Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-03-02 | Page 9 | President Lovett Clinches the Story

PRESIDENT LOVETT CLICHES TIE SIW Double-Tracking of Southern and Union Pacific Railways to Begin Shortly. SAN FRANCISCO. March 1. That the double tracking of the trans-continental lines of the Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railways will bo completed in time for the opening of the Panama-Pacific Panama-Pacific International exposition was the statement today by President Robert S. rival here. Mr. Lovctt declared lhat the decision to double track was the result of busl-, ness growth nnd independent of the choice of San Francisco as the place for holding the exposition. The work will be prosecuted, according accord-ing to Mr. Lovett. In sections and distributed dis-tributed over such a period that no stringency strin-gency will be caused by the expenditure of such a large sum. The actual work will he In charge of Vice President E. E, Calvin at this end of the lines and Vice President Bancroft at the eastern end. President I-ovott stated that the rate decision of the interstate commerce commission com-mission would have no effect upon-tho plans of the lines now under his control, lie admitted that some Investors had been frightened by the decision, but said that only a series of such decisions could harm the railroads. That the sober business busi-ness sense of the country would prevent such a scries was the declaration of the railway head.