Show TO EMPLOY BIG FORCE Rio Grande Shops Lay Off Twenty-five Twenty Men but butWill Will Increase Staff on May 1st The working time of the men in the Rio ilio Grande shops has been reduced from nine to eight hours and about twenty-five twenty men have been l laid id off This arrangement is to last until May 1 1st when th the force will be Increased and will work full time Master Mechanic 1 Hickey said today It is due to a temporary slack in business caused principally by light shipments of coal This is the time of year when many of the nines nUnes do their development work an and l as a. a a result theres there Is s not so much coal to handle On May 1st the men will again work full time We are now employing men in the shops and we expect to increase this force so that by October 1st we willbe will willbe willbe be working men |