Show r WESTERN ESTERN PACIFIC t MAY MA Y GOTO fiO 1110 TO WIZARD IZARD Goulds Set Set Price Price on New Railroad Railroad Railroad Rail Rail- road Now Building to the Coast HARRIMAN COMING TODAY A A. A A Robinson Waiting fo for Great Financier With Re Rei Report Report Re- Re i port on New Work When hIm E. E IT H. harriman the wizard of oC Wall all arrives in iii Salt Lake UHf tills afternoon as he lie is it expected to todo todo do according to Information sl i the n or of orthe yesterday afternoon at the tho Or Oregon on Short hort I Line lne he hc will wilt meet before he hc is lucre hero many infinites a aman aman man iian who has IUS been vcr very anxious to toCO toeo CO eo him luini for or several days It Is Al l 1 fred Ired Alonzo Ahonso Robinson on a a. famous railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road man a n. con construction expert o of great root ability who has hag been hero for fora or a n. i. i week working hard har with tho thu intention tion lion of presenting the tho results of oC his lila work vork for the review of Mr Harriman arrives c when whon th the railroad magnate nate Mr came Caine to Salt SaIl Lake Lako a n. week ago With several other gentlemen gen gen- en- en tiemen high in the railroad world he lie cd parlors A an and B at tho time Knutsford ord hotel and went Vent to work bright an anti and early carly tho the next morning morning- They came In on a special train from froma rom a n. tour lour over I the Western Pacific am and the tho porters about the tho were Vero bus for hours after It arrived bringing with them from tho the special train suit suitcases suitcases cases cases filled with blue prints and documents docu ments menU all of oC which were carried to parlors A and E B B. B and amI left there under un Ull- un- un der tho tim watchful oyo of the thc private of Mr Robinson Went O OCI et- et r Situation iou Brig it and early tho the n next morning air Mm Robinson and engineers who hud had been members of tho tim party part wept went to wor work upon the pile pilo of ur data which they hud had collected during their trip The Th acono of ur their trip was the thc new Western estern Pacific and that roa road had a n. thorough going over ocr at tho hands of or tho the men who compo composed ed the tho party under tW tho UIl expert In instructions o of Mr 11 Robinson They Thoy halted at frequent Intervals and Mr Ir Robinson mado careful In Inspection of the roadbed road road- bed and the caro calu with which tho thuc WOI work or of construction was being done It was a thorough trip of inspection tion and when the Uw party readied reached Salt bait Lako there thero was they did not know about the Western Pacific and the tho progress 8 that had hind been beon made maIe All tho w week ek not even stopping for Labor La La- hoc bor da day tho the engineers and corps of clerks under the direction of or the private vate Ote secretary have ha been cef codifying this moss mass of information getting it all ail read ready for or the e eyes es of tho man who is coming comins- hero here today E. 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Har- Har riman Will Ill Ho lie Control nond Joul It was for Mr rr that this trip was taken Months ago it is said overtures were made by the Goulds the lie owners of the Denver Rio Grande and its systems to Mr 11 Harriman to take off their hm hands s the Western ln Pacific It was at about that time that Mr Ir Harriman came Into control of the Wall street situation so o far ar as rc regards ards railroad stocks and he pl picked ked up during the thc flurry a nice hunch bunch of or Rio Ulo Granule Grande stock that thit sold rather cheaply at various various va ya- rious tunes times during tho the trouble ti Mr 11 Harriman has had a covetous eye oyo on tho Western 1 Pacific either desiring to buy und and control it or induce the Gould interests to stop work upon it and enter into an agreement ag not to complete it Th This is last lost proposition was one to which the Gould Goul interests would not hear at all aU and negotiations nes were then opened for the thc sale gale of or the road to Mr h. h Harriman E Edwin win Gould four weeks ago o mado a n. tour of tho the road and turned into tho the Gould headquarters tenc s em-s in iu Denver a mass of or data upon which the finance committee of or tho the Gould systems will base the sum sum which the they ask for tho the pr property pert and which Is a carefully guarded s secret Xo u Denial from frum Gould Mr Gould Goul was givon on an In tunit- tunit in Denver lenver to den deny that the Intention on was to unload tho thio Western pacific project upon Mr 11 Harriman but ho he carefully avoided a committing himself upon tho subject declaring that thit the tho only place that question st on uc ue answered would be at the tim headquarters of or the tIle Gould Interests In Iii Now New York Edwin Gould as Is well known has practically severed his connections with all aU of the the- operating departments of or the thc Gould system and ancl Is devoting his time to the tho financial end of the thc business which spells Wall Vall Wallstreet Wallstreet street and in arranging for construction construe construe- tion hell work wod Edwin Gould compiled the tho lath data tot for trio to Gould people leoPle and now Mr lr Hob liob- inson I is doing it for Mr r. r Harriman The rue canny Mr Ir harriman does not buy rail railroads roads with without out knowing something about them and one of or tho items in tho purchase of ot tho the Western Pacific Is tho the amount of or the construction work that has been done the expense of Jr it and tho tim chanco chance for business for the thc line lino after it is completed These things s Mr lIr Robinson learned on his inspection trip anI and ho is going s to Impart these these- to Mr Harriman when hon that astute astuto manipulator of or men am an and things s reaches hero toda today Confidence c in Robinson Mr 11 Harriman has great confidence In lii Mr lr Robinson That practically built the tIme Mexican C Central Centra mind and nd was wa Its president for years Since Sinco that time he ho has been a consulting expert Ho Is to the tho railroad business busl busi- ness what John Ha Hays s 's Hammond i ito Is to the tho mining mining- business only more so Therefore Mr 11 Harriman will know whether ho wants to buy the tIme Western Vestern Pacific at tho the price stated after ho lie hohas holas has las hn had a a. few hours with Mr Robin Robin- son The rhe conference between Mr 11 Harriman Harriman Harri Harri- man anu and Mr Mi Robinson will wille be all all- Important Tim The Information Mr RobInson Rob Rob- inson gives will vilI decide whether Mr r. r HarrIman shall buy huy tho the Western Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- Ia or whether he lie shall refuse the Gould offer and amid endeavor to set get et ho hold of or It by 3 the peculiar method known mown as high h finance The Western Vestern Pacific Is completed from Salt Lake to within 13 miles west vest of or Wells Yells Ne Nov and from rein San Francisco to 20 miles cast east o of Local railroad men say MY the tIm work has been heen well T done and that Mr 11 Robinson Rob Itoh- inson bison will bo IJO able ablo to report this tills tf to his chief Few were wera willing to express express ex ox- press an opinion last night but hut the general impression amon among those familiar familiar fa fa- fa with the situation was as that the tho deal would bo be made Like a a. Sphinx I Mr Ir Robinson however howe as befits a aman aman man of ot his standing Jn In tho financial world an and tho the confidant of or wizards nut an and the thc like betrayed no interest st last lait night In itt thu tho fact that Mr 11 was wag expected Ho TIo said al that he lie knew nothing about It It an and did not expect to 10 see ice Mr Ir Harriman while ho lit was In Salt Lake Mr Ir Robinson wild ahl that ho know nothing that thal would interest l tile the public lUlic an and amid said id tho time same annie thing about tho tIme Western Pacific Inspection trip that ho he did when he arrived and ami that was nothing His Ills silence n earns Co for I Itself the thc designation of or which may ho bo one of or tho thu reasons why Mr Harriman and other uther railroad builders place so 50 much confidence in iii Mr lr Robinson |