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Show TELEGRAPHERS TO GET mORE PAY According to statements of the local lo-cal telKTaph managers the Inauguration Inaugura-tion of the night letter service his made a iremedous hit with the pub-lie pub-lie and an enormous Increase In business busi-ness all over the country has resulted The Increase is especially notlcable at the Ogden Western Union olllce which acts as a repeater station for all the big trunk lines or the far west. Prior to the Inauguration of the night letter Bervlcc the wires were practically practical-ly dead after 2 a. ni. but now the wires are crowded to their capacity 21 hours the day. This great Increase in the volume of business has necessitated the employment employ-ment of additional operators In all we large uisiriuuiuik; iiuis na as a result, "first class telegraphers' do noi find it difficult to secure positions in the cities. Recently the Postal Telegraph company com-pany after experimenting for some tiino with the various printing telegraph tele-graph devices went back to manual telegraphy and Is employing a large number of expert telegraphers at better bet-ter salaries than have ever been paid belore. It was given out from Nev York last night that beginning June 1st the Postal Telegraph company will make Substantial Increases In tho wages of It9 telegraph operators In all Important offices of Its system Those offices aro to ho classified according ac-cording to their comparative Importance. Import-ance. The Increase will be selective and v. Ill run from five and in some casta as high as twenty-Jive per cent. Careful examination and full Inquiry will be made as to the merits of each Individual operator, ability to be the first requisite, ears experience and other fitness will count in each man's favor and all wlll.be graded accordingly, accord-ingly, Efficient anJ deserving operators opera-tors will receive pay commensurate with the value of the work that they are able to iperforni. and less experienced expe-rienced and new operators will havo greater opportunity to demonstrate their fitness for advancement In pa or promotion in other ways. It is the company's Intention continued fair dealing with employes, to retain and attract to its sfrviee the most skillful and reliable operators opera-tors to be obtained. H Is harJIy probable that the Western West-ern Fnlon will permit tho Postal to monopolize the services of all the first class telegraphers In "the country and a substantial raipe in salaries by the latter company is expectantly looked f'jiward to by its many eni-ployes. |