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Show DECISION Oil SALT JAKE LIRE Salt Lake, Feb. 23. An Important conference of high officials of the Salt lako route will bo held In Los Angeles Ang-eles within the next few days, at which, It Is believed, definite decision will be made as to which route the line to replace the destroyed portion of tho road In the Meadow Valley wash will take. Present at this conference w-ill bo William H. Bancroft, first vice president presi-dent of the road, who with his assistant, assist-ant, Fred H. Knickerbocker, left this city yesterday afternoon for Los Angeles; Ang-eles; J Ross Clark, second vice president pres-ident of tho Salt Lake route; R, E. Wells, general manager of tho road; Chief Engineer Tllton, Locating Engineer En-gineer Magulre and other officers of tho load. - Engineer Maguire will report on the possible route north of the wash, while Mr. Wells fnd Mr. Tllton will draw conclusions from a thorough Inspection In-spection of the roadbed and the amount of damage done In the Meadow Mea-dow Valley wash by the recent floods. Wells. Tllton and M.ijulre are due to meet In Moapa either today or tomorrow, to-morrow, and will at once proceed to Ioa Apgeles to report. It Is understood that Just as soon as this report Is mnde tho officers of the road In New Ycrk will receive a recommendation as to which route tho road should take. Many railroad men In this city believe be-lieve they will favor rebuilding tho road through the Meadow Valley wash-It wash-It Is claimed that this is not only the shortest and easiest route, but that with a few changes In the line, any repetition of disaster by floods may he prevented by raising the grade In several places and widening the water courses. It Is believed that a report a3 to the best route will be made by the end of the present week. |