RIO 1110 WE OR LINES tINES EXPENSES Five Hundred Discharged Discharged Dis- Dis DisI Dis Dis- I charged and Many More I Slated I OFFICIAL SHAKE UP IS DUE 7 rge Cei-rge Tro Could I Said I to He lie I a at s ai Condition of Bollin Stock and ammil rv 0 emu Continued III Deficit r r 0 Denver lenver Cr Fe Feb Feh of or time the Denver Hio Hlo Grande Granile railroad between Storm ion and auth GOO OO In number have ha been discharged dis us- I charged ed dl dm Ing the past two days for tor forthe the purpose I of reducing expenses so si soI the tile company will III have ha plenty of oC I money to 10 pay dividends dl on its I It is exten- exten sli 1 it Another l ISO men will bo be laid off ot during the the lILT next fe f few days according to In tin till present plan plans or of time the management At Burnham i men which Is 20 O I per linT cent o of me till whole number formerly for tor- merly employed there were dl this dis placed At 1 Alamosa allda Grand Junction anil an l other r division pal points ni- ni al almost most iO nor more were Il from coin du Ilu y making the total nearly neaily 5 0 This arm army of ps wa was ills ills- charged utter after months of ut n between the leaders of th tile unions union to th the men belonged and the tue management man nan of or time the road The rhe men have been asking u for fOI more pay and ammil their committees 1 not come clime to an agreement i with iti-i iti time till I Machinists ls Want Increase Among the Ow lie organizations n asking for tor or nn an Increase Is tho the International A of Machinists A committee commit tee tle ISo of I was wnM as in con con- with General h Manager Malinger r A. A C C. C o of if till tile D Denver I t llio Itlo Orande all iii tiny Ia Sunday Hum and liH th meeting will w willbe be bl t rC Monday It 11 Is h expected that hat tie Hw difficulties will vIll be IH settled without a strike or kc oi 01 a n lockout t. t The TIll are un receiving ln ii Hi C cents an un hour 1111 und and as Osk k Ji for ur or 37 Ii cents which is tin he scale cale II by other Oilier roads in III Den Den- itt ver The flU lp operating of the time company com 0 pany pan have lIa Increased ald to such an ox ox- exA A l tent lent nt during I W pat past six or fJ months that George gi J. J Gould Gouhl is rubbing rubbing rub rub- Il 11 Illias lIe lIetins bing bin hlll eyes tYIS anti and asking WIY tins has ordered tin nit l Investigation Into th the i matter and 11 It I Is hc believed III that some tho changes will be made In family of or the company o dis us- By mime persons nn no ocal of lC r I 1 Is looked upon UH tiN UHa ana tiNa organizations hut but hulas a scar c r for Cur Uio tue iab labor i as 33 this thin IR Is tp V r. r time lime of or yeat the tho r s unc 1 I I iJ l oCl I o iI n tJ Jl B V JU heavy hl ifIl ummer- ummer ht ln th V rC 1 mi or tho l V U nI I There chore 1 rice said wald to be he more than 2000 bad bUll order cal earn cars on em th the Denver Uio lUo Grande waiting to b be repaired Several dozen n nIn bad In order l locomotives In n tho the face of or arts art also on hand but hUl l re re- re this the mechanical force forc wD wax was i is recent car Ul shortage Th The 1 been heen in part hart dUO due to tn the said Maid to In have u hundreds n of bad ball order cars on th Uw the 0 system Ilm I of f till the II different nt ra railroads I The rh lO cost 1 of ut maintaining the m me roe- of the company R l department t wn v SI 1 a n I 1 A during January r y juu V vi u anti and during January I 1007 1907 1 X U UThe an n increase of of or the companY The gross cross earnings ta in Dt December 1906 increased hut but the net not earnings decreased 67 due to the tho heavy y operating up The gross earnings for the expenses first six MiX months II of th the pr present sent Il fiscal cal year increased sed but the expenses ex cx- x- x pi so largo large that only was waK saved 11 for tor the net earnings The h fixed charges e during this period increased Even Up h h by Many Inn II nl e. e reduction In net earnings Is This net that said to have been tJ n due to the fact ni many the company hal bad to purchase so 80 for locomotives Th The officers of officers of- of new parts CO had delayed this as a long as possible i pos 1108 sible sibie but gained nothing thereby as I the cost of material l and r. r parts of f increased while they iney ue- ue UI locomotives IllY melting making purchases To offset this extra expense pense the GOO men mon were verc lt discharged locomotives have been Thirty n new w but by received tJ by the tw company summer time lime thc these will wi b be in bad condition if Ir a sufficient number of oC machinists are arc nut nui employed In the shops hop and the the company will wl probably be crippled at the Iw commencement of or the tourist business tl