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I agree.snv002343. Union Pacific Railroad Collection. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d19p2wm5j
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San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company, APR 11 1904 OFFICE OF GENERAL ATTORNEY. T. E. GIBBON, General Counsel. C. O. WHITTEMORE, General Attorney. Salt Lake City, Utah, April 8, 1904. Mr. J. Ross Clark, Sec. Vice-President, Los Angeles, Cal. Dear Mr. Clark:-Do you expect to come to Salt Lake City between now and the 1st of May and, if so, can you not arrange to take a trip with me to the Las Vegas Ranch with a view to deciding upon a plan for permanently improving the property, laying out a townsite, etc.; which work ought to be going on while the construction of the road is in progress so that the matter will be in shape to be properly handled when the road is finished and in operation.If you are not coming to Salt Lake City within the time mentioned, can you not arrange by going over that end of the line to meet me at Las Vegas sometime about the 1st of May for the purpose above stated. I believe you will agree with me as to the importance of some action being taken in the near future along the line indicated above. The trip at this time of the year can be made a very pleasant outing and would, without doubt, do you a great deal of good. With kindest regards, I am,Very respectfully, C.O. Whittemore