Show PAY RAISED A CENT AN HOUR Salt Lake City Street railroad Company Acts on Petition of Men for an Increase of Compensation i The request recently made by the conductors and motormen of the Salt Lake City Railroad company for an Increase In-crease of pay was acceded to yesterday lo the extent of a cent an hour It WHS generally understood that the employees em-ployees had asked that their wages be Increased from IS cents to 20 cents per hour but this was declared yesterday to be an error What the men had asked was an Increase and Ibis was based upon the fact that many of the necessities life had taken an upward shoot of late Although the request was submitted to the company sometime some-time ago It was liot acted upon until yesterday Avhen the company decided upon the following schedule For all conductors or motormen AAIJO have been In the employ of the company com-pany for twelve months on May 1st next 10 cents per hour For all who have nol been In the service of the company twelve months IS cents nn hour thu present figure The advance it Is said will affect the pay of fully twothirds of tin conductors conduc-tors and motormon and all those now employed who have not been with tin company for a year Avlll be entitled tu the raise as soon as they have been with the company twelve months This J Is effective May 1st The oilier business transacted by the stockholders was the election of aboard a-board of directors as follows A W McCune Robert C Chambers U L Hoge Spencer Clawson William F Armstrong The only change In lie I directory AVUS the election of Arm j strong who succeeds his father Francis Fran-cis Armstrong1 deceased The directors elected A W McCune president R t C Chambers Aicepresl dent Joseph A Wells secretary and treasurer and Walter P Read super Inlendenl Tho report of the various officers Averc read and ordered lllcd |