Show SALT SALT- LAKE STREET CARS ARE TO STOP SUNDAY IN MEMORY OF HARRIMAN N Every train passenger and freight on er c every ery line In which E E. II IL HarrIman riman was Interested will come to lo a a. complete completo stop atop at o'clock Now low York time SUnday afternoon Every cry car on the thc Utah Light t tand and Railway Ralla company compan in this elt city will wilt come to a a. full rull stop slop at al the thu same samo time That will be 1 30 o'clock In Salt Lake down to the From rom his chief lieutenants own track ti-ack walker Harriman was loved because because be be- cause causo despite the fact net that he ho was wag tho the greatest mil railroad road man the world has hns ever known ho never ne grew rew too proud proul to stop lop lopan an and speak with an any man mon In his employ that ho might come In contact with It was In 1897 that this quiet little man secured control of the thc Union n Pacific a a. road had been paying dividends at uncertain uncertain tam tain dates and of ot an uncertain amount So Quiet t was wag the tho movement mo at the tIle time he secured control of the Union Pacific that few persons outside of railroad circles cirdes cir clr- cir cir- des cles knew anything about tho the change chan In management and even en In railroad circles the question v was a asked aske Who U Is la this man Harriman A year rear later Harriman secured control control control con con- of the Oregon Shout Short Line and the tho Oregon Hallway Railway Navigation ayl atlon company's compans lines Again the tho question was asked Who ho Is this man Harriman Two years ealS Inter latem- or 01 In 1900 1000 tIle the announcement announcement an an- came that Harriman had secured control of or tho the Southern Pacific and amid n it smile went about among practical railroad men and a again aln the they asked kel the thc question question- Who ho Is Harriman A well known local l railroad man when Informed that Harriman had sc secured cure control control con con- troi of the Southern Pacific said Well Yell I dont don't know Harriman but I do know what he lie has got ot if Ir ho lie has bus the tho Pacific Ho lie has a right of or way war and ami a n. of or streaks s of or rust r frem OSden Og- Og den to lo San Rn Francisco Tho road was WOG practically a 3 ph physical and financial wreck Harriman called calle a meeting of ot the chief chic stockholders of or the road and told them that mat lie he expected to bond the tho road for several se millions of dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars and that the they n need d not expect any dividends dl for Cor two or three years The Tue latter statement was wan no shock to tho time stockholders as the they had not been In tile habit of oC receiving any dividends s for some time line Ono One day In 1901 Harriman Haniman and some of or his hla assistants were making an Inspection of the tho road from San Pan Francisco to Ogden Tho practical eye eyo of this little man saw many man places where the road could be bo Improved ed and ho lie gave sa orders om-dera for tho the Improvement Im im- im pro em provement nt After the train reached rached Ogden b by tho then route aroun around the time north end of the Great Salt Satt lake Mr Ir Harriman asked some lome members of his party pMt If It Il was vas not po possible to eliminate eliminate- the tho heavy Y grade around the north end of the lake hake we ire have ha a a. line lino run straight w west st from Ogden to some point In Novada No- No vada Ho lie was IlS Informed d that It might be possible pos pos- pas pas-I sible to run a line across time the two north norU arms of the tIme lake nl ht then and there ho he gave orders order for a n to be made i and an c. c estimate te of ot tho the cost of or such ti n roal road roaul The survey was made the tho engineers reporting that It was tas possible to build bull such a line lino but that It would bo be nt at an nn cost Just one answer camo came from Mr r Harriman Hardman Build that cutoff as quickly as 38 possible Tho Tim figure which was given gl by br the time c engineers r would o ha erd most mf men n. n but It did didn didn't n nt st ger I ger 1 E. E H. H Harriman and and if harriman had done nothing else Iso In his career as a a. railroad man time the Luchi cut cut- ore oft would live an as a n monument to his hilS The Thc building of ot the thc cutoff however was but hut an nn Incident of oC as a n practical railroad man From the tho time that ho he s control of tho tim Union Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- to the thc day clay of his hi death yesterday Mr Ir Harriman worked at nil nit times to Improve o the R system In which h ho h was III Interested It was wis who had now and amid h heavier rails laid haitI on the time Union Pacific the Southern Pacific and the lila Oregon Short Line It wax wan Harriman Continued on on n page pago O l 12 I SALT LAKE LAHE STREET CARS I Continued From P Page Pago I 1 who Installed the block system on th the Union Pacific tho thic Southern Pacific and the Oregon Short hort Line Ine It was Harr Harrl- Harrl man who ordered cutoffs culott to reduce grades and ad on different lines hines In fact It was Edward Iward Henry leno HarrIman who made of or the time western roads roads' In which he h was W Interested Inter one of or the greatest and safest systems In tho time world In September 1906 Harriman secured control of or the tho local transit system th the Utah II Light ht and anh Hallway company With Ith his characteristic lc ability and genius ho commenced a reorganization of thin the en entire en- en tire tiro system which to tho the present date has han co cost t In Iii tho thie neighborhood o of and the tho end la Is not yet yet- In sight night RI ht Among the newspaper men from froni one end of the count country to the tho Hardman Hard Harrl man Enl was honored and md respected No No matter how bus busy ho he might tro be t no matter matter mat mat- ter who wa was making maing n a demand on hi his time always made time to sn say sal at least Jast a few YO words 8 to tho time newspaper newspaper news news- paper r men men who ho seeking non tion No No matter mater who ho time the newspaper newspaperman man lan was whether 1 iS I. was WiS tho tue editor eilor of or ofa orn n a great dally daily daly or a cub reporter on onI ona B a I country weekly Harriman would talk to lo him Ills His Hi frankness and mc fairness with the newspaper fraternity won him hini scores of friends A little over o er three eo years ago aJo a representative representative of TIlE THE TiE Interviewed Interviewed Inter Inter- viewed Mr lr Harriman during one of his visits vIsit to this elt city The Tho occasion was wa I Just JUHl after ater there ther ha had been a a. I wr wreck t on another road rood and the thc newspapers had been ablo able to get Jet but little Information The rhe matter moter was as mentioned to Mr Hariman Hari Hari- Harrl man and ho he said If I there Is Js ever a n wreck or an accident on any an an road rM that I Iam Iam Iam am Interested In or at least have hao control of an any paper newspaper man In the tho country countr cango cn can cango go to tho time nearest official and he will m give sIvo J hIm an any and aid all al Information that he lie has hias Moreover from this time on whenever cr there Is a 1 serious accident on an any road that I have havo tho the control of there wilt wi be a n committee of three selected to Investigate ato tho accident two of or these men will wU be bo railroad men and the oth other will 1 be a dl Interested party and a L prominent citizen The public is entitled to know what has hns happened when hen there Is la a a wreck and Itis U It Uis I is tho the business busine of the tho newspapers to t in inform inform In- In form them them And that policy has been followed strict strictly on the time Harriman Harrman system At any time that there ther has been en a n wreck or accident all al that the newspapers had to do was to t tend send a n man to the tho head hend office orico of oC the com company pan and that man wn was shown every dispatch and hit bit It of tion thon lon that the company compan nad rind on time mo ned acci dent deaL That Mr Ir Harriman held the members mem men bers ber of or the press In high esteem has ha hN noon been evident time and time again A littleover little over a n year ear ago ao Mr Ir harriman was passIng pass- pass passIng passIng Ing through h Ogden on his hit WB way cast A number of ot prominent Salt Lakers went to Ogden tl to meet tho the railroad kin king Ho lie stepped from I time tho O car and was Introduced I eh UC to time tho men who wanted t to see him AH As ho he was shaking hands ho noticed two newspaper reporters standing ln on tho the e edge go I of or the crowd Turning men one of o whom was governor 0 of oC tho the state and und another ono one of the thc best beit known banker s In the time west he lIP said laId Gentlemen men step over o Into m my car I I. will bo be with you rO In III Ina ina a few Cew minutes I s see EO o some som newspaper newspapermen r men inca hero and I must give Rt them a minute or two Advancing to hero tho the two reporters stood Mr harriman shook hands with them and said Bo Boy Boya I 1 have ha Just got twenty minutes minute In Ogden I will wilt give o you ou half halt of that time lime shoot your our ques quIs A A dramatic Incident of or the death ath of Mr Ir Harriman occurred on thin tho dc desert ert eighty miles from oat Salt Lake L.-ike CIt City yesterday af afternoon af- af t at the scene of the wreck on tho tim Salt lt l Lake route mute Operator Taylor Talor who had been sent from Salt J Luke Luko City with tho relief train had hind cut In on ono one of oC the time wires to tel telegraph Information to headquarters head hend- quarters In this city Taylors Taylor's In Instrument wits WAS resting on a. a basket which had contained con con- bread Suddenly the Instrument clicked and Taylor listened ned to It for Cor n a half halt minute Turning to Superintendent Sup up Von oi Housen l cn Mr Ir Taylor TIllor whispered something something some some- thing Th rh Thc s superintendent took look oft off hl his hat and In a fl choked voice said to tho the few men present Mr Ir died at 33 o'clock this afternoon Every ven man manof manof of tho the more than a a. dozen present took off ort orthis his lila hat und and for a n full tull two to minutes not a word was spoken One of ot the most broken up men In the I United today Is W. W H H. H Bancroft I vice president and general manager pr of or tim tho Oregon Short Line a n personal friend And und a n. trusted Ul lieutenant of E. E H. H harm Harrl- man Mr Bancroft was unable to discuss discuss dis dis- cuss CUBS the tho death of hii his chief toda today further than to soy say that It was al one of or the greatest great great- est eat that time the country countr h hind had over ever suf auf auf- d. d AH tM noon lIoon BH an tho the news ne of or tho the death of Mr Ir Harriman was wan all r received flags on all AU buildIngs buildings build build- ings of or roade roads b by him were placed at half halt mast t and ind this morning the tIl work of draping tie the buildings and offices was waa comm commenced All AU of the tho general of- of 1 ca 11 of the Short hort Line will 11 ed 1 all alt allda allday the dead day da tomorrow out of ot respect to chief |