Show L f CLARK FOR PRES WENT k j Montana Senator Selected as Head of Los S S > Angeles Salt Lake Railroad I 1 S Company I cn7 Preliminary Organization Was Effected Last Night Capital Stock is Mt1 25OOQOOO Utah Directors Arc W S AkCornick Thomas 4 Kerns and fled SmootAnother Meeting Will J be Held Today j Li and a Construction Company Organized S I V The Los Angeles Salt Lake t c4SS tr Rnllroud company Capital l stock V t 5CC0 < XO rj Wllllari A Clark of Montana Sr S t president r Ui 15 C Kerens of Ulasourl Jlrst fcfc vicepresident i fc > Thomaa 73 Gibbon third vice 6 S V president i 1 lb V jS RONS Clark of California sec V L4 r ond vlecircsl I 1ert Cj tt Utah dlrcHor Thomas Kcarns J l Reed Smoot and V S McCornlck t ° i v fri ft t s 11 e t IP tj i ° t ti v t yr v The men wjio pvoposp to build the Lcn Angeles Snlt Lake railroad are io In the city All day and far Into the D night they discussed the plans went Lh over the articles of incorporation and B r5 heard reports of engineers and experts 5 Senator W A Clark of Montana and lis brother J Ross Clark arrived in the morning Later in the day Hon R C Kerens and party came in from St Louis They were met by ViceS Vice-S President T E Gibbon of the Terminal and the Salt Lakers who aro Interested y S In j the great project and the Important Import-ant conference begun Immediately iJ after dinner The corrIdor of the Knutsford had r t 1 4 p I SLI t t 1 i S S sax tt2 I 1l r t e IS J t 1A I rik l 5 N t > 4 zy t4 i I nhM i t t o I < Senator V A C1 arc 5 S i S c JcI C 1 r 1 1 I Lj t i 5 > Ii w i WrWm y v i WmJ V I 5 4i4I4 Vr > ATIWA S I V Acic A Few of the Builders of the Los Angeles Bond iI S nCCl coon aueh a gathering of representatives repre-sentatives of wealth It is said that I the men pieseut personally represented As J1250COCOO und these are the men who wl1 build tho Independent line of rrll ioarl to the Pacific a railroad which will provo one of the most Important ci links In the transcontinental chain PERSONNEL OF PARTY S t Those In the city wllp are Interested S1CSsV in Iho biff project are Senator W Arc A-rc ilark of Montnna Hon IS C Kerens sS S A5 BonilJT Charles Clark W B fVrkc rcichanl Kerens of Missouri Hon 1eiry S Heath of Washington I ti D C T 13 Gibbon II E McKuo r f Henry Haw ood of Los Angcloi The jiYl S SuJi Lakora present at the conference frc David IColth Thomas Kcarns C o Whlueruore Reed Smoot AV S d S McCornlch and C IC McCornlck Senator Clark was busy all day at toncllng to his personal mall and rccel jIi Ing buslnoaa and social calls and It was not until after dinner that he and 11k ih others could p It together The i S articles of Incorporation had been CS drawn up un1 were read ut the nacct 1 Ing This was done so that each per I son Interested would be In a position to know what was being done and to be able to offer suggestions or amendments amend-ments as desired All preliminary details de-tails had been fully prepared also and the project was presented the most complete manner possible to those who will furnish tho money to build the road PRELIMINARY ORGANIZATION It wan known that the meeting would be preliminary to the organization of the lAm Aigeles Salt Lake railroad and with this end In view nothing ivan forgotten that would In any way I help to lay before the financiers the various routes that can be used the J geology and topography of the country coun-try and the best action to take In organizing or-ganizing an l starting the work I The meeting did not break upuntil l 2 oclock this morning and then only to leasaemblo at oclock today The or f gunizatlon wa fully talked over and all the details practically agreed upon as announced at the top of this column col-umn All present however < < refused to I give out liny definite Information This morning another company will I be orGanized to act as a construction company There will be twelve directors for the railroad company The whole corridor was filled with people anxious to greet tho visitors or to learn something definltc about the road The officials were too busy to tails merely caylng they were here to organic tho road und that It would be organized and would be built The whole situation was carefully gone ovor i ul when the meeting adjourned ad-journed cvcrv person present had a thorough knowledge of the situation OFFICIALS < TO GO WEST H Is expected tlialseveral of the officials of-ficials will o on to Los Angeles today to effect the transfer of the Los An KOIPS Terminal property to the newly oiKanizod qompany Whether or not the company will file I Its articles of Incorporation today or I wall until the Terminal Is transferred IH a matter of doubt but It Is likely that several duys will elapse before tho papers are filed The road to Loc Angeles however Is assured Of that there Is not a shadow of doubt mnbehind llt sire representative repre-sentative onca of their sections and their I time IB too valuable their wealth too great to allow of tiny failure SENATOR CLAnK INTERVIEWED When Senator W A lark was seen yesterday he said that he must hn off for San Francisco on the 1230 p m tialn today and In the meantime every moment ought to be devoted to the railroad business Indeed ho expected to work about all night on It Ho hoppa to return to the city In the last days of December Of the proposed railroad he said only that It is now being pushed from the coast toward San Bernardino and that so soon UK preliminaries could be completed com-pleted It would ho rushed likewise from this end the purpose being to complete It without ii days unnecessary delay As he was excusing himself the question ques-tion was asked him What about the Montana election He smiled as he answered It was fine My campaign was an ovation tome to-me In every portion of the Slate and I believe the result pleased more men than were ever pleased at anythIng that ever happened the State be fore Railroad Notes Armed guards have been placed on all Union Pacific trains A A Uttlcy a big tie contractor of Rock Springs lu at the Knutsford Messrs Kerens Heath Bemis and Richard Kerens were here at the recent re-cent gathering Engineers Hawgood and McCartney had many reminiscences to talk over as they sat in the lobby President George B Leighton of the Los Angeles Terminal and H II Han ton another member of the St Louis syndicate arrive this morning Charles Clark of St Louis is another an-other member of tho syndicate al though not a relative of the others Mr Clark has been very prominent In affairs of his State and Is the one who was identified i with the famous Granite Mountain mine W B Clarke of Kansas City who Is here with the railroad party Is not related to the others of the same name He is one oC the prominent financiers of Missouri and Is also well known here being the principal owner of the Inland Crystal Salt company He has frequently visited Salt Lake and Is deeply Interested In the State and its future He will likely be a director of the new Incorporation He is a warm personal friend of President Mc llnley A construction company will also be Incorporated for the Los Angeles An-geles road this being the usual proceeding pro-ceeding I |