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Show ' 1 MOERTES 1IIM01I1: IEAf - -i . Twenty Cars of Steel on ; Way Here for Laying , J Track on This End; T j Transfer of Short Line vMay Be Made Today. Construction work on the San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad will positively . be ' commenced at . Calientes, thei southern - terminal of that portion of the Short Line purchased by the San , Pedro-company, within the month. The first consignment of steel rails to commence this work has been shipped by the Illinois Steel company of South Chicago and is expected to arrive here ' over the Short Line within .he next few days. The shipment consists of 2,240,000 pounds , of .rails, loaded on a train of twenty cars. ' It left Chicago May 2nd consigned to the Empire Construction Con-struction company at Salt Lake, to be used at Calientes. The Empire' Construction Con-struction company has the contract for building the road between Los Angeles and the southern terminus of the Short Line. v - - "Will Be Sashed to Calientes. As soon as this material arrives here It will be rushed through to Calientes and held In readiness to be laid just as soon as the final arrangements attending attend-ing the transfer of the Short Line south of this city are completed.. This order of steel is the first one for this end of the line placed by the company. com-pany. . While it In itself Is not at large order and will not be sufficient to lay over - ".--z - a of track. It Is significant. Inasmuch as it proves conclusively that the .company Intends to commence work at this end of the ilne I Immediately. There are other shipments of building material on the Iii-ay to Salt Lake consigned to the Short Line that will be turned over to the San Pedro company as fast as they arrive. Txansf erJIay, B Made Today. The final transfer of "the Short Line south of Salt Lake to the San -Pedro company will be made today or tomorrow tomor-row at Los Angeles, where Senator W. A. Oark and .other San Pedro officials are In conference with "representatives of the Union Pacific. . . Senator ICearns said today,' In speaking speak-ing of. the possibility of the transfer being be-ing consummated at Los Angeles to-iay to-iay or tomorrow: . "Senator Clark went to Los Angeles at the request of E. H. Harriman,. president pres-ident of the Oregon Short Line, for the express purpose of arranging the fmal details of the transfer of that portion of the Short Line purchased by the San Pedro company. Everything Satisfactory. ' Rrirvthine nertaininer ! to the our- chase has been satisfactorily settled between be-tween Mr: Harriman and Senator Clark and Mr. Harriman has started East to sail for Europe May 26th. "All that remains to be. done now. Is the formal transfer of title. The papers pa-pers ! have all been prepared and forwarded for-warded to' Los Angeles, the necessary men o conduct the transfer are there and consequently .1 know cf no reason-why reason-why '.the matter should not be nettled there! today or tomorrow. Senator Clark Coming Here. "That matter disposed of and a few other minor matters attended to Senator Sena-tor Clark will come to Salt Lake, probably prob-ably arriving here May 20th. "Ameeting of a quorum of the directors direc-tors of the San Pedro company will be Ued immediately and a man thor- ishry capable of managing the busi-neNss busi-neNss f -the lately acquired property and the construction of the road across Nevada Ne-vada .will be placed in authority. I do not carte to mention his name at present, pres-ent, but he is a practical railroad man." Won't Beveal Identity. "Is he connected with the San Pedro company at. the present time?" was asked. ' " - "I can't tell you anything concerning him at present, but you will not have 1 to wait long now. As soon as this is arranged an order for the total building ' supplies for the entire line from Calientes Cali-entes 'south wJH be placed. The order or-der will be marked rush, too." As to the details of this order Senator Kearns says he is not posted. Short -Line Officials Nervous. In the Short Une offices there Is much ! speculation and suppressed excitement ex-citement among the clerks, and -even some of the higher officials, as the hour of the final transfer of the road draws near, i- It Is generally believed that many !change will take place and no one knows, it seems, just where the chanres will be made or who will be transferred to the San Pedro company. While the San Pedro now has a complete com-plete staff 6f general officers. It is thought that some of them who are not experienced And practical railroad men will withdraw from the positions they now hold and w ill be succeeded by men who are experienced and are now with the Short Line. One of the Short Line Vfflclals said today: Speculation as to Changes. '. "If there are any changes made, and - I believe there will be, it Is more than f likely that men from the Short Line will be selected. They are the only ones y , who are familiar with the business of V the portion of the road to be trans-; trans-; ferred. 'VOf course.- the San Pedro will not require "as complete a staff of assistants assist-ants to the general officers now as it will when tbe road Is completed to Los Angeles, but I think there will be quite a number needed in addition to those (Continued on pag t) v San Pedro Read. (Continued from Page 1.) " ''A - ... . . ( already -holding offlcea. even, If thera -are no changes made In the general officers." of-ficers." ' EUATOR CT.ATiy; 13 ''.t SXADY TO JLESTTHa- " C2XA&QS Or JTSW LUTE. LOS ANQELE3, Cal..' May ijWudga , Kelley,-general solicitor for tho Union -Pgclflc;- Senator Clark ' and J. ' Koas Clark arrived' In Los , Angeles from Bas Francisco Monday morning. Judge Kelley came for the express purpose ot -closing up the sale of that part of tha Oregon. Short Line running from Salt Lake to Callentes, Nrr, t tho San . Pedro, Los Angeles ft Salt Lake cotn- pariy. .The transfer will be effected. It Is expected, between now and Wednesday. Wednes-day. The business will bo attended to ' here, and E. H. Hanlman will not come either to Los Angeles or go to Salt Lake for that purpose, he having been summoned suddenly to New York. |