Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-02-23
WESTERN PACIFIC
HAS SOME JOBS.
General Call Issued for Men to
Get Busy and Work for
Good Wages.
AT FROM SIPS TO S4.O0 A DAY
Stone a Co. and the Utah Construc-
ton Company Can Take Care OF
All Corners From Now On.

IN "A circular issued by s. X. Hooper
general passenger and ticket agent OF
the Denver & Rio Grande, addressed
to the agents Of the road and connect
ing lines he Is sending out a general
call for labor TO assist In the building
Of the Western Pacific. He says;
Il am advised that several thousand
laborers are needed Tor the building
OF the Western Pacific railroad, and
that all men who are DESTROYS Of get
ting employment in railroad construc-
ton work can now obtain II IN Callfor-
mia.
'Thc opportunity offered by the col
onist rates win enable men to get into
that territory at q much less expense
than will probably again be offered NJ
least before fall. Il would be wen for
you TO notify all men who are seek
Ing this kind OF employment OF TINS
opportunity.
IT am authorized 10 say that II. B.
& A. L. Stone company headquarters
at oakland California. VIII guarantee
employment at their camps on the
line OF the Western Pacific for all Ia
borers who present themselves at the
Oakland headquarters. The wages are
81 per day for men boarding them
selves and $225 per day for men who
board In their camps, board 80 per
week; medical fee, rs cents per month.
They have a limited number OF posi-
lions for foremen and other men or
that class. ranging from $50 TO WHO
per month. but as ali such applicants
cannot be employed, places VIII De
fttrfaIsh.1 10 hf aapltqlf
1.-THE Utah Construction company,
with headquarters AT OroNlle, Cal,
also contractors on the Western Pa
clic. guarantee work at their camps
on the line Of the Western Pacific rail-
road to all laborers who present thcm-
selves at OrOville. The wages are SE
per day for men boarding themselves
and s2.25 per day for men who board
In their camps: board, s. per week
medical fee, rs cents per month. There
will also be limited number Of posi-
lions for foremen and men OF that
class at $50 to 500 per month, In adj
dition to the above mentioned laborerS,
this firm will want large number or
carpenters, carpenters helpers, saw
mill men and loggtrs For first class
help wages Will be $3.50 to 81 per
day, and So per week for board. En-
IluNiiltHA YAH Ut lAl lAiNHNh "a bf'NN
many for running steam drills, sta
tlonary engines, locomotives, pumps,
etc. for which wages will run from
$3.50 to 81 per day. with IA charge
OF IS per week for board. good
many stone masons and the customary
number OF tenders and assistants can
also find employment later In the sea-
son.
"This work will last from year and
a half to two years All men will be
transported from the headquarters OF
the construction companies To the
various field camps IT would be well
TO give as much publicity as possible
to this information, as II Is claimed
that in all the different fields OF labor
In California at least 10000 men are
wanted and the low colonlst rate fur
nishes an excellent opportunity for
workmen who desire to try their for
tunes on the Pacific slope"
In this connection It is interesting
TO note that the fare from Chicago to
Salt Lake (under the colonst rate) IS
$50; Chicago to San Francisco, S33;
Missouri river points to Salt Lake, $50;
same to San Francisco S25, and from
Salt Lake TO San Francisco, SIS.