lake is and will be the intermountain oils of all that vast area lying between metrop Denver and the coast and while other cities will thrive and grow whie prosperous this city will by virtue of its location lead and natural advantages locato TABERNACLE CHOIR TRIP I understand there are a great num I ber of your people coming to San Fran cisco next month with the famed tab ernacle choir They must elace certainly fare well out there as I feel assured I they will do I think assurd tev wi i would be a excellent thing if they could arrange I to g down to Los Angeles also a the people of southern California peple suthern Calfornia would be l highly enthusiastic over the coming of I such a body of singers and a warm reception would be accorded them i From this The Herald man gleans that the choir might perhaps be given special inducements to go down to Los Angeles if matters are canvassed to j wards that end I wards Another thing sug1 j gested is that the great Southern Pa cfic is not lying idle these times while I new roads are being pointed towards i the coast and threatening invasion invasio The S P has a corps of traffic men that 1 can figure and when necessary figure fast I i Will the S P Come Down President Bambergers denial of the I story that the Southern Pacific was negotiating ne-gotiating with the Great Salt Lake I Hot Springs to secure the latter road I I in order to extend the C exted P on down I I from Ogden to this city did not kill j I the rumor by any means In fact i i i had gathered strength and was talked i of quite freely J i Mr Barnberger was met in the U P jI I j I office and still professed his ignorance of any deal gorace The Southern Pacific is hardly in shape at this time with the big fight it has on its hands to take any steps toward extending the C P Matters will probably have to b settled before any moves are made in that direction Another high authority gave 1 as his opinion that such u move was undoubtedly un-doubtedly on foot The construction of another line through to the coast he said will likely force the Southern Pacific to do something towards protecting its interests l out this way ana I expect to see a line through to Salt Lake or else a close traffic arrangement effected with another road More than that i wouldnt be surprising if the S P built on south of Salt Lake to get into the coal fields I felds I |