Show A PRESENTATION The Bore of the Street Car Line Tender Superintendent Sup-erintendent Read a Watch and Chain One of the greatest surprises of his life feU at the door of W P Read superintendent superin-tendent ot the Salt Lake City Street Railway Rail-way company yesterday Ho was notified that a committee of the employees would bo at his office at 5 oclock and at that hour ten or a dozen men headed by the veteran railroader George G Bywater filed into the room Visions of an impending impend-ing strike arose before Mr Reads mind and he greeted the incomers with a bow half distrustful half polite Without giving him a chance to voice his sentiments senti-ments Mr Bywater at onco fired the following fol-lowing charge blank into his face SALT LAKE Crrr Dee 31 15111 Superintendent W P Read It Is the pleasure of the employees of the several sev-eral departments under your superlntendency to invite you to this unexpected gathering for the purpose of expressing In some substantial manner the esteem in nhlch you are held by them and thus show their appreciation of Your omclal kindness and ability After due consideration consid-eration they have decided to present you with a Enc gold watch chain and charm or standard quality with a nonmagnetic movement which rOil will now please accept at our hands as a token of good wIll towards you ere earnestly hope that jour official career may remain m brilliant ana free from tarnish as will these emblems of our regard continue to be and that your administration may be as uniform and just In the presence of antagonizing antagoniz-ing forces as the movement of your watch will be when brought within the field of magnetic energy true to correct governing principles whatever else assails And may you long live to enjoy the friendship of your many friends and we wish you a happy new year With that the spokesman pulled out an elegant watch chain and charm and handed them to the astonished superintendent Mr Read though overwhelmed almost beyond be-yond expression thanked the employees in a neat and feeling speech |