Deseret Evening News | 1908-03-02 | Page 3 | Signs of the Times

SIGNS OF OP THE TIMES TIM Seem Slem to tn He Suffering Badly Hartly Jr tm Luck Lack of ot With AVIth the thu announcement that tho the Salt Snit lake Houte Is to cut down espouses comes Information that tho the Rio Grando GrandoIs Grandola Is la going to small stations along alon tho tile main line lute besides abrogating Its ILl shop agreements It 1 Ja Is said salil the corn pany feels eels it will have hao o to cut tho the wages of ot Its telegraph operators too They null now get got from iO 50 to and a I 40 per percent cent cut or something In that neighbor neighborhood neighborhood hood Is contri plated Small day and night stations aro are to bo be abolished an as anthe 11 the tho new calls for tor three In lit 24 2 hours of or continuous work With but ono one shift on one man can cnn do nicely with the tho and shifts well velt w arranged along tho the line Utah now a day and night office Is to tobo bo ho abolished and Grassy a U small sta ala station station tion lion nearby will carry tho the work there thero thereas as ns a n night station million Cisco Gisco will go and anda a box car will serve In Its stead Mounds will bo be 10 a aday day station so It will willbe willbe be all cli along the tho line hue wherever tho same Sam work can bo be dono donut with less expendi expenditure lure ture tUI Tills tightening Is seen on local roads but the tho Oregon Short Line Lino contInUes to go ahead with Its ILa depot work and Improvements locally The sight of or hugo huge shovels and gangs sanga or of men inca break breaking ing log ground for fOl a It new nelV depot Impresses tho the tourist or stranger as ho steps oft off offIn ft In this city after litter a ride through miles tit tor country countr more or less le s dormant Another feature of or the tho general stringency Is 18 this Because there thero are thousands of ot freight cars standing emi emp empty ty and Idle tho the per them diem charge has hal lua been reduced from 50 GO to 0 25 G 5 cents per day About nine months or a year yonI ago enough nough cars could not bo be found foun and every line lino holding or 01 using foreign cars COlli was charged chard 50 10 cents per lIeI day duy per pel car This Thill rate was lIS considered cheat cheap at lit that time but hut railroads are arc now overlooking no chance to cut off of as many as possible p