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Show SAYS u. p. m mm A SPECIAL "Omaha. Neb.. Sept. 20. "Editor Telegram, Salt Lake City: Union Pacific never agreed to participate par-ticipate in running "-governors' special. spe-cial. Consequently we have not withdrawn. While we do not oppose op-pose the plan, we do not regard the present ns a propitious time lo run the train, for reasons which have been fully explained to (iovernor Breiiy.tiemt Fort."- The foregoing is the reply of Oerrit Fort, passenger traffic manager of the Union Pacific, to a message sent to Wrn yesterday by THE SALT 1.AKJJ TKL lilt li-lt RAM, in which he was informed that lames H. Bradv. former governor bf .Idaho, had said that the In inn Pacifle had been obliged to withdraw from participation par-ticipation in the governors' sneeial. The story publishrd in THE TKLE-ORAM TKLE-ORAM yesterday of how the Hill lines had secured the special and the Harri-man Harri-man lines bad been left out created a lenaaiion in renai n ran roan quariera. With a view of giving Mr. Fort an opportunity op-portunity to explain hia aide of the eaaft, thin paper wired him yenterdav, but hra anawer watt not received until tou late for publication1. t From the wording of Mr. Fort a dirt-patch dirt-patch it would aeetn that he haa fully explained th poaition of the Harriman lit to Mr. Brady. In hfa tHegrain and in a letter fo Joseph K. t'aine, aecretnry of the Ha Tl Lake Tity FimtnprtMif cttiti. and vice preaidenfr of the WeNtoro Development De-velopment anaorintion executive eommit--tee, Mr. Brady does not give- any reanon whv the Ifarriuian lines will not participate par-ticipate in the running of tlio aircciul, except that he My, in a letter: "After we got tljc. Hill'" linen in. it aoema that Fort began to RPt cold feet.'" Local officers of the Harriman system sys-tem deny that they ever had any arrangement ar-rangement to run the spccinl, and intimate inti-mate that while thev were perfectly willing to run it if the states would arrange ar-range for their exhibits and pay a part of the expenses of the operation, of the train, -the several states have so far dune little or nothing in that line. Just what effect the arrangements made bv Mr. flrsdr for the oiwratinn of the train over the Hill lines will mean to I'tah cannot be told at this time. Joseph K. Cain is waiting to hear further fur-ther from Mr. Brady, and until be doe hear from him I'tah will take no further fur-ther action in sending sn.exhibit ou the train. ' |