Show SALT LAKE ROUTE i SPENDS MILLIONS t 5 1 Conference of Officials Results r In Vast Scheme for 1 i Improvements W. W A. A CLARK IN SALT LAKE LAKES S S 1 Million Each to be Spent on Road Bed and Rolling Stock 5 In n anticipation of or an nn increased n and con con- business s lh the tho Salt SaiL Inke Route Routt wIH wll t JS expand x In the neighborhood of or a million i I dollars on Its roadbed and a amount on It Its rolling roiling stock within thE tin coming year Relative C to this thiR I S S title lure officials of oC the the- line lino wore In commit consul S t tatton in this ell city all day Ilay FrIda Friday Th te conference nc was as h held in the offices of W W. S H. H Bancroft of or the Oregon Short Line Lino 7 who represents the thC Harriman interests li litho In Inthe S the tho Salt Sail Lake Route Th There r. r were werl present 5 W. W A A. Clark Clad president of ot the road 5 JI ii Bancroft Dancroft J. J Ross Has Clark vice Ic president sl pt dt dent nt of oC tho the line Fred 1 A A. Wann Sann general generalS anti and Judge e Kell Kelly tn traffic manager er gental gen gen- S ral r-ral counsel President Clark with wah hi his l wife witt come camp In from Crom Butte Butto Friday morning In his el elegant private car At the same time 1101 the tho other officials arrived 11 from Cram Los Angeles for tor tile the meeting lr President and Mrs Clark Clarl OreS Ore arc S lI In their comfortable ami anil homelike home home- 5 like car It anti and the others of at the tho party port are arc areS S n ni at t I tl th hi Knutsford 0 nil Re-nil of nf Inspection The officials of at tin tho line have ha recently I J mado roach an nn x trip of oC Inspection over 11 the tho line of the th Salt Lake Route Roule and their conference Cn Frida Friday Wll was vas for tor the put pose S of j summing up tit the I suits of till L to lo mal make e arrangements for or the tho reS 10 rl S m Improvements In the tho line The hE e cx x of the tho with floo floods ls In Inthe M o com company pan I the Meadow Volley 1111 district this r has lias demonstrated th the tho necessity il of oC adding addingto 7 S tu to the tho roadbed extensive protection 1 against the surplus water sater from the tho moling mountain moun moun- g lain tain sides For 1 some om thu It was thought though Mention Meadow r tImE that lh lI line through S t would have to l ie he o abandoned n and ml a new S route relic selected The h enormous expense of oC j 5 this change ChanAl anil mt th the tho desirability of oC rl retaining re 11 r- r l ining the tho present ha have hail had the th effect ct of f bringing about the decision on the part o of the company officials to 10 reinforce reinforce rein rein- force tl the exposed against futuro futuro fu- fu ii- ii turo turn floods h by moans of all improvements I required In III that work Over 1 er all nil the I IJ elks luC largo and small steel Shel bridge l k with cement nt abutments will bo he built buill and andIn F 4 In places the high water bears down with Arl greatest alst force fOIce the roadbed will III he faced with a stone front By Ih these c cm m means ms the company compan expects tn to make maki the tr wn out o of the tho line lino in that district a athing thing of or the past iIi Other Improvements on the line will also 5 h bo he made O Over OI I those parts of UI the tho line I wh where I light rails are arc still used h heavier ler steel tte-el will be 1 placed yard will vill SS bo hr- lengthened where It I Is needed cl anti and terminal terIi ter tel Ii r. r minal facilities will wm be he added to for fOI the theS h ho t c of or an d Increase hi in S t I S h. h both freight and passenger en er business 1 S S S T tolling foiling stock of ot the line hinC will be lie helM lM d to and Improved at great Areat expense t S New N fW c engines of or the latest and anti most im- im w 5 III type will h be ho bought t. t perhaps between be lie- 5 tween t 30 31 and antI 10 l I of ot them and new cart car w will II also be he procured prOe The rho Increasing tra- tra tic due to the activity It In Nevada mining S districts as well as In other parts harts of iL the section lra Cr traversed ell h by tim the line lino makes mak necessary this addition to 10 the company's S equipment S k Other matters relative to the S. S Of r the loe- railroad were discussed and acted upon tiLOn at nt the conference Rates and tariffs tar tar- iffs l and anti fU questions of at Interpretation of oC rulings rul rul- rul In ings of or the Interstate commerce commission commission commis commis- sion flon came cam In for 01 a share of the discus discus- sion Ian but upon tin tin-mo questions the oro l preserve e a hol holy S |