Salt Lake Herald | 1902-05-20 | Page 2 | Public Not Hostile

PUBLIC NOT HOSTILE Harriman Says People Would Welcome a Champion of the thep Railways p Po Portland Ore May RT 18 President E H Harriman was wait the gu guest t of cC c honor at a banquet given II by 8 business men mea ne at t the Arlington club tonight Mr Harriman announced that the th Railroad would be constructed and aDd used jointly by the Oregon Or n Railroad I Navi Navigation gallon gation company and the Northern company compall President Mellen of the Northern Pa Pacific chic who was also o present talked for forthe forthe forthe the rail raJI route routs to Astoria AMona as u being prefer preferable preferable able to the water route Mr Harriman deprecated the hostility of newspapers and politicians to the railroads and pre predicted that if a man should start out boldly to champion the railroad cause caUM and to make malEe conditions that would weald en enable enable enable able the transportation OD lines U to better servo serve the public be would be endorsed andors W d by the people Mr Harriman Hani speaking of or the Clear Clearwater Clearwater Clearwater water country situation said eald The Th pa papers papers pers pore have ha been demanding the tile Clear Clearwater Clearwater ClearWater water line so Mr Mellen and aad I have haft concluded to give It K to you yon We WI will build the road reed and aDel UM use UMIt It Jointly Construction work will wUl be betaken betaken betaken taken up as u soon as all the materials can oe us assembled a for ft it