Ogden Daily Standard | 1916-10-18 | Page 1 | War's Effect on Railroads

WAR'S EFFECT ON RAILROADS Society of Railway Financial Officers Discuss Preparedness Prepared-ness for Future Events. Washington, Oct 18. War's effect on railroad finances during the next few years was one of tho principal subjects under discussion at the annual an-nual meeting of the Society of Railway Rail-way Financial officers here today. Financial preparedness for future national emergencies also had an Important Im-portant place on tho program. Paymasters of roads employing great numbers of illiterate foreign laborers la-borers explained the system of requiring re-quiring thumb prints on receipts for wages. Several speakers urged railroads rail-roads to establish company agencies for receiving employes' savings. The American Association of Passenger Pas-senger Traffic officers, also In session ses-sion hero, heard addresses on technical tech-nical administrative questions today.