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Show PHONE EMPLOYEES SAY "GOODBYE" 10 MURRAY Departing General Manager Is Given Banquet at Elk's Club. To render fitting tribute to their general gen-eral malinger, who has been connected with tho Tiocky Mountain Boll Tolo-phono Tolo-phono company for tho past twenty-four twenty-four years, and to show their respect and appreciation of tho scrvico which he has rendered, a number of tho employees em-ployees of tho company toudercd a banquet ban-quet to David S. Murray at tho Elks club Tuesday night and presented mm with a handsomo gold watch nnd fob as a remornbrance. Tho watch was an elegant timepiece, which was constructed construct-ed so as to striko tho hours, and had Mr. Murray's signuturo engraved on the back of the case. Speeches of congratulation con-gratulation at his receiving a position higher in authority to his present one woro mado by most of thoso present, and there were many remarks of regret at losing a kind employer. Tho following follow-ing were present: II. Vance- Lane, president of tho company; J. Flower, treasurer; C. D. Willcutt. chief clerk to tho general munagor; II. W. Kline, Angus M. Cannon, city contract ugent; D. W. Gibbs, chief clerk of the contract department; C. C. Pratt, superintendent of tho Utah division; A. S. Peters, chief engineer; Gcorgo W. Woottou, secretary; secre-tary; Georgo Mabor. chief clerk to the auditor: P. IT. Uopkins. contract aent; D. C. liobcrts. chief clerk of the Salt Lake City division; Goorgo Y. Wallace, attornoy; John Ansley, city foreman; Leo P. Marix. roprcscntativo of tho contract department; P. 11. Irwin, superintendent su-perintendent of the Salt Lako City division, di-vision, and D. S. Murra', general 'superintendent. 'su-perintendent. Mr. Murray severed his connection with the Pocky Mountain Bell Tele-, phone company a few weeks ago to accept ac-cept an cxecutivo position with tho. Pacific Pa-cific States company of San Francisco, and comploto his servico hero Tuesday evening. His carcor has extended from 1S84, when ho began as a collector and worked his way steadily upward until a fow years ago when ho becamo general gen-eral manager. During his administration administra-tion the company has grown groatly and there is a great deal of regret among tho cmployoes at his departure. From. small beginnings tho company has now extended its iutluonco over . four States and spread lines into practically every town and city of that territorv. Mr. Murrav will make a stay of a fow weeks in Los Angeles before assuming as-suming the duties of his new office. Ho was a member of the B. P. O. E. of Salt Lake City and an active member of some of tho committees. Ho will lcavo for Los Angeles at once. |