Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-23 | Page 1 | Harriman Expert for Salt Tria Road

I. I r I j I t. p I i FOR SiL TAil 4 A. A n. n Ba Babcock ock chief electrical l en- en gln er for or th Southern c Railroad Rail flail road rond company Is expected d In Salt Lk 4 a afew few days lays with pla plans pan for or the electrifying the Salt Lake lale S- S Los Loa Angeles road from Salt Lake to Saltair Sallar Mr k Is one ono of ot Ute tho highest t salaried engineers of of- the th Harriman r family und and his services Were er u b bj B. B EB H. H Harriman to the s Salt air road That Mr Harriman Is contemplating In ing the purchase ot 1 the road ls Is 13 led denied Jt y y the Saltair people peo peo- plc pIc but the fact tact remains that many persons perSons think he Is Mr Babcock had charge of the remodeling of the tho Utah Light Railway in Salt Lake and is IA kept busy with work all over tho Harriman system J. J E. E Langford Lang vice president and general manager of the Salt Lake t Los Angeles Angelca gave the following ex- ex plana Q of QZ Mr fr Babcock's coming We Vo era are very verr friendly with tho the Utah Light Railway company and antl th tho Oregon Short Line The more moro poo pee pie pic we wc each carry the more it Is to the advantage of ot the other Mr Ir I Is not negotiating with us for Cor the purchase of the Saltair road but h he Ss s interested too naturally In Its Improvement mt and offered Mr Babcock's Babcock's Bab- Bab cocks cock's services on that account W W. expect the plans as drawn up by Mr Babcock within a week eek Upon them and our ty to get the vast va amount of necessary ry material from tr the tho electrical supply houses housen as well as other matters depend the starting of ot electrical electrical- work on the road raad We would like to open the resort in Juno June with tho the electric service running