Show EXENDE TWO YEAR Railroads Given More Time On Safety Appliances INTERSTATE COMMISSION TRIBUNE GETS A HOT TELE GSA3H FROM OMAA Rio Grande Western Gets Four New Engines Excursion to Provo and Logan Two Conductor System on the B ci Government After the Kansas Pacific Other Railroad road News Washington Dec 7The interstate commerce commission has decided to extend for two years the period within which the railroads must comply with the act of congress requiring all railroads rail-roads to be equipped with safety appliances ap-pliances for the protection of the employees em-ployees and passengers The commission this afternoon authorized au-thorized the following statement In the matter of the application of the Chicago Alton Railroad company and other carriers to the interstate commerce commission to extend the period within which they shall comply with the provisions of the act of congress con-gress of March 2 1893 commonly known as the safety appliance act and upon which hearing has just been had the commission has decided upon causes shown to extend such period two years for the petitioning carriers While the formal order and statement state-ment of facts and reasons constituting constitut-ing causes for such extension have not yet been prepared i is understood that the extension will not be conditional and that the commission has under consideration the question of requiring I quarterly or other periodical reports of I progress by each carrier during the two years period I Last week the commission gave several sev-eral hearings to railroad men and labor la-bor leaders on this question the railroads roads asking five years extension and the labor leaders urging that an extension exten-sion of one year should be sufficient |