Show t I SPEEDY GOMPlE lON r OP ROAD r IS NOW ASSURE a I I I 41 I Review of Incidents Leading 1 Up to Purchase 1l 1 1 4 l HISTORY OF THE ROAD Detail From Beginning As Told in the Tribune f M y j t j J First Intimation Terminals Were ta Be Acquired in Los > Angeles Told I in Tribune Three Years Ago t I I j Now that the speedy completion oC I the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake railroad Is assured and all doubts as to its future operations have been set aside a review of the Incidents and work leading up to this conclusion is I I Interesting The history of the road from beginning to end t together with l the many curves and doubts and misgivings II mis-givings placed by the people of Salt y 1 Lake upon the intentions of the company 1 com-pany and the encouragements given the i I projectors are found In the files of The S Tribune with accuracy and in detail i I I ORIGIN OF THE EXTENSION I It seems that the first indication that i the Los Angeles Terminal railroad was to be sold and acquired by the present i j owners and that its construction to Salt d Lake City was contemplated < I was outlined = t out-lined in a Tribune special from Los r 1 Angeles on August 20 1900 more than k thirtythree months ago This special opened by saying The Times will nay tomorrow that for J I several days past rumors havo filled tjio t i air that the Tcrlllnnl railroad had been J sold he arrival here last week of Pros J Went Leighton caused these rumors to fly in flocks The story that tho rod had been sold to tho Southern Paclfli I quickly evaporated The latst und l mot ponderable report li 1 1 that the Terminal has been bought by W A Clark thu Montana Senator and mining king aivl ono of tho richest mun In the world who proposes to hetul the construction of anew I I a-new line across the continent The story Is that Clark has entered Into an ncrec 1 meat to buy the whole Terminal prop erly and that lie has put up the matter of a quarter of a million dollars to bind tho bargain that It will take two or three weeks to close tho deal and by 1 that time all the world will know the J story of the transaction 1 OPENING OF VIRGIN TERRITORY I The special then proceeded to state 1 f that rumor was afloat in Los Angeles I fi C Continued on Page 4 I I it r u f 11 II SPEEDY COMPLETION i 1 II i Continued from Page Ito II III to the effect that as soon an the Torinln J al road pasHcd into the hands of Semi I rond and hla associates the work I tor Clark fnd hit assocates J of construction toward Salt Luke would be begun that ft meant the opening cOO of territory rich In mineral DOO miles telrH0 nnd agricultural possibilities that It I would provide constantly growlm 1 tidewater the coa f market unil bring to tdea and Iron ores of southern Utah and Nevada I Ne-vada and Insure the building of great Iron Industries In Los Angeles I EFFECTING CONNECTIONS EAST t The next chapter of Information foi and tin the readers of The Tribune j people of the Intelmountain county editorial In appeared in an in general I The Tribune of August22 3900 the editorial I ed-itorial being entitled That Clark Roail I r Rumor I stated that It was known ui II i that Senator Clark was most tenacious I i In carrying through any business project pro-ject which he fixed his mind upon and II I hence the Los Angeles special to The Tribune published yesterday may have care more substance in It than a mere less reading of It would suggest I Vhon Mr Clark was In this city last fall we have ovory reason to boHoyo her he-r thinking seriously of constructing 1 road which I contemplates R line running vest from this city along the great mineral I min-eral belt of Western t Utah nnd Isovado r direct route to I by the most feasible and ruto San Francisco bay with a branch starting beyond Sln tho western boundary of Utah to Los AniTelcs wctcrn I us suggested that he should first secure connection with sufficient lrt ficient coal inuasurcs to make his rood I Independent of other roads and enable him to transfer coal to Western markets mar-kets That suggestion sot him on n new 1 investigation Eumcston next wo heard I from him was that he wns considering Milwaukee as tho possible Eastern terminus 11 termi-nus for tho road A glance at the map shows that a road from that city could bo run through much unoccupied territory le of Avyo tory across the coal measures o min to Salt Lake various The editorial then discussed routes by which eastern connections could be made nil of them contemplating contemplat-ing the construction of an independent and new line to the Great Lakes east from Salt Lake City No doubt was I expressed of Senator Clarks financial ability nnd his willingness to accomplish accom-plish this result But it is plain to be seen from the tenor of the editorial expression ex-pression that serious doubt was expressed I i pressed as to the advisability of such I a venture SPECULATING UPON CALIFORNIA CONNECTIONS The Tribunes local columns on August Au-gust 22nd stated that It would not bo surprising to Salt Lak l I to hear the official declaration that W A Clark had bought the Los Angeles Terminal The matter has been m i > for I some time and a year ago a Mr Hola I bird tme If ere from Los Angeles who I of J UIH said to be a representative I J Ross Clark a brother of W A Clark 1 Mr llolablrd made l careful study of tho lWt situation and roliirnud to Los Annelcs fiuaton people of Lo Angeles hovu every reason to puch tlie sale of tho reaon road for it Is the only one that has harbor har-bor facilities for that city and If tho t I read does not Immediately enter Into an agreement with ti company or persons I preparing to make the extension there Is n greater chance that tho connection I for San Diego would be made The Los I Angeles Terminal property Is n valuable one principally for its franchises In Los Angeles and harbor facilities at San Pedro Pe-dro The main line of road runs from Los Antjelcs to San Pedro It has three Northern branches from Los Angeles olio to Monrovia one to Altndemi and one 010 to Ycrdugo The one to Monrola already has crossing rights on the Santa Fo and the Southern Pacific branches I I but to build in toward Utah another crossing of the Santa Fe main line would crcSlnr bo made at or near Barstow For some time the Terminal owners have bcrn figuring on making some move toward taking In part of the through line between Salt Lake and the southern coast of the Pacific Jt has the proposed line also to Chntsworth park In tho San Fernando valley and In every way has it been trying to build up a network of local lines to Los Angeles all of which would lncl line bo profitable feeders to tho through lineTHE THE SALT LAKE EXTENSION The Tribune of August 25 1900 stated I that a telegram had been received from Los Angeles to the effect that W A Clark had bought the Terminal road which he had been aftei for some time and that the railroad was to be extended ex-tended to Utah Mr F K Rule of the Los Angeles Terminal was quoted assaying as-saying that the road would certainly build to Salt Lake that none of the old stockholders had parted with any of their holdings that the company was i iJ at that lime capitalized for 3000000 I of which amount Senator Clark owned 1 about onehalf that surveyors were at i work surveying 0 line eastward from I Los Angeles General Manager Rule continued that as soon as n reorganization I reorgani-zation of the Terminal company was effected and the capital Increased the F surveys to Salt Lalce City would be completed and the construction begun without further delay j I DEVELOPING RAW MATERIAL I On August 20th The Tribune discussed at length the coal facilities located upon 1 I up-on what appeared to be the most direct line between Salt Lake City and that rj portion of California which the line Iri M would enter The raw materials to her he-r encountered by the road along any oC the feasible routes through southwestern southwest-ern Utah or southeastern Nevada astonished as-tonished those who were supposed to be I familiar with the resources of the country coun-try Not only was there anthracite and all manner of soft coals but iron ore copper and the various precious metals sulphur borax a myriad of varieties of 1ora myla varletcl of precious stones and marbles and granite 1 I gran-ite tons and immense cattleproducing sec The Tribune on August 27th pub lished a cartoon repretentlng Senator Clark with a large Hcction of railroad upon his back and Salt Lake City graciously gra-ciously extending the olive branch and saying You are all right Mr Clark on that railroad question conic right along and bo crowned a public bene factor b1c I I ENTERING SALT LAKE CITY I Before the end of 1900 the air of Salt Lake City and Los Angeles was full of rumors as to the various routes to be taken by the new line when the right of way was finally secured There were I many publications t the effect that 1C the line was really constructed It would enter Utah over the Rio Grande and would likely connect with the Marysvole appendix ot the Rio Grande system The newspapers l teemed with conjecture an to whether tho road would enter uoon the Rio Grande branch or over the Short Line or whether it would actually construct an entirely new route about midway between the Marysvale branch of the Rio a rand and the present route of the Short Line I seemed to be the consensus of opin ion of railroad < men and especially civil cvi engineers that the San Pedro road would make 1 better InvestTnemt by constructing over an entirely new route and opening up tho virgin fields of coal fet1s and iron and copper and lead than coa by using either one of the llnes already lles alQy 1 l constructed and reach several ore and coal dlatrlcts by spurs and branch lines lnes cft was lmown at that time that the Clark syndicate or Senator Clark nnd 4 his Bioto was toveatlBatlngf vail Inestgtng ous routes rutes by private surveys There 1 Was nothinsr at that har c nohing lat early date Bald 4tt about the Independence of the new line thl Jeudenco to be constructed but It was generally understood to bo the ambition of Senator Sena-tor Clark to have t line independent in ownership construction and operation of every other line In existence This ambition OlHl lne Montana Senator aroused some ot of the operators of roads already in existence and overtures were reported in 1ho newspapers as having been made from time to time halnr ot the lines now entering Salt Lake or desiring to make an entry into Ic de8lrluJ this city Two or three lines at that time running Into Denver were l ported port-ed to be desirous of making connection with the San Pedro at Salt Lake City and were believed to be making overtures over-tures for cooperation In construction tres from Denver to Salt Lake City The Tribune of August 29th contained con-tained much speculation as to what Senator Clark and his associates would do with these overtures I was Intimated Inti-mated that one or more of the lines entering en-tering Denver would compete with the San Pedro line In California business by connections through New Mexico Arl 7ona connectons California should not the Montana Senator accede to their terms MEETING OPPOSITION At this stage it seems that Senator Clark began lo meet with opposition singlehanded and combined from various vari-ous railroad corporations Intended to either force him to their terms for cooperation co-operation or to defeat his construction opcraton of the road from Los Angeles to this chITS ITS IMPORTANCE TO UTAH On August 30th there was a meeting in Los Angeles of the officers and stockholders stock-holders of the Los Angeles Terminal railway Senator Thomas Kearns now one of the large stockholders in the San Pedro railroad attended that meeting but Its proceedings were not reported at much length In the newspapers On August 31st however The Tribune published pub-lished In n most conspicuous manner n special from Los Angeles containing an interview with Senator Clark who among other things said In the two years that Investigations as to the feasibility of the proposed line have been under way we have gained much knowledge of the mineral resources of the territory through which It would pass The proposed line will open a field of vast mineral deposits heretofore known of only In n general way but undeveloped because of lack of transportation facilities ties With Salt Lake at one end and Los Angeles at tho other the road will forma form-a channel along which mineral wealth will How to both cities and will enable both W A Clark would be the president of the new tine and that as soon as he re turiud from Europe whither he hart there gone about a fortnight previous would be a meeting for the reorganization woull tion of the new railroad which would be extended from Los Angeles to Salt And it announced that W Lake City Anl annoulced JI llolablrd had been chosen as the rightofway agent for the new company I com-pany and had already begun work upon his duties GUESSING ON VARIOUS ROUTES All oC those moves and all of this talk about the purposes of the Los Angeles An-geles Terminal Railroad company were months In advance of the actual organization or-ganization of the new company the Janlatlon fl ItH articles oC Incorporation I and any exposure of any proposed right nn of way northeast of the California Califor-nia line Already however there was lne Alrcac considerable speculation as to whether wheth-er certain rights of way and grades acquired ac-quired by the Utah Nevada railroad the road and other properties owned by Mormon church would not be utilized Many inquiries were received here in Salt LakeCity from various parts of SaIo country as to permanent and other surveys and the likelihood of the new companys adopting roads already completed or routes alreadY sUeyet or grades In the immediate southwest of Salt Lake The various lines contemplated con-templated or in reality constructed did I not appear to appeal to the business Instincts of business people It was I contended that a new route would be better than any of the projected ones although many believed that if a new company should acquire any of the properties acc1lre existence the proposed plan of a great free highway high-way for all railroads upon equal terms would be better established ant the new mineral and conI and Iron sections reached by siwrs and branches OFFICIALS VISIT SALT LAKE The first visit of Los Angeles officials offi-cials to Salt Lake City was on September Sep-tember 14th but the action In connection con-nection with rights of way and terminal ter-minal facilities was postponed until the COth to enable Mr J Ross Clark vicepresident to take the lead or Initiative Ini-tiative At this meeting was Hon R C Kerens of St Louis now vicepres ident of the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake railroad and one of the original owners of the Los Angeles Terminal and Mr T E Gibbon jen cral counsel At this meeting the proposition to ask the city or Salt Lake i I j j2 i c ZtucN t Js r ii 7ri 4 J kt L7 ii4jr L F41 ii J Ot 1 p f r a t HCW WILLIAM A CLARK Of Montana President of the S P L A S L Railroad Company to become a seat of enterprise heretofore Impossible it either To Salt Lako It will give a new nutlet on the ocean which will give that city a place In tho ovcrlncreas InS Oriental trade t and aloo an outlet to the entire west coast of two American continents Senator Clork announced that all existing ex-isting railroads with which this line would be brought into competition hart largely been built by subsidies received from the Nation State counties or cities that the San Pedro Los Angeles 5 Salt Lake railroad would be built from private capital n an Investment and that the only contributions or subscriptions sub-scriptions asked of anyone would be In the way of friendship to the enterprise by making the way easy for the company com-pany to get good entrances Into cities and towns by l seeing that the right or way was not made expensive and by such other actu as would be the means of saving largely in the first cost of construction and at the same time would be no considerable amount cnsidcmble upon any Individual i ENLISTING UTAH INTERESTS The Tribune on September 1st published pub-lished under the title Great Possibilities Possibili-ties Building Short Line to Los Angeles An-geles Would Form New Route Hout si map showing what It believed to be the probable prob-able route of the road anti its great Importance to Salt Lake City The Tribune stated that with the extension of the Los Angeles Terminal to Utah either to Uvada to Marysvale or lo Salt Lake by a new line a world of possibilities pos-sibilities would be opened to Its promoters promo-ters and owners I staled that this north and south line would cross every transcontinental line on the route east as the map clearly demonstrated On thc same day The Tribune announced an-nounced In a Los Anceles special that Engineer Hawgood was preparing to enter the field with a crew to survey the new route and on the same day also The Tribune announced that the Mormon church which was the owner of considerable property in rights of way and grading which might possibly be utilized would be asked t name a director In tho new company and soon thereafter It announced that Thomas Koarna a director In the new company had been in conference with President Snow a to who ohould be named as the representative of the church railroad rail-road interests when the new directorate was formed On September nth The Tribune announced an-nounced from Los Angeles that Senator to donate Pioneer square for railroad and terminal facilities for the San Pedro railroad was determined upon and a committee of fifty representative men was appointed to appear before the City Council and ask for the donation do-nation of Pioneer square on the condition condi-tion that It was not to pass title until the comoletlon of the road within a given time wns assured PIONEER SQUARE COMMITTEE The committee appointed to wait upon the City Council was as follows fol-lows George A Lowe chairman Edward F Colborn Heber M Wells O 1 Salisbury Salis-bury W S McCornlck George M Downey Frank Knox M H Walker L H Farnsworth S C Park E W Center B G Rayboulcl George 1 Cannon W W RIter L S Hills J E Caine Fred Leonard C C Good win A W McCune C W Penrose W F Armstrong R S Campbell C P Mason John J Daly W P OMeara I G McMillan J C Cutler I Cut-ler Joseph Geoghcgan A L Thornas Thomas Veil Georgo Y Wallace W W Chlsholm Charles Burton ID M Wcller George T OdeI John Henry Smith Phllo T Farnsworth J J Co rum John Lollin W M Bradley Albert Al-bert Reiser J E Bamberger J H Anderson G S Holmes A C Ellis C S Varlan Wiley S Brown David Keith J W Houston H Hanauer H B Clawson R C Chambers J F Woodman H J Faust Henry Dln woodey George Pyper Le Grand Young T1 G Webber Thomas Jennings Jen-nings George Romncy W u Pros ton N W Clayton John Clark Jams H Moylo O H Pcttit F S Richards Reed Smoot R K Thomas II G Whitney Henry Wallace Henry Sic gel M C Fox S H Auerbach John Q Packard W H Dlckson J L Franken Eo W Wilson 0 W Powers Pow-ers James Sharp J D Wood Samuel McIntyre W A Neldon Simon Bam berger Oscar W Moyle W J Newman New-man W T Batemnn W A Sherman G S i Peyton W W Booth 1 Glen Miller Theodore Bruback George A Snow C A Quigley E B Wicks H W Lawrence Byron Groo J A Cunningham Cun-ningham John T Caine John Q Cannon Can-non and S C Ewing OFFICERS CONFER IN CHICAGO President George B Leighton of time Los Angeles Terminal Hon R C Kerens and Hon W A Clark had a I meeting in the last week of September 1HOO in Chicago nnd discussed the details de-tails of the proposed request to the SaIL Lake City Council for the donation I dona-tion of Pioneer square which petition I was presented to the Council September I Septem-ber 2th and referrpd to the Council Committee on Public Law The petition pe-tition rC < Publc donation of the Hqunre upon condition that It become effective upon the completion of n certain cer-tain amount of tho proaosed line of railway and it asked for a hearing on the part oC the then ofilclnls and representatives rep-resentatives of the Los Angeles Terminal Ter-minal Railway comoany Hon R C Kens In an interview printed in The Tribune on September 30th In speaking speak-ing of the great Iron and coal hells to be opened by l the new road stated that it was the purpose of the company com-pany to establish at some point on the line a second Illinois steel works and to make the Iron and steel for the Pacific slope at some point along the linn most suitable and to he selected se-lected as soon us possible DONATION OPPOSED 1 seems that there was considerable opposition to the proposition to donate Pioneer square to the San Pedro railroad rail-road for terminal and depot facilities facili-ties The Tribune on September 30lh published pub-lished an extended editorial stating vacating of that the opposition to the vLcatlnr Pioneer square to the railroad on the absolute certainty that It was comlnic here was a very remarkable feature of i the sentiment which ruled in certain I parts of the city I said further If the roads wore hesitating to make Its terminal hero or In Ogden wo inspect that there would bo an instant chanyo of sentiment And thcuo people some of them seem to forget that It would bo easy enough to make Bait Luke n way station only and to go up to OGden where It could get what It needed There are 000 or 800 miles to the south timid west of here for which country this should bo the central depot Along the line of that road whether It takes one route or another an-other there are elements of wealth which would not only make the road n paying affair but which would concentrate In thlo city a vast amount of capital some great works and with tho Increased men brought here and the increased wealth employed tho Inevitable result must be a largo Increase In the population and with It a corresponding increase In the price of property For llfly years Plonoer square has not been Intrinsically worth GO cents except for ranch property And then the editorial discussed the advisability of granting Pioneer square for an enterprise which would Improve it I with great buildings and shipping facilities whereas It is now only good for a serenade ground by bullfrogs avery night from March up to November No-vember On October Hrd The Tribune published i pub-lished a communication addressed to the City Council by Senator Clark assuring as-suring the Council that It was the Intention In-tention of himself and associates to extend ex-tend the Terminal railroad from Los Angeles to Salt Lako and that In this work the company would be very much facilitated by the granting of Pioneer square in this city for the use of the railroad as station grounds In accordance accord-ance with the petition heretofore presented pre-sented to the Council by Its general attorney at-torney I Later before the City Council Senator I Sena-tor Clark made an extended address going all over the situation and the proposition upon which the company requested re-quested the donation of the square The petition signed by a very large number num-ber of the prominent property owners of the city requesting a donation of the public square was laid before the City Council placed upon their records and made a profound Impression The straightforward manner In which Senator Sen-ator Clark and hiH associates presented pre-sented to the City Council their proposition propo-sition and made the request for the donation do-nation of Pioneer square seemed to brush aWn for the moment at least the opposition to the donation Senator Clark and his associates Cllrl remained re-mained in Salt Lake City and frequently frequent-ly appeared before the City Council and meetings of Its committees until the City Council took final action upon the petition for the donation of Pioneer square PRESIDENT SNOW SPEAKS SNOV President Lorenzo Snow of the Mormon Mor-mon church feeling a deep Interest In the success of the projected railway addressed the City Council in a strong autograph letter and urgently recommended recom-mended favorable action upon the peti lon The proposition to donate Pioneer Pio-neer square came before the City Council Coun-cil at It regular meeting on Tuesday evening October S but went over for another two weeks Senator Clark and his associates contending that they desired de-sired to give tIe people the fullest possible pos-sible opportunity to discuss fhe proposition proposi-tion pro and con for every one to be heard and for the Council to act In such manner as would relieve It of all adverse criticism critcsm ADVANTAGES TO SALT LAJCE Before final action by the City Coun cil upon the petition donating Pioneer square a great deal of speculation was Indulged In by the newspapers of Salt Lake amid Los Angeles as to the time when the road would be completed and utt its effects upon the commercial and Industrial In-dustrial Interests of the two cities named I was generally recognized that no railway line could be constructed construct-ed which would be of ao great advantage advan-tage to Salt Lake and Los Angeles as Senator Clarks San Pedro system Speaking of this Time Tribune said editorially edi-torially It will bo t pleasant thing when we can get on the cars here of 11 cold winter day and wake un next morning whera tho mocking birds are Hinging hi the oramro groves outside ofLon Angeles I will b n pleasant thing In tho hot Kummer weather weath-er of Los Angeles for 0 Los Angolc man as lie boards a car on a morning to think that ho can bo swimming in tho Groat Salt Lako tho next morning rho road Is going to cliango and make more valuable valu-able both cities 11cm when tIme people want a change especially In time warm weather they very often mako the mistake mis-take of going higher up In thj hills even when their nerves are all l unstrung by tho high altitude In which they already live Wien at Hmnll expense and a days travel they can got to the seashore It will b pleatantor and a great deal better for them LINE WILL BID INDEPENDENT On October 21st The Tribune published pub-lished a special from Helena Mont announcing an-nouncing the arrival of Senator Clark at that city from Livingston and containing con-taining an Interview In which the Senator Sen-ator stated that the Los Angeles Terminal Ter-minal Railroad company had no combination com-bination with the Union Pacific and the Oregon Short Line to build from Uvada to Los Angeles as was reported In Associated Press dispatches The Senator declared that the statement wjia the first he had ever heard upon the subject and It was entirely without with-out foundation Such a step was never contemplated said he as limo road will be an independent line and so far a I know thero la no material change In the plans already made public I cannot deny too strongly the statement that other companies will be associated In the construction of this line as I intend that it shall be entirely Independent Inde-pendent > and an open gateway COUNCIL GRANTS PIONEER SQUARE The Salt Lake City Council on the night of Tuesday October 19th after a bitter fight as reported in The Tribune Trib-une of October 20th voted in favor of V vacating Pioneer square and granting It to the Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad Rail-road company The City Attorney had sent In an opinion adverse to the right of the city to give the square contending contend-ing that the city itself ought not make the donation but that it should he made by u vote of the people Tudgo W II Dlckson spoke before the City Council and l clearly demonstrated that the Council had the right to make the grant and that the park could be vacated va-cated and donated He contended that the city wan receiving the greatest possible pos-sible consideration for the donation showed how the city would be protected by the insertion of various clauses to the articles making the donation and that the legality of the grant would be settled for all time by the courts After the City Council had voted to convey Pioneer square and to set it aside for tho railroad company n mo I lon was adopted by the Council that I the committee having Jurisdiction over the subject should prepare and report favorably an ordinance vacating the square At i subsequent meeting the ordinance referred to was presented and paused f COMPLETING ARRANGEMENTS On November 8th VicePresident Gibbon Gib-bon of the Los Angeles Terminal arrived 1 ar-rived in the city and there were conferences con-ferences for some days hetveen hh land l-and Messrs Thomas Kearna David Keith and others Interested In the extension ex-tension of the line Mr H M McCart ney chief engineer of the Los Angeles railroad wan announced as the new chief engineer of the extended system and it was reported that he would begin operations at this end of the line In 0 short time LOOKING TOWARD INCORPORATION INCORPORA-TION The next heard by 1 Salt Lake citizens in the way of decided movements by the new company and Its work of extension ex-tension was reported in n special dispatch dis-patch to The Tribune of November 21st The special was dated at Omaha and began by stating that one of the biggest Western rail tja schemes contemplated con-templated in several years ia being talked over in n special car that passed through Omaha yesterday I then stated that the party on the special cur was composed of Hon R C Kerens 7 F Demit N B Clark Charles Clark and Richard Kerens Jr of St Louis Mr J Ross Clark of Los Angeles and Mr Perry S Heath In an Interview Mr Bemis announced that the party was on the way to Salt Lake City for the purpose of forming a new corporation corpora-tion out of the Los Angeles Terminal railroad the same to have a capitalization capitali-zation of 25000000 and that arrangements ar-rangements would be speedily made for the extension of the line north of Los Angeles The party mentioned above was Joined by Mr Georgo B Leighton of St Louis president of the Los Angeles An-geles Terminal Hon W A Clark of Montana and Mr 1 E Gibbon of Los Angeles THE INCORPORATION The Tribune of November 22nd announced an-nounced the formation of the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad road company with officers aa follows fol-lows William A Clark of Montana president R C Kerens of Missouri first vicepresident J Ross Clark California Cal-ifornia I second viceuresldent Thomas E Gibbon California third vicepresi dent T F Miller secretary and F K Rule treasurer Articles of incorporation incor-poration and the full organization of the various subcompanies were filed and organized Tho names of the incorporators In-corporators who were also chosen as directors for tho first year were as follows William A Clark R C Korean J Ross Clark W S McCor nick David Keith Thomas Kearns C 0 Whittemore Reed Smoot E W Clark Charles Clark S A Bemis Perry S Heath Charles W Clark Richard Kerens Jr George B Leighton Leigh-ton T Eh Gibbon William B Clark A II Hamlln SUBCOMPANIES There was also organized the Empire Construction company with a capital of 51000000 as follows J Ross Clark president George B Leighton vice president and C H McKce secretary who with David Keith C K McCor nick Reed Smoot R C Kerens W A Clark T E Gibbon und T F Miller formed the board of directors Thero was also organized another subcom pan a development company for the acquirement of real estate rights of way coal mineral and other lands wn unc with a capital of 0000000 and officers cers and directors as follows Thomas Kearna president Perry S Heath vicepresident R C Kerens David Keith and r E Gibbon directors with Richard Korean Jr secretary After the filing of the articles of Incorporation and the organization of the railroad company and Its 1 various subcompanies the narUcfl 1 named above were In session at tho Knutsfom hotel for several day discussing principally and propositions various routes cipally the n1lom engi osltlons submitted by the chief eng and others neer othcls meet at that that thnt It is understood I < made by the Ing a proposition wns propositon borne cnmoany or Short Line Oregon comIan Interests for time Its Interc1ts representing one rcprcfenlng Is completed sale of all that portion of i ni Short by the lines tinder operation tIe i Inc r Line south of Salt Lako being about I 337 miles of complete liner in opera and sidings together tion besides spurs gether with all locomotives rolling nothing at the stock etc There was time published concerning this propo puhlahed understood now that sition bu tit Is understod between l > wide difference there was a dlfcrence the Idea of the selling and purchasing parties ns to the value of the property pnrte prop-erty and the price named by the sell the ens beIng about twice the amount proposed buyers were willing to pay be bet It would that it was contended thnt I wn than to buy line build new ten t to a lne c buid r the old line Inasmuch as a new route could ba selected which would open up vast mineral and other undeveloped repource Vlt mlnell and would Insure large freight tonnage RAILROAD OPPOSITION IL Is likely that the refusal of the J lkelv new company to ourchnse that portion por-tion oi the Short Line iironertv south of Salt Lake was the direct cause oC the long obstructive tactics which followed fol-lowed on omlructve the pnrl of the Short Line and delays occasioned and the litigation telajB OCCI sioned by various conflicts over rIghts of way Tho United States Land office of-fice at Washington the Interior de ipartment Wnshlncton various local and United States courts In southern Utah and Nevada were for many months filled with contests and litigation Atone At-one time when the San Pedro was paralleling u part of the Short Lines property in Nevada there came near being personal conflicts und serious difficulties and for a time it was believed dlrcllcf of Nevada lieved that the Governor would be called upon to preserve the peace with troops After a great deal of delay and I t between raised gallon a flag of truce was tween the two con eJlln companies and it was agreed mutually that all Ells and contests would be withdrawn that both lines would proceed with the extension Into I and through southeastern southeast-ern Nevada and that wherever It was Impossible for one road to take one side of u canyon and the other road L tI1 i tic 1 bj I i > 0 tr frdL j m 4t 4111 f l I FIT c t I IT tr I HON THOMAS KEAKNS Of Utah n Director and Who Has Been Prominent in Bringing the Negotiations Ne-gotiations to a Favorable Close fo r the S P L A S L Bailrond take the other side there would be arbitration ar-bitration and adjustment aa to the immediate im-mediate ruction 1uclon I ABANDONED RIGHTS OF WAY To go back a little After the articles arti-cles of incorporation were filed at a meeting at Salt Lake City In November Novem-ber 1900 a committee was appointed to negotiate with the Mormon church for the purchase of certain survey papers maps profiles and other documents docu-ments which the church had had prepared pre-pared some years before for the construction con-struction of a line of road to the southwest south-west of Salt Lake In the direction of Los Angeles and which papers were mippopsed to also carry certain rights of way A part of this right of way was claimed by the Short Line also a portion of the abandoned right of way which the San Pedro road had 1d purchased pur-chased In southwestern Nevada at chaccd outhwesteln tax sales and of the county Unquestionably the title to these abandoned rights of way was vestec In the county In Nevada where it was ocated and which secured its title by virtue of tho original company not hayIng hay-ing paid Its taxes However the Short Linn or Its ales claimed tho ownership owner-ship of this abandoned right of way which the San Pedro company had purchased In Nevada and the contention conten-tion of tho Short Line for j the possession posses-sion of this property was one of the principal hones of contention and created cre-ated more feeling between the two companies Indeed there was 0 feeling feel-ing beyond that of natural rivalry than all things else and these contentions conten-tions and litigations over rights of way more than anything else operated to create an Impression In the minds of the people of Utah that It I must ul t 7nately end in either the San Pedro selling to the Short Line or Southern Pacific or becoming n partner with either one or both of thoso lines In the continuation ot the work to Los Angeles In point of fact these An1 lel contentions con-tentions and purposes created a dls I position which made It more nearly impossible im-possible for any such an arrangement to be made than all things else am thc longer tho contentions continued the more there were created conditions demanding that the San Pedro must be completed as an Inaorendent line Many Eastern companies made overtures over-tures for tho privilege of Joining Senator Sen-ator Clark In the construction of the I railroad and when he refused 1 01 al hem made many energetic efforts to j IU induce him to join in the construction of their lines from Eastern points two or three lnes them from Denver t Salt I Lake and to engage In a traffic agree I mont which would practically be ari Iayt mdcrwrltlnc of thor bonds Issued for construction east of Salt Lake by tha San Pedro company Senator Clark contended that ho was I perfectly willing to enter into such raffle arrangements aa would attract more lines to Sal Lake City and which would tend to build up and develop this l city and the State of Utah and that f1 would encourage the attraction of traf Ic over the line be was constructing I nil he would not sell out to or take line which would into I partnership any I ne r deprive him oC absolute control or prevent JOI pre-vent him from making such truffle arrangements ar-rangements as would give to one Una the advantages which another line enj I joyed and that It was his full deter mlnatlon to carry out his original purpose pur-pose of constructing an Independent line between Salt Lake and Lou Angeles Ti An-geles an outlet for all lines desiring 1 wheelage arrangement and that all lines should be treated usoii an equal basis BURLINGTON AND ROCK ISLAND Many reports were from time to tim circulated about The Tribune office at this period In the career of the San Pedro Pe-dro t the effect that the Burlington I would extend from Guernsey Wyo here and t that it would either taks the San Pedro UI half of the capital of or the latter would lake up halt Its 7 capital and therefore bear half the expense ex-pense of the extension from Guernsey to Salt Lake City Many wild rumors were placed In circulation to the sara effect respecting the extension of the Rock Island from Denver and a number num-ber osl representatives of lines approached ap-proached Senator Clark with the j tempting proposition that if he would templnJ only enter into n longtraffic arrangement arrange-ment giving them preference their lines would be extended from various points in tlC East to Salt Lake City one of them being a line which proposed beng posed to extend here from Sioux City la It wns Insisted by this latter com that If Its line was extended from pany 11 Is lne wa Sioux City to Salt Lake City there would be an Independent system from Los Angeles to the Atlantic seaboards seaboard-s all of its Eastern connections lines and alliances were Independent But Senator Clark resisted all overtures which looked toward the displacement of any of the Independence which he intended to fasten in tile very key 1 of his new line SHORT LINE AGGRESSIVE It was on December 1C 1000 that The Tribune announced In its i railroad columns col-umns Rumor has It that tIme Oregon Short Line will at onco revive thy I Utah Nevada w1 California project and occupy Us completed com-pleted grade from Uvaua to Clover Valley Val-ley Junction with a northern branch from that junction lo Pioche I 1 Is not a difficult matter to tiess why tho Short Lino hi raking an interest In the pro eecdlncs for It has t protect Us mileage In Utah south of Ogden I Is l agajn manlfuat that the San Pedro LoAn Lo-An les K Salt Lake railroad backed as It Is by Independent millions has to way the least bttrred uf its rivals For yearn the Southern Pucllle Rio Grande Western West-ern Oregon Short Line and Santa Fe have known all about the resources of the suction tIme short route and the easy grades of the Salt LakeLos Angeles road but each one wag prevented from taking any action for fear of the other Now that an Independent company Is J organized to build the road which by the way Is the best railroad project that could bo worked out all Its formidable rivals arlso to take a shot at itt NEW WORK DONE T For eighteen months following the above prediction and announcement the contest at Washington and In the various vari-ous courts waged between the Southern Pacific and the Short Line on the ono hand and the San Pedro upon the other The scene of battle was as ha been stated In southeastern Nevada The result of the work at the conclusion oC the armistice and really after the cessation of the work which had been done during the eighteen months was the extension 0 the Short Line division from Uvada to Callenles about 337 miles from Salt Lake City and time construction of new track to the extent of about eighteen miles giving the Short Line about 400 miles of completed line to the southwest of Salt Lake City j and the completion of about twentyfive miles of grading by the San Pedro below be-low Calientes In Nevada The two companies had expended about 1000000 in work In grading tracklaying and j the acquirement of real estate and hadi 1 spent a good many thousands of dollars Jf In the courts at the Lime of the armistice and the cessation of work and hostilities hostili-ties but In point of fact there had been j no material losses from paralleling of I grades and really no waste of money although the waste of energy was very great and time loss of time material unc tme DIFFERENCES SETTLED EARLY COMPLETION Now that all disputes have been settled set-tled and the way Is clear for the speedy I completion of he link which will connect con-nect Salt Lake City and Los Angeles It must appear to the average mind that could only view the situation and the past superficially that it must not have been the serious intention of any rival of the Sun Pedro to complete tha work to Los Angeles IC any reasonable traffic arrangement could be elTecled and the appendices southwest of Salt Lake City disposed of upon reasonably I terms About the only regrettable feature fea-ture so fur n time general publlo is concerned con-cerned in tho transactions that have occurred between the two or three railroad rail-road companies Involved Is I the delay which has been occasioned In the completion com-pletion of the road Now however assurances surances are given that all of this is lobe lo-be made good in tho exceeding great energy which Is to be applied In the completion or the project of which Salt Lake City and Los Angeles have tor nearly three years dreamed |