Show DIRECTORS SURPRISED I Grand Trunk Officials Have Not Recovered Re-covered from Hnyss Resignation London Oct 29Sir Charles Rivera Wilson president of the Grand Trunk railroad of Canada and other officials of that line have not yet recovered from their surprise at the resignation resinntion at Charles 1 Hays general manager of the Grand Trunk and his acceptance of ccflance the position of president of the Southern South-ern Pacific railway I I Sir Charles said this evening that three days of London holiday since tho resignation of Mr Hays had given the directors no chance to consider the future fu-ture uSo far he added no definite action ha been taken I is reported that there Is a strong current of popularity running In favor of VlccPresldcnt E St John of the Seaboard Air line This movement la l believed to have originated among the Canadian stockholders nmong C D Moore Here t C D Morels In tc city visiting his ly isling family on Thirteenth East street Mr Moore is one of the locating engineers I Iocalnl enllncels of the Burlington and according to tho press dispatches has been at work on I the extensions In Wyoming When omlnl Vhcn I spoken to about the matter last even ing Mr Moore explained that it was Impossible for him to make any state alJ ments whatever regarding the com pany its plans or more particularly the work ho is engaged pallcuarly be here several days wI President Perkins in Denver President C E Perkins of the Bur lington Is in Denver according to rail accordhlt r1 road men just from that city Whether or not he will come to Salt Lake is still 0 matter of doubt but as his comntmv is doing so much work in Wyoming and It has been announced that It would build to Salt Lake and Ogden It ia ex westward pected that ho will extend his trip Railroad Notes Pioneer square grant comes up to night In the Council Railroad visitors take great interest in tho Los Angeles road The Railway Age reprints theru mom about the Union Pacific being In the Los Angeles project This whleh j Is the only news the Age has given on I the great project is positively denied by Senator Clark et alI aL-I The Railroad Gazette says that W F Bailey has resigned as general passenger pas-senger agent of the Colorado Midland E Gest who recently resigned as vicepresident of the Navada California 1 Califor-nia Oregon was SO yearS old and began I be-gan railroading In IS 17 VIcePrenl cnl Gibbon of the Los Angeles I I An-geles Terminal Is expected here the last of the week when matters pertaining pertain-ing to the Incorporation will be at once As stated Sunday most of taken up stote the projectors of the road will be hereby here-by November 10th The Incorporation papers have been prepared 1 When the veil of mystery is removed 1 It may appear that the Salt Lake p Los Angeles project has Its Incentive as far east as Lake Michigan says the Railway Age There Is no mystery about that road other than that made by papers such as the Age which arc printing a lot of nonsense about a pro I prInUnl which they know nothing butt but-t which is I certainly stirring up the I sleepy rivals for Pacific coast trade With the Rock Island working to I San Diego the Clark syndicate building I build-ing from Salt Lake to Los Angeles andS InS Sal i Stllwcll completing his Kansas City completng I j I Mexican Orient to Topolobampo the il whole transcontinental situation Is liable I lia-ble to be revolutlonlzid says The Salt Lake Tribune This Is speculating on possibilities far In the future and 1ar lossllileg which may not be realized The above Is from the Hallway Age of three weeks ago In the current Issue I is sin editorial edito-rial on expansion and the last paragraph para-graph reads quoting from a Texas railroad builder The building of the line from Salt Lake to the owel coast Inc the the extension of the Rock Island completion of the Stllwell line to Port Stllwell and the forward movement of Stiwel the Pecos Valley and other roads Is the I direct result o the expansion policy and for no other purpose than to secure I the Oriental trade which will be enormous I enor-mous to an Inestimable degree I |