Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-12-13 | Page 17 | New Harriman Lines

NEW HARRIMAN LINES Presidentof the Western System Discusses Dis-cusses Proposed Improvements Portland Or Dec 121 H Harrlmnn returned to this city today from Seattle Seat-tle and Tacomn and In an Interview corroborated cor-roborated In a measure time published report re-port that the Union Pacific system would bo extended to Scuttle and Tacoma IIo I was not Inclined however to llx a time limit Financial conditions just preceding a Presidential election arc never sufficiently easy to warrant elaborate increases of I nuw mileage sold Mr llarrlnian and while no very extensive new work will bo undertaken during tho coining year no permanent work In the way or track I betterments or anything that will facilitate facili-tate the movement of traffic will bo neg lected Rcenrdinj the I proposed railroad from lluntlnglon to Lewlston Mr JJarrlman staled that ns yet tho Oregon Railway Navigation company had not seriously considered building the road We will yet into the now districts In our territory ns rapidly as possible Mr Jlarriman continued and will not even wait for a 1 rcvonuoproduclnir truffle although al-though we must of course have sonic 113 surnnco that the country is susceptible l of sufficient development warrant the construction of a road