Show I HIGH OFF GIAlS GATHER i Chicago Northwestern Party Arrive Unsxpectedly CAUSE QUITE A STIR HERE Gossip of Railroad Circles as to Reason Rea-son for Their Visit Suggested Significance In View of Passing Events Officials Disclaim any Contemplated Con-templated Moves Union Pacific r and Other Officials Come Today for a Friendly PowWowDiner go on Trains 3 and 6 or Union Pacific Salt Lake Is cgrtln the rendezvous for high ofllclals of transcontinental roads Quite a stir was caused In local 1 trans portal 101 circles yesterday bythe l unheralded un-heralded arrival of a notable party of I Chicago Northwester ofilcials who are at the Knut for The party includes in-cludes Third VicePresident II R Mc J Cullough General Manager W A Gardner Assistant General Manager S Sanborn Superintendent of Car Department 5 De-partment C A Schroyer and Managers i Man-agers Secretary F E Greene The officials 1 offi-cials arrived early yesterday morning and after luncheon were taken to Salt air It being the initial trip to most of them The visitors leave tonight for the I i East over the Rio Grande Western and I will stop over night at Glenwood i VicePresldent McCullough and General I i Gen-eral Manager Gardner were seen at the r hotel last cvenlng and they stated that there was absolutely no significance in I their visit to the city but as they were i on a tour of inspection of the Northwestern North-western lines they decided to run over I to Utah to become better acquainted I with a State in which their load took a great Intt rest owing i to the fact that for many years past the traffic relations with the State were such as to nearly make the Northwestern a local line lne They also said that they were not here for the purpose of joining in the Union Pacific conference but would undoubtedly I undoubt-edly meet President Burl and party I here before returning East General Manager Gardner In reply Ito I-to a direct question sid that It would probably be many years before the Northwestern F E MS V built the I buit I line from Casper to Ogden and as far j i I as any coming changes In the Omaha Hltuatlon were concerned he know noth ing of any such moves The sudden arrival of the ofllclals In view of existIng conditions created no end of gossip however In railroad cir I des I was stated that the Chicago I Northwestern was seeking the purchase of the Ogden Hot Springs the Salt Lake Ogden and the Salt Lake Los Angeles three small roads which are for sale and which lire valuable for their Salt Lake and Ogden terminals I nnd street franchles Au the Northwestern I North-western Is already at Casper Wyo 470 iniles from Ogden and as it has been i I Bald that It will have to build Into Ofe den to connect with the Southern Pu cilia to meet new conditions local officials offi-cials and others claim to see of the visit than appears on the surface sU1face nnd while it Is 1 true that directors pres idents and engineers build roads yet the operating and traffic officials often size up the situation and make their recommendatons ii Ay stated in The Tribune some weeks ain thn trpnd of Irl lontIPtnl rail way affairs ueems to he toward com hlnatlons and If the plans are carried out on the lines so thoroughly discussed in the Wall Htroet papers the North western would have to nil the trap be tween Casper and Ogden so the terminals ter-minals In Ogdr and Salt Lake would be of great value to the system When asked as tot theso matters last ovenlmr the officials laughingly denied any such intentions and reiterated the Stofrronfp Jn f fhcj visit has nQ sig nlllcanco whatever |