Show RAILROAD MEN ANSWER TOASTS Gather About Festive Board When Signalmen Conclude Convention Gayety PROMINENT MEN SPEAKERS Engineers From All Parts o of of Country and Canada In Indulge In- In i lUl Je in in Quips More than OO attended 1 the dinner of tho the Railway Hallway Signal l association association tion in the he Hotel Utah last nl night ht I Thomas S S. Stevens of the he Santa Fe Fc tern tem retiring president t of at tho association association tion lion was toastmaster and all of ot the thc major officers responded to toasts The dinner was ono one cf ct the thc gayest garest given I cn in iii Salt Lake since tho the dinner of tho the AmerIcan American Amer Arner- ican lean Bar association The toastmaster tol told 1 tho truth about tho the different railroads s which are at the convention and went Into details In connection with mishaps which have happened to signal engineers and signal Ignal supervisors during the past year ear Tho The women In attendance at the convention were also alBo present at the dinner last night nIgh t. t I Go Gov William Spry attended the banQuet banquet banquet ban ban- I I for tor part of at the evening e dividing tho the time with a previous engagement Governor Go Spry was introduced b by Mr Ir I Stevens Steens and delivered a short address upon the resources of ot tho the state and ad the work vork which has been accomplished b by tho the signal engineers eng of at the country In tho the protection tIn of ot life lite and of at property property prop prop- crt erty on the tho railroads In tho more serious aspect of ot th the dinner din din- ln- ln ner nor Mr Stevens referred to tho the York clone dono b by the signal engineers of at th the several railroad s systems in the United States to mako make travel safer sater and also ahw for tho the protection of life and property He traced the history of ot the signal systems terns ems which have been In use on n railroads railroads railroads rail rail- roads in a short snappy recital and predicted that In the future tho the signal engineer would eliminate the tho human clement In railroad 1 work to such an extent that collisions would be ma made e most Improbable Toasts w were ro responded to by br W J JEck JEck JEck Eck of at tho the Southern railway who ad addressed addressed ad- ad dressed the diners on tho the work which has been accomplished through h tho the hol holding of at conventions conventions' Charles A A. A Dunham of ot the Great Northern who spoke of or the har hardships which were en endured endured en- en dured lured b bv by the signal men in rn placing the first telegraph and signal systems In In InURe use URe on western roads loads b by G G. E E. Ellis Ems of or orthe the Kansas City Terminal railway who ho I spoke on the sl signal nal systems stems in tho ho yards by Charlos Charlus W. W Parker of the I I Canadian Pacific and antI J J. J M. M Waldron Valdron U of ot I Ithe the Rapid Transit fJ of New s NewYork ew York who discussed the automatic 61 signals GIg sig I nals In use usa on the subway and on the surface lines of oC New cw York YOlk I The greater part of oC yesterday was was' devoted by the signal men to pleasure As soon oon as tho the morning session had ended tho the sl signal men ma made e their wa way to the Saltair depot and boarded a H. special train for tor the lake where some som of ot the bravest took a a. swim lm in tho the waters waters wa wa- of oC tho the lake During Durin the tho afternoon there was a a. concert at the pavilion pa for tor forthe forthe the visitors and lI light ht luncheon was I served Some Somo of the members who are arc golf did not make the trip to I but went to the Country club and engaged in a golf gait tournament Tho The morning session of ot the convention convention conven conven- I tion was waR devoted to a a. discussion of at two committee reports wherein It was sU suggested Kested to the signal men that the specifications In effect concerning the kind of at lamps nn and oils used In the sIgnal signal signal sig sIg- nal service Signalling In the winter months and during heavy y snow and wind storms storm a were ero matters which were taken up b by the tho convention The su suggestions sug sug- made mado b by tho the committee with reference to better protection for semaphore semaphore sem sem- lamps by the adding of a protecting protecting protecting pro pro- shield In the s shape shapo of at a V Y which are designed to swing around with the wind One of oC the tho problems which the s sinal Inal men have to contend with in level leve level country countr is tho the blowing of ot snow against the len lenss s of at lamps In many cases the heat is not sufficient sufficient dent to melt th the snow and as a result the Jl light ht Is hl hidden den No Xo action was taken in this matter The flie convention will come to a clo close e toda today Tho The business session of ot the convention con con- will vill be bo held this morning at which time announcement will be ma made o oat of at the result of ot the election of ot officers cers This afternoon there will bo be a ball game staged between en two teams chosen from the members A proposition lion Ion was vas made yesterday to have hae the retiring president T T. S. S Stevens of or tho the Santa Fe Fc pitch at t least one inning of ot the theme game me and pitted against him n on the oth other r team Is to be W J J. Eck of th tha Southern railway who will probably probably abl ably be the new president of ot the asS assac association as as- S sac eel a atlon t I 0 fl |