Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-03-09 | Page 6 | Harrihan of Illinois Central

HARRIMAN OF ILLINOIS CENTRAL 1 GREAT RAILROAD MAN PASSES THROUGH OGDEN. Non-Committal When Interviewed and Declines to Affirm or Deny He is to be Promoted. President J. T. Harrlhan of the Illinois Il-linois Central Railroad company arrived ar-rived from the east on' tho westbound west-bound fast- mail train at 12:55 this afternoon and was met at the Union depot by W. H. Snedaker, general acent of tho Illinois Centra.! svstem at San Francisco, and i A. Foley, general agent of the road in Utah. Replying to inquiries from a Standard Stand-ard reporter who invaded the observation obser-vation end of the private Illinois Central Cen-tral car "Marienettc," President Harrlhan Har-rlhan said: "No. my trip west has no especial significance at this time and I have nothing to say in reference to retiring from the Illinois Central company. Wlille I may meet Mr. Harriman on j the coast, I haye no- engagement with him and no business of importance of j a railroad nature to transact. I am j just resting up a bit and thought a trip to California would do me good at this time. I know nothing In reference refer-ence to any changes contemplated on any of President Harrtman's roads lu the west and do not care to discuss them. I do not know how long I win romaln in the west. "Business conditions are Improving generally all over the country and railroad matters are naturally affected affect-ed in a similar way." As his name indicates, President Harrlhan is a typical Irish business man In appearance and Is perhaps 55 years of age. While anything but robust, ro-bust, his appearance Indicates general health and ho smiled pleasantly wheuv the roporter suggested that he was making the trip to California solely fors health. Suave, pleasant, agreeable agree-able and smiling, while his gray eyes twlnklo merrily, he impresses one as a man who could stand off an army of newspapermen without yielding up an atom of news unless he wanted something some-thing made public regarding his purposes pur-poses or intentions.