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Show LOVETT M PARTY BEACHSALT LAKE Making Tour of Inspection on AH Lines of Union Pacific System. TO ATTEND LUNCHEON Railway Officials Will Be Guests of Commercial Club Today. Judge Robert S. Lovett, chairman of the board of directors of the Union Pacific Pa-cific railroad system, accompanied by a party of high railroad officials, arrived in Salt Lake on a special train yesterday nfternoon and will be a guest of the city until tomorrow morning. Judge Lovett is on bis annual tour of inspection of the lines composing the Union Pacific system and came here direct from Portland, Ore. He will in- spect the double-track work now being done In Echo canyon in Utah, and -will inspect the line in Wyoming, where, he announces, it is proposed to fill in two gaps ne:t year in the double-track system sys-tem through that eUto. J le stated yesterday that there is no new work or extensions contemplated by the system just now, with the exception of fill Ins in the paps in the double track in Wyoming, which will then give the Union Pacific a complete double-track system between Omaha and Granger. He staLed that eventually this double-tracking would he continued until it is completed com-pleted between Granger and Ogden, but that this would not be tor a few years yet. Judge Lovett and his party left their special train soon after its arrival at 4:!!0 yesterdav afternoon and went to the Hotel Utah, where reservations had been made for them. Members of Party. In the parly, in addition to Judge Lovett, Lov-ett, are: K. 1C. Calvin, president of the Union Pacific; C. C. Stillman, vice president; presi-dent; R L. Winchell, traffic director; K, K. Adams, consulting engineer; C. T. Power, private secretary to Mr. Lovett; and R. A. Dennis, private secretary to Jlr, Winchell. The party was accompanied accompa-nied to Salt Lake by II. V. Piatt, general manager of the Oregon Short Line, and D. S. Spencer, general passenger agent of the Short Line. V". A. Harriman, vice president of the system, accompanied the party as far as Portland, but was compelled com-pelled to return east from that point. Todav the visiting officials will be in conference with local officials of the Oregon Ore-gon Short Line and will be guests of the Commercial club at a business men's luncheon to be held at the noon hour in honor of Judge Lovett. It was announced at the club last night that the luncheon will be entirely formal and that the business men of the city are expected to attend and meet Judge Lovett and the high railroad officials with him. F. C. Richmond, president of the club, will preside at the luncheon, and it is expected that an address will be made by Judge Lovett. Here on Inspection. "I am here merely on my annual inspection in-spection trip." said Judge Lovett when Been at th hotel Utah yesterday afternoon. after-noon. "I always make at lea-st one, and sometimes two, inspection t rips a year. T started on one In the spring, but did imt get over t he entire system at that time, so am now finishing up what I did not finish then. I have been out three weeks and w ill remain with you until day after tomorrow morning, when I will start on mv trip east. I have been over Ihe O. R. & N. lines and the Short Line, iiid on mv way east will stop and inspect the new double-track work that is being done in Kcho canyon. "We will do some more double-track work east of Green River next year to fill in the remaining two gaps in the double-track line through that state. There is a pap of about fifty-three miles between Point of Rocks and Wamsutter that is to be filled, and another of about thlrtv-seven miles between Pine Bluffs and Archer that is to be filled. This is the onlv new work that is contemplated." Judse Lovett was asked If the double-Irack double-Irack work in Utah would be continued at anv near future date for the completion of a double-track line between Ogden and Granger. 'Eventually that will bo done," said he. "but not for some years to come. The filling of the gaps in Wyom'vig will give us a complete double track from Omaha to Granger, and at tiie latter point traffic divides to the northwest and other directions, direc-tions, so that the present demand is not sufficient to warrant continuing the complete com-plete double-track system further. Prosperity Unprecedented. "Of course double-tracking is being done in Utah now in Echo canyon and this will be finished, but the completion of a double track between Ogden and Granger will not como just now." Tn regard to busXess conditions Mr. Lovett hal this to sa" "They are extraordinarily ex-traordinarily good everywhere I have been. In fact, they are unprecedented." Judse Lovett was asked if the war were entirely responsible for the wave of prosperity pros-perity in the country. "No, it is not," said he. "The war is not solely responsible for conditions, though it has had much to do with them by increasing in-creasing the prices of foods. The prosperity pros-perity in the west is due mainly to the high prices of grain, sugar, wool, foodstuffs food-stuffs and the products of your mines. "On the other hand, men are employed at. higher wages, and, getting higher waes, they are inclined to spend more, to buy more than the common necessities of life: in other words, to Indulge in luxuries lux-uries to a greater extent, and this all gors to make business better. 'in add i t ion , there hn ve been fai rly satisfactory crops, and all these things go to bring about the general prosperity which Is so evident throughout the oun-try." oun-try." Judge Lovett was asked about politics. "T left politics at home," was his prompt reply. "I am out on a business trip, and I have nothing to say about politics." While the judge declined to discuss politics, he evinced a ke'en interest in the subject, and proceeded to "interview" bis Interviewer on the political situation and outlook in Utah. Entertained at Ogden. Before coming to Salt Lake, Judge Lov-ptt Lov-ptt and his party stopped in Ogden for some time and were entertained by the Weber club and the Ogden Publicity bureau. bu-reau. The party arrived at 11:30 in the morning and departed for Salt Lake about :i o'clock in the afternoon. At the noon hour the distinguished visitors were guests of the Weber club at an informal luncheon. There were twenty-three seated seat-ed about the table at the luncheon and short talks were made by several, including includ-ing Judge Lovett. W. H. Wat Us, president presi-dent of the Weber club presided at the luncheon. Judge Lovett. referred to Ogden as one of the' most important cities on the Union Pacific system, adding that Ogden and the railroad were in partnership for the development de-velopment of that part of the west. He declared that in the matter of irrigation projects it still is necessary to finance most of them with western capital, as eastern capital does not seem to favor this sort of investment. Mayor A. R. Hey wood spoke of Ogden's appreciation of the baneiiu derive! from the railroad and urged the establishment in the city of a general office of the road with a superintendent in charge. K. E. Calvin. B. L. Winchell and David C. Eccles also made short talks. After the luncheon the railroad men spent an hour with the local Ogden business men. Before the luncheon the visitors were given au auto ride about the city. No information was given out about the proposed pro-posed Ogden jubilee of the golden spike in 1019. |