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Show BANCROFT IS ON HIS WAY WEST i : hE AND OTHER OFFICIALS GET j HURRY-UP TIP. ! j Harriman's Coming Makes a Stir In Railroad Circles Exact Time ot Arrival is Not Known. General Manager Bancrolt, General , Superintendent Davis and Chlel engineer en-gineer Ashton of 1 the Oregon Short j Line, and Superintendent Manson and : Mceter Mechanic Malone, the latter presenting Superintendent or Mo-1 Mo-1 tive Power Dunn, who is ill, Ictt lor the west on a special train at 11:20 this morning to meet President Har-iman Har-iman and party at Sparks. The Bancroft Ban-croft special was scheduled to leave Ogdcu for the west at 4:30 this afternoon, after-noon, but a quietly conveyed hurry-up hurry-up tip was received from San Francisco, Fran-cisco, and as a result of this uie original schedule for the general manager's man-ager's special was changed and. the special headed for Sparks as quickly as equipment could be arranged lor. This apparently Indicates that President Pres-ident Harriman's special will leave San Francisco late this afternoon or toulght and reach Sparks early-Sunday" morning, bringing the Hanlmaivu party and escorting railroad officials to Ogden either Sunday night or Monday Mon-day morning. Nothing Is certain, however, as to tlie date of arrival, as the railroad wizard is liable to wipe out present arrangements at the last moment and Veep General Manager Bancrolt and his staff at Sparks for an Indetlnlie I period, ' . i I While no definite Information has yet been received at Superintendent Whitney's oflice, it is generally-; thought General Manager Mohler and i General Superintendent Parks of the Union Pacific will arrive at Ogden from Omaha Sunday evening and be I rtady to escort the Harriman special I over that system after Mr. Harriman has Inspected conditions at Ogden, where everything is being put In ap- , ( pie-pie order to meet the "old man's" clear cut vision. Nothing has been received as 'to the personnel of the Harriman party, although it is known that General Manager Calvin of the Southern Pacific Pa-cific will accompany Mr. Harriman as j far as Ogden. and it Is also thought that President Louis Hill or the Great : Northern road, who has been with the Harriman party for the past three or four days, will be on the train witn . other prominent railroad men con-' nected with the Harriman system lu I tlio east and west. j |
