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Show "BIGGEST YEAR WEST HASIfWir Such Is Prophecy of Julias Kruttschnitt Referring to ' Harriman Lines.' CROPS PROMISING AND ACREAGE ON INCREASE Man Who "Spends Money" far Harriman I tn T t guess that it will ba batter for the lawyera and the courts to deride what it means. I am of tha opinion that the deeieion will have a beneficial effect ef-fect throughout the country, ospenae Worse Than Punishment. "The ease ia something like that of a man who has been waiting for months to be sentenced. Tha suspense ia sometimes some-times worse than the punishment, and this is likely the case with tha oil company com-pany and the general public, aa well as investors. They have not known just what tko supreme court was going to do in the matter. The decision of the supreme court dears np the matter ia tha minds of the public, aa well as in the minds of the inreetors." "! expect to make aa inspection of the local street car system tods v. mi well as to pay a visit to the car barns and the ahopa. That the people of this city approve of the many improvements im-provements that have beea made in the I system in the laat few years is evident evi-dent by their constantly increased pa-troaage. pa-troaage. This shows that no mistake was made when millions were spent in improving the system, and this work of improvement will continus just as fast as the public needs it." In the last three weeks Mr. Krutt srhnitt has made a tour over all of the linee of the Harriman svstem in cidedly Optimistic "We expect to bar tha Union Pacific, Pa-cific, and tha Southern Fadfio doubls tracked from Omaha to Ban Francisco before the opening of the Panama-Pa-dflc exposition. "I am of the opinion that the decision de-cision of tha soprano court In tha Standard OUcaawUllisve abane- the northwest and tha west. Speaking of crop eonditiona ha said: Farmers of West Jubilant. . 'They are excellent in every section that I have visited. True, there has been some little loss from front in California and othsr places, but they are not nearly aa bad aa waa first reported. re-ported. The fermera feel jubilant over the outlook for bumper crops and I believe that thia year will be one of the greatest in the history of the west. "1 And on everv band feeling of optimism in the west. Thtf people have faitk in their section of the country and are showing their faith by their adal float on hn sip sen throughout tha conntiy. "Not as an off! oar of the Harriman system, bat taking tha statement of many wbo at in no way connected with that system, X would say that few cities, if any, in ths United States bar better street car systems than baa Bait Lake City. Crop conditions throughout ths wast and northwest are) axosUaut, and there is avary reason to believe that this year will bo on of the beat that tho wast has avsr bast "Tho physical and aaaacUl condi-Men condi-Men of tha Harriasaa Unas was aerer so food aa at the) present' time. Oar policy ia to laspewvo not only avary year, but a vary month, every woe. Bast Taw In History. "Aa far aa tho sections of the country coun-try which are touched by our lines are concerned, I feel confident that we will have the bent year In the history of railroading in the west. There is a constant increasing of acreage and to meet thia we must build mora miles of railroads, put in mora spurs, more double track and add extra equipment. This will be done aa fast aa possible. "The physical and financial condition condi-tion of the Harriman linea was never better than todav, but what is the best today will not be tha best tomorrow, for it is our intention to keep up the work of improving in every department. depart-ment. To do thia wo must have the cooperation co-operation nf every man on the svstem. svs-tem. A great railroad system is like aa armvt everv man must work for the one aim. In this we feel that we have one of the greatest railroad armies that the world haa aver knows. We are all working together for a bigger and better svstem.' Regarding nnaneisl conditions ia the sast Mr. Kruttschnitt aaid: every day and ovory boar." Julias sbnttscbaitt Julius Kruttschaitt, director of maintenance and operation of the Harriman Har-riman svstem, "tha man who spends the money," arrived ia this city late last sight, ia his private car Quads-loupe, Quads-loupe, from an inspection trip over the linea of the company in the weat and northwest. He will spend tbe greater fiart of the day in thia city. Hia plans nctude an inspection trip over thelinae of the Utah Light and Railway company, com-pany, one of the Harriman holdings) conferences with .the officers of that company and those of tha Oregon Short Line. Later ha will leave for Ogden, where he will spend two or three hoars, and thea proceed east. When asked in hia private car this morning if tha Harriman line from Omaha to Ban Francisco would bo doable doa-ble tracked in time for tko opening of the Panama-Pacific exposition, Mr. Kruttschnitt aaid: About Double Tracking. - "We expect to have it completed by I that time. We have nearly four years vet. A part of tha line ia already doable doa-ble tracked, work on more double tracking track-ing ia tinder way and contracts for still Qtumaee aa Bpenuer.- "Now vou will have to excuse me. My part of tha business is sot to secure se-cure money but to spend it. The executive exe-cutive board decides oa what Improvements Improve-ments are to be made. Tt ia then np to them to secure the funds and for me to apand them to the heat possible advantage. While, of course. I am interested in-terested in seeing that the system pays, it is not a part of oiv duties to watch tha money market. Therefore T would sot be ah authority oa its condition." Mr. Kruttschnitt left New York the latter part of last month. Hia first inspection was ever tha Union Pacific aa far weat aa Oranger, from that point ho went to Washington and Oregon over the Oregon Rhort Line aad then aoath into California over the boasts route, and then to Los Angeles ovsr tho Southern Pacific linee. He came east from Han Franeiaeo over tbe Southern Pacific and after leaving Ogden Og-den will iaapoet the hna of the Union Pacific east to Oranger. Shortly after 8 o'clock thia morning Mr. Kruttschnitt went, into conference in hia ear with William H. Bancroft, vice president aad general manager of tbe Oregoa Short. Line. Later he conferred con-ferred with a number of ether officers of that line aad then took a trip over tbe street ear svstem. more double tracking have been let. It is our intention to push tha work with all possible speed, aad wa expect to have it all completed before tho exposition expo-sition opens. "You mnst not understand by this that we are going to overlook say other part of onr system. We intend to continue the work of improvement on every line, with the view of msk ing each the best of its clsss there is in the country. "1 am informed that work is already under way for the completion of the double tracking between this city and Ogden, and thia will be pushed as rapidly rap-idly as possible. Work will commence within a few daya on the double track ing of a part of the Southern Pacific weat of Ogdea, and work is slreadj nnder wa on a number of extensions in Idaho. AU Takes Time. "Tha improvements planned aad aa thorized by the executive board of ths Harriman system are so greet that they cannot be completed in a year or two, but they will be punhed and finished aa fast as possible, the ides being to have those already authorised completed within the next' four or five years. Of eonrae. before that time is up there j will be many other tmnrovementa planned and completed.' i When asked for an expression of ! opinion oa the decision of the snprsme I court in the Stsndsrd Oil ease, Mr Kruttschnitt said: V I have net studied over the import ef the decision ent whst it -r.v nnn I |