Garland Globe | 1908-03-07 | Page 2 | An Extension of Time is Desired

ill EXTENSION OF ' III IS DESIRED Railroads Declare They Can Nol Comply With Nine-hour Law at Present Time. Assert That They Have Found It Impossible Im-possible to Procure Competent Telegraph Operators In Sufficient Suf-ficient Numbers and Want More Time. Washington. Operating offlclnls of ifnllroads from nil pnrts of tlio country coun-try on Thursday wero In attcnd&nca upon tho hearing given by the Intor-stato Intor-stato commorco commission upon application ap-plication for. an extension of time of going Into effect of tho nine-hour law. Thlrty-sovcn nppllcatlonB woro ro-cotved ro-cotved by tho commission asking for tho extension. Two of them already havo been denied, thoro of tho Georgia Geor-gia Southern & Florida railway and tho St. Joseph & Orand Island railway, rail-way, because, In tho opinion of tho commission, tho petitions did not show what, In tho terms of tho act, would conBtltuto "good causes" for granting tho rollof requested. Tho applications of tho other tblrty-Ilvo llncB nro being heard as ono case, becauso the petitions nro substantially substantial-ly Identical. All of them assort that vhey have found It Impossible to pro sVUro tho services of compotcnt, of-iflclent of-iflclent and dcpondablo telegraph oper-, ators In such numbers as will on-' y able them to comply with tho provisions provis-ions of tho law: and that, oven If thoy could obtain tho necessary operators, tho enforced employment of so many additional men would bo a financial hardship which tho carriers ought not to bo subjected to.