Show n E Et HARRIMAN IM IMIS IS r PRESIDENT t l t T Special Meeting of Directors Was Held at al Broadway hay Headquarters This Morning BURTS RESIGNATION ACCEPTED Union Onion Pacific General Manager Steps Down and Out Another Will Take folic Ills Place Ilace The special meeting of directors of the Union wax Was held today In InNet Now Net cw York for the tho purpose of or accepting the tho resignation of ot Horace G L Hurt Burt and electing u as 1 president In his hIli stead Ho no yond a brief statement to the effect that K E I H IJ lied hud been elected president pr of at the Union Pacific Railway company there was 1111 no further an nr announcement forthcoming from the tho theDron Broadway Dron headquarters this morning although It Itlo la anticipated that the name ninO of at tho the general manager will be he given shen out In the tho ery very near future This Thill afternoon an no Associated Press dispatch from tram Now New Ne York on the tho subject sold said The resignation of ot Horace G O Curt Burt Curtas as ns president was Ives lint first accepted and mill the election of Mr h Merriman Immediately followed after which the tho directors ad adjourned 11 There l Is III reason renon to belle that Mr acceptance of at the tho presidency dency d nC Is IH only temporary Meetings of ot the various Merriman syndicate roads oads were sere also held today but hut tiey te were CIO said to be of ot a n routine nod ant nature GOING TO PORTLAND Sonic Some Who Will Attend tho tiro No Na llo Stock k Contention From present Indications there will willbe willbe willbe be close upon Utah people who ho will attend tho mho national live stock con cony convention at Portland next week Among those who have hlo booked berths In lit the three extra sleepers AI attached to the train lain which will leave lelo tho the Oregon Short Line Lino depot at nt 1020 10 20 a n in iii area are Oot 00 JT Jr M iii Wells John and wife and party of o 10 from Mt 11 Pleasant Peter Peler Jno C Sharp and ond wife Wilfred Dey J ey wife JOH Jos M Jensen JensenI I nod ond wife Oscar amid wife Milton K J Pilco and wife Isaac Jepperson C CK CI CH I H K Carter Carler Jesse Jeseo Knight n B F P 1 Saunders I K I 1 II 11 Jones Moroni Marriott W 14 D Park J S It Reunion Jesse M Smith nut and wife William Kirk wife Thos Tho W Jones Janes A J M I John A bourne and wife wItt n t T f and amid wife wHo Howard Lawson Peter H 8 Condie Oeo Cleo 15 I Austin K E H IL rend and wife Jno B E T Austin n B U Il Dan homer Mr Meeks Ja Joe u u Mr ale Henton Jae Ja U H Moyle lo I Lawrence milson M K I Parsons arsons Morris Morrie milson Ellison W L I 1 Layton ton W 11 S H Hanson Mr En Enright l Enright n right Ira Jm and tind four fourS fourS S P 1 JU I I IS OFF on New Scheme S Submitted to 10 to Over Sierras San Ran Francisco Jan mu It was stated today thAt the Southern Pacific has under consideration a n new project to transportation across I the tho ts the tunnel project having been Indefinitely deferred The limo proposed osell plan is hI the laying la of o n a 1 third rail rull be bI between between tween and and the establishment of an nn electric plant with power obtained from the tho Truckee river Great fir ent motor earn cats would be operated to assist trains In tn crossing the tho heavy heny grade It Is said Bald that plans Inns have hao been heen prepared and submitted to President lre 1 CORN cons RATE nJ R Oregon Short line Un Puts Put In III Special Con cony Concession cession to Sheep Sh Men In Idaho The railroad rates rotes on whole holo corn have hoe been lowered for Cor the tho benefit nt of ot tho of ot Idaho who are oro run un bing short holt of ot feed for tor their locks Hocks The Tho rote which goes goeR Into effect on the tho lust Int Is IK on the basis of at 10 40 O cents per I er toO In III carload lots of QC q not lets le s than pounds each 11 points poInt tn or r the Union Pacific The Tho rate Is 13 only in effect until Feb 29 I 1901 1001 They Hunted the Tunic While engaged In thawing out tho the water pipes B on tho the lArge largo water witter tank nt at station Idaho on the time Oregon Short Ahart Line Lino yesterday the tho teen men nt at work allowed the lanes to extend to tho tank tonk and the tine next minute there thero were lively times tines The tact fact that there thero elo 13 men lit nt work trying to put lut out tho mho fire lire Is in assigned nt lit headquarters ns as tho the reason reMon that lint the tank tonk was vae burned to the tha ground |