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Show LOS AN(J ELKS ItOAI) Will KE I5U1LT IAN PEDRO, LOS ANGELES a SALT LAKE H0AD BUYS PART OF SHORT LINE All She LleM sue r.OlBnil the Cm. way Boalh o! a.11 l-eke. Ielailli. LeaMlnstna Cai-sff. rsrehssed ty Bnmut Clara awl IKa Assoc. alea-l-le 'rs L M lajflSsnHfelisI la CoBpUUea. According to the latest reports, It now seems an aaaured fact that Bait Ike Clly and Ixis Angeles will ba connected br rsll in a short time, hr tha Ban Pedro, l.os Angelea and Bait 1-ake line, the road which Is barked br Senator Clark of Montana and associates. as-sociates. The Bait I.ake Tribune of Sunday prints the following special telegram regarding tho matter: New York, April 18. Senator W. A. Clark atates that he baa pur-rhaand pur-rhaand for the Ban Pedro, la Angoles and Salt I-ako Railroad company all linos and equlpmont of Oregon Short line company lying south of Bait 1-ake In Utah and Nevada, Ne-vada, Including Leamington cut-off, and has obtained a ninety-nine year Icaae on terminal facllltlea In Salt Ike City in conjunction with Oregon Short Mno. The property will bo tranaferrod aa soon as necessary directors' direc-tors' meetings msy be hold antl contracts con-tracts approved. Grading and track laying will be commenced at Daggett, California, and tho road will soon ho extended from Callcutea through Nevada. Ne-vada. From I-eanilngtou to Callnntea the roadbed will be Improved and re-laid re-laid with aovonty five-pound rails. Tho .western terminus of the road la now being operated from San Pedro harbor har-bor to Ontario, and w ill vioon be completed com-pleted and In operation as far aa Riverside. He hopes to have the road completed in about two years. A. UNDKKWOOI), (Private Secretary to William A. Clark.) This will Indeed prove good nowa to-Iho to-Iho pooplo of Utnh, as the San Pedro-system Pedro-system will enter a territory which has long looked forward to the time when they might havo proper railway facilities. Tho San Pedro system wilt be an Independent line. It will ho controlled absolutely and owned by Us own officers, and all railroad linos will bavo access to Its facllltlea on equal terms. Thla Insures Bait Laker Clly against any combination which will preclude railroad rivalry or fixed arbitrary ralea to the Pacific slope. The diioctors of the roal a'e: W. A. a Clark, president; ft. O. Kerens, J. Huns , Clark, T. E. Gibbon, T. F. Miller, F. K. Kulo, W. B. MtCornlck, Thomas Koanis, Reed 8 moot, H W. Clark, Perry S. Heath, Robs W. Smith. Tho Tribune publishes an Interview Inter-view with Senator Kearns. In which bo says. In part: "I believe thut trains will be running between Salt l.ako and Los Angoles over the completed com-pleted line within eighteen mouths from today. Tho Sou Pedro, Los Angeles An-geles Bait l-ake Railroad company has now avallablo on call tUS.ouo.OOO In cash for tho completion of the nialu line, branches and spurs. There Is no moro linanclorlng. tu be done, and there will be no mora delay In pusn-Ing pusn-Ing tho completion of the work. As soon aa Senator W. A. Clark arrives In Ball Ijtko City, which I expect will ba within the next two or throe weeks, the formal transfer of tho 444 miles of the Oregon Short Line proHrty south of Salt Lako City will ba formally made, and an experienced railroad managor will take charge of the operations oper-ations of the lino and all of ita Interest Inter-est a at this end, although tho transfer by completion of negotiation and alg naturo to contracts has boon tnatlo ou paper already In New York. Too much I credit cannot be given to Senator Wll- B Ham A. Clurk of Molilalia for tho faith- I ful manner In which hu has carried I out every promise nmiln to thu cltl I ie.a of Bull Lake City In tho autumn B-f B-f 11100, when li iirorl-Jhat thla i lino would bo ilirftY that It I would be an orraVTril-lttM-u E the capital of Utah aiiif auulhurn Cal- D ifornla." K |
