| Show EIGHT HOUR DAY MAY CAUSE HELPER TO BE REMOVED UP TO THE SUMMIT T I 1 plans for the establishment of a railroad terminal at the crest of soldier summit h hiie hie ie been completed by officials of the denver rio graude grande according to announcement made yes berday by F R rockwell assistant general manager of the roads utah lines says saturdays herald lican it will coat cost and the helper terminal will become a is pusher of coal traffic when the soldier summit terminal is put into opera tion facts relative to the establishment of the new terminal were brought out by agitation for an eight hour law mr rockwell saas hes be is not antagonizing the proposed eight hour law although he does not favor it by making known the soldier summit terminal project but the enactment to of f such a law he says nullify the new terminal plans the run from green river to the present terminal at helper a dis tanco of 75 miles is too short for men working under the 16 hour law explained mr rockwell consequently quent ly a terminal on soldier sum mit a distance of milea miles will be just right for 10 16 hour men at the same time greatly increasing the ef odthe a railroad the term nal at helper then will be valuable as a t pusher for the coal service plans for the terminal at soldier summit provide for an exceptionally large division div islon end in addition to round houses and a great amount of will be railway shops dur ing wint erit will experience the most rigorous weather in the state this winter the thermometer registered as low as 40 degrees belev zero on n d u a e the crest but it 1 Is explained explain cd that weather conditions contribute little to the retardation of modem rall roid terminals it wilt will result in the es rit r of an interesting little aitt on the summit in fn the event the eight hour bill becomes a law in utah the proposed terminal at the crest of soldier summit will be abandoned according to mr ur rockwell he ile added however that this will not prevent tho the establishment lish ment of another terminal near salt lake although much farther from the realization of the highest possible standard of railroad efficiency if it the eight hour law the soldier summit su amit terminal as an a n impractical venture from the standpoint of hours ofa ervice then it Is probable that another terminal will be established either at thistle or provo added mr rockwell that will be the second terminal from green river and helper will be retained as a terminal in fact provision already has been made by the executive 3 board of the denver ak rio grande for the ex expenditure of for the establish meat of the soldier summit terminal in addition it is explained that ari have been made for the expenditure of large sums in raising the standard of efficiency of the roads utah lines it is pointed out that plans to triple the output of coal mines in carbon county abb bear ear render increased haulage capacity cata cai city necessary and that Improve irant will have to be made in advance of the heavy demand for coal dext fall and winter |
