Deseret Evening News | 1909-12-29 | Page 7 | Railroad News

I I RAIL RAILROAD NEWS WONT GET INCREASED WAGES New Jersey Doc Dec 29 President F 1 D Underwood of tho Erie Erlo railroad does not believe that railroad will a ll general Increase In wage wago if their demands are arc based on In Increased Increased increased creased cost of living In a statement given out here today tolla ho says Tho The great bulk of ot these em pm live In communities where food and provisions aro cheap and the cost cosi coso of o living has not gono gone up materially Thoro Thom Is no danger of a general rail rall railroad railroad road strike Railroad want higher wages but they ore are reasonable They are willing as os a 1 moss mass to wait walt until tho the railroads have recouped In Ina ina a II measure from tho the hardships of the thelast thelast thelast last panic Thy They Tho havo reason to be grateful because thoy they were unaffected financially by tho the panic Their wages were not reduced and only those who wore were paid by tho the mileage suffered Buttered NEW OGDEN Notice has been bean given out from tho the Bamberger offices that on the Thursday tho the Salt Snit Lake ake Ogden n trains would ten run to street and Lincoln avenue In n Ogden Tho The Allen block at that point has been boen b n made over Into a depot with ticket of office office fice baggage and express rooms with operating offices on th the second and third floors On account of ot the length lengthening lengthening ening of tho the terminal trains will leave leava Ogden five minutes earlier and arrive five minutes later than on tho the od old schedule The old depot at Washington avenue and street Is to be used as a coal yard Until March 1 next when the power plant at Farmington will be completed tho the road Is to be operated by steam But thereafter electricity will be used us l for passenger traffic with six electric electrically electrically ally lighted trains each way dally daily dall be between between between tween Salt Lako and Ogden TIIE THE ESPEE AMENDS CHARTER Ky Dec 29 The South eran Pacific company filed an amend amendment amendment amendment ment to Its Us charter chanter hero hare today re reciting reciting reciting citing that of of ot the prefer preferred red stock heretofore authorized to bo Issued and consisting of of ot shares of tho the par value alue of ot each shares have been converted Into a similar number of tho the capital stock of the common the time remainder of ot the tho preferred having been redeemed deemed r or cancelled SPIKE AND RAIL RAILA A San Sae Francisco report says a super superintendent superIntendent n t of ot motive power and ma machinery machinery chinery has been selected for the tho West Western ern em Pacific but his namo name has not yet et been disclosed