Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-02-27 | Page 6 | Ask for an Extension of Time

fOR AN EXTENSION Of TIME Railroad Officials Before Commission on Nine- Nine Hour Law WASHINGTON Feb 27 Operating Operating officials of railways from all parts Of f the tho country today todar were in attendance at atthe atthe atthe the bearin hearing given gien by br the interstate commerce com corn merce commission upon applications for an extension of timo of going into inlo into effect of the nine hour law Thirty seven se cn applications were received received re reo re- re by the commission commissio asking for tho the extension Two of them m already have bavo been denied those of the Georgia a Southern South South- ern era Florida railway and the St. St Joseph Jo To seph Grand Island railway because in inthe tho the opinion of the thc comm commission on the petitions petitions peti petie did not show what In the tho terms term of the thc act would constitute good causes for granting tie the relief request request- ed The Tho applications of the other thir thir- ty five lines arc being heard beard as one caso case because tho the petitions are substantially identical All of them assert that they have found it impossible to procure the services of competent efficient and dependable dependable de de- de telegraph operators in in such numbers as will enable them to comply with the provisions pro of the law an and that oven even if they thoy could obtain the necessary necessary essary operators the enforced employ employ- employment ment of so 80 many additional men woud would bo be a financial ship which the carriers car car- rieu ought not to be subjected to Nearly all of the petitions also indicate indicate in in- that in the circumstances cs if the law is enforced t the e companies will bo ho obliged ed to close many maDY small stations on their lines thus interfering with tho the service c causing nn an inconvenience to th the traveling and shipping public and preventing preventing pre pre- venting tho the prompt movement of trains Amon Among the tIle roads which have file filed applications ap ap- ap for extension of tho the law arc are the Ore Oregon on Railway and Savi Navigation company compan Ore Oregon on Short Line Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Pc Southern Pacific anti and Union Pacific It is rc regarded aa as si significant that with the tho exception of the New York Central lines none of the great eastern stern roads have hate mado made application for extension In tb the tho northwest tho the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific are arc not represented seated among the tho applicants It lt is assumed that the com companies anies which have O not applied applies have made arrangements ar at- to to the provisions of the tho law when it becomes eff effective at vc on the fourth of March I