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Show SHORT LINE DEAL WILL BE CLOSED IN FEW DAYS San Francisco Gossip Has It That Harriman and Clark Have Formed Alliance. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8. By making an alliance wi.th Senator Clark of Montana. E, H. Harriman leaves Prince Ponlatowski'a projected railroad from Los Angeles to-San Francisco In the air and neutralizes the danger of a possible combination between Ponlatowski. Clark and the Could railroad system, v The Clark corporation has agreed to buy from Harriman 300 miles of road, part of the Oregon Short Line, running southwest from Salt Lake to a point in southeastern Nevada. This deal is to be closed In New York within a few days. By means of it. Senator Clark gets rid of a parallel line which Harriman was arranging to build. On the other hand, Harriman has an understanding with Clark, so It is said, by which Gould is shut out from part ownership in the road projected by Prince Ponlatowski from San Francisco to Los Angeles in connection with the Clark system. Owning the 300 miles of the Oregon Short Line, Senator Clark will have about 400 miles more to build. All the surveys are made and construction is in progress. As the story runs, Clark is to pay between $9,000,000 and $12,000,000 for the 300 miles. Harriman and his friends are to accept bonds of the Clark company. Once the cut-off is finished, it will connect with the Harriman and Gould lines at Salt Lake and give each an impartial service into southern California. |