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Show TRAFFIC mm Former Widely-Known Railroad Man Is Coming Back to Salt Lake. ONE OF THE BEST POSTED RATE MEN IN COUNTRY For Years With the Rid Grande Western as Traffic Manager. Walters connected with the organization organiza-tion of a freight traffic bureau iu this oily camo to a head Wednesday with tho acceptance of tho position of m:iu-.ifXer m:iu-.ifXer by Stephou II. Babcock of Denver. Mr. Babcoek is said to bo ono of tho best equipped men in tho west for tho sort of work which had been mapped out for him by tho bureau. Formerly Roneral traffic manager of tho l?io Grande "Western railroad, ho is thoroughly thor-oughly familiar with tho country in Utah and through Idaho, and is conversant con-versant with every ono. of the. details of traflic management. The Commercial Club Traffic. bureau han boon in communication with Mr. "Babcock for several weeks and secured his consent to tako up the management of its affairs here only at tho last minute- Wednesday. Mr. Babcock will assume as-sume charge- of his department January Janu-ary 15, 1000, and is expected to como hero a few days boforo that timo. Tho offices in tho Commercial Club building, build-ing, which have already been engaged, will be iittcd up und work will begin at once. Details Discussed. At a meeting of tho bureau at tho Commercial club, Wednesday afternoon, after-noon, further muttors connected with the bureau were discussed and many details de-tails of Iho work of tho organization wero arranged. Great satisfaction was expressed by tho membors of tho association asso-ciation with the selection of Mr. Bab cock -is managor, and it is felt that tho wav is now open for a careful regulation regu-lation of tariff rates, here. Members of the bureau emphasize tho fact that there is no fight against the railroads or any attompt; to coorco them in any way. There is a determination, deter-mination, howevor, to see that tho Utah shippers receive what is their just duo in tho matter of freight rates and classifications which will not proven t them from competing favorably with other localities within a similar zqiio of travel. Satisfaction Expressed. One of tho officials of tho bureau said Wednesday evening, regarding the selection of Mr. Babcoek as traffic manager: man-ager: "His selection for the place means the best results for tho shippers of Salt Lake City, and every interest of Salt Lako City's commercial efforts. Mr. Babcock knows bettor than any other western railroad4 man tho ways' of the traffic men of all the railroads in the- I west and thuir methods of taking the highest tariffs that the traffic will bear. "Mr. Babcock is now on the other side, with his almost unparalleled knowledge of the devious ways of traffic traf-fic officials, and the accruing 'benefits to Salt Lake business men will be almost incalculable." t |