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Show UTAH STATIONERY SUES RAILROADS To recover 51,500 damages alleged to have resulted In the delay of transferring trans-ferring a shipment of books from Holjoke, Mass , to Ogden last Septern-Ik.t, Septern-Ik.t, the Utah Stationery company lias begun an action In the district court against tho Missouri Pacific Railway company, the Denver & Rio Grande Railway company and the Rio Grande Western Railroad company. The complaint alleges that on September Sep-tember 3, 1909, cases of books design ed for use In tho public schools was placed In the hands of the Missouri Pacific railroad company at Kansas City to bo delivered to the customers of the stationery company by September Septem-ber 15. The failure of the shipment of tho books to arrive on time was duo to the negligence of the railroad companies In handling the shipment according to tho plaintiff, who saoa that the reputation for prompt deltv ery heretofore held by the plaintiff has been damaged to the extent oi the damages demanded. |