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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19
AN ERRONEOUS THEORY.

A writer in one of the eastern maya
zines discusses the large number of
railroad wrecks. and assigns intemper-
ance among employees as one of the
principal reasons for the numerous
catastrOphes. 1t seems to us that that
writer viii have to guess again. As a
rule railroad employees are more than
temperate in the use of alcoholic or
malt liquors, BY far the greater part
of them are total abstainers. Nearly
every important railroad in the coun-
try has an infiexible rule against the
use of intoxicants
Most of them forbid any use of in
toxicants by employees. whether they
are on duty or not This refers. of
course. to operating employees, but an
employee in any capacity on a railroad
cannot drink habitually and retain his
position. Men have been discharged
for merely entering a saloon. It is
necessary for the railroad officials to be
very strict about this matter. They
know that the use of intoxicants if per-
sisted in makes employees inefficient
and Increases the danger of disaster.
The operating railway employee needs
clear head and a steady nerve at all
times. a single lapse may cost a hun
dred or more lives and the destruction
of much valuable property. 1t is to
guard against such lapses that the rule
regarding the use of intoxicants was
framed. the rule is the result of long.
careful observation and wide expe-
rience. Fifteen or twenty years ago it
IL was NOT very unusual for men in
charge of the operation of trains to
drink to excess.
There was an old theory that when
the engineer was tired a drink of whis-
ky would do him good. Sometimes he
carried a bottle of whisky into the cab
with him. The conductor had another
bottle. which he divided with the
brakemen. They drank when they were
tiTed-and sometimes when they We're
not tired. Tt was no unusual thing for
a train crew to visit the saloon nearest
the depot and imbibe freely during
wait
Our eastern friend seems to think the
practice, in a modified form. is still in
vogue. If he does think so he is badly
informed. If we were TO be called upon
10 get quickly together a large body of
sober. clear-headed, brave men, and
We're given liberty to draft them wher-
ever they could be found. we would
strip the railroads of their operating
as quickly as we could get to |
them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19
cENsE IN CITY BUSINESS.

George w. Ritter. former city ensin-
eer. makes one of the best points pro-
dsced so far in favor of the Galveston
plan of city government I'm an inter
view with The Herald on the public
works branch of government. Under
the present system the work is first or
dered by the city council, the plans and
specifications are prepared by the city
engineer. and the contract is awarded
by the board of public works. which
also names the inspectors who are sup
posed TO see that the contract is full
flied properly.
The theory of this elaborate and in
volved division OF responsibility was
that the board of public works. being
an appointive body. would be chosen by
the mayor from the best men available
and would serve as a check against the
council in preventing favoritisrn to con-
tractors. Generally speaking. the
board has had good men. but the in
spectors whose approval OF work is the
test of quality, are named for political
service rendered to the party in power.
They are not particularly well paid,
they seldom have any technical knowI-
edge or the work which they are sup
posed to supervise. and there have BEEN
times when they were not above sus-
pieion of financial intimacy with con-
tractors interested in having shaky
jobs and poor material approved for
payment. Leaving out any question of
honesty. the average inspector is not
qualified to protect the public from I'M
scrupulous contractors, and not infre-
quently his appointment comes through
the influence OF the very men whose
public work he is meant to inspect.
Even when the board of public works
is competent and efficient. its decision
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19
/ locomotives IN AMERICA.

The greatest locomotive works in the
United States completed a few days
ago locomotive No. 10000. This has
started some figuring by men who have
made a study of motive power. They
estimate that there are in active serv-
ice in this country today less than &c.
600 locomotives for hauling railroad
traffic of every character. One firm has.
therefore, built upward of three fifths
of the entire product. The improve
ments that have been perfected by this
firm since it entered the industry three
quarters of a century ago are so many
that they could not be chronicled in
anything short of large volume.
A few facts may. however. be inter-
esting 1t required more than a year
to build the first locomotive. 1t weighed
less than tour, tons, had four wheels,
no cab at all. and the price received
for it by the builders was just s., 500.
Locomotive No. 10000 weighs 2S5, 600
pounds. It is capable of hauling tons
where the first locomotive hauled
pounds. And the cost is not proper
tionately greater. The big locomotive
of today could walk away with forty or
fifty of the old timers, no matter how
hard they might pull against it. Yet
the modern locomotive costs only about
five times as much. as its forbears.
1t took a year. as has been said, to
turn out the first locomotive. Last
year the company that built ii turned
out 2,652 locomotives of all types, the
total being valued at about 100000.
This is at the rate of better than seven
finished engines per day. But it has
been only in recent years that this
rapidity of work has become possible.
Thirty years were required for the con-
struetion of the first LOCO. In fifty
seven years 10000 were turned out. BY
January, 1902. the 20.000-mark was
reached. In less than ten years the
company has built more locomotives
than during the previous sixty-five
years of its existence.
Now the establishment employs "A. 200
men. It's capacity is tremendous, but
the statement is made that il is always
behind with its work. In spite of every
effort to keep up with the demand it
is impossible to get within eight months
of it. Contracts are now in hand for
nearly 1000 locomotives.
The story of the growth of this insti-
tuition throws light on the trenen-
dous activity in railroad building in the |
United States during the last quarter of |
a, century. The reaching out of railway |
lines in a network that covers practi- |
caIly every accessible corner of the !
has made it possible for the 10
connective works to expand until it has
become probably the biggest special |
lied industry in the United States.
That is, it is probably the biggest man.
ufacturing business. in the hands of a
that makes only one thing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

| on payment for work is not final Al
exact Illustration in point is the con-
duit case Moran. the contractor
/ claimed $3.50 for completing his work
ahead Of time. The board rejected the
claim. the council originally meant Il
approve It and order its payment. bun
was afraid of the political effect. After
parleying and caucusing. tender of a
much smalled sum was made TO Moran
which he refused. Then he brought
suit and has every assurance of win
ming. because the city engineer. the
chief official in public works, is on
record with his approval of the claim.
How is the public to know who is to
blame? Where is the responsibility to
be located Somewhere between the
council. the contractor. the board of
public works and the city engineer is
wide discrepancy as TO facts, ana
there is no means of knowing who is
right and who wrong.
The case shows in practical working
the impossibility of doing business on
business principles under the present
system in the most important branch
of the city's administration. Something
like 81, 100000 is to be spent this year in
municipal improvements of various
kinds; would any business man or cor
poration undertake TO do that amount
of construction work with such a sys-
TEN? Isn't it a direct invitation to ex-
travagance and waste and inefficient
work? And could any system be
worse?
Three commissioners with competent
help could handle the public works and
all the other work of the city's execu-
tive department much more efficiently
at much less cost, with fewer and bet
teussemployes. If plumbers were made
the responsibility could be located; if
like crooiedness or favOritism
developed the public would know who
was guilty If such bungle came up
as the conduit dispute with Moran the
city would have a clear record that
would show whether or not he was en-
titled to the money he asks The Cal
weston system is simply the application
of business methods to the administra-
ton of a great business corporation,
and the legislature should not hesitate
to give Salt Lake such system.
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19
KEEPING STILL.


From Kentucky. chr said the young
drummer IN the hotel lobby. well. is X
true they really make moonsbine whisky
in Breathitt c,enty?'
1T may be. pardner.' replied the tall
gestleman in the wide hat. but YOU bet
ter not breathe it ii you happen to be
around there
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

There are 2O.4s6 varieties of postage
stamps in use in the world. according
to an expert who has looked into the
subject That's worse than the pickle
business.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19
A MEAN POKE.
Philadelphia Press.)

Me daughter Mary Ann said the
newly rich Mrs. Cassidy. wants TO Farm
to play some music Instrument. wonder
wat wan would come aisiest to hers''
We'll, now" replied the jealous and
caustie Mrs Casey. IF ye could only git
sometimes that's built like a washboard
'twould be jist the thing
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

Because her husband is a baseball
crank. a Cleveland woman is suing for
divorce. The chances are that she has
made things so interesting for him at
their domicile that he doesn't care
about making a home run any more.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

Some people seem at loss to account
for the recent increase in the number OF
deer in Wisconsin. That's easy. The
hunters have all killed one another.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19
The METALS.

Silver. 6S5s cents per ounce.
Copper. (easting), az cents per pound
Lead. Sc per 100 pounds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19
ADJUSTMENTS TODAY.

Salt Lal1e-''The Ragged Messenger
Orpheum-Matinee and night, NaUde-
vile.
Grand-"A Texas Ranger"
Lyric-'"fhe OctoroOn"
WEATHER FOR SALT LAKE.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

At the literary afternoon of Lloyd
Alliance today at Unity hall. besides
the paper by Mrs ]. c. Cowan OF Lib
eTal Thought in Switzerland. there
will be a musical program in which
Mrs. Bessie Spiers Browning will sing
and Miss Blanca Tesch will play a
piano solo.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

Mrs. George S. Lavender of North
Ogden is visiting her sister, Mrs. S. 3.
Clark of S2S East First South street.
Miss Lucy Williams entertained
Monday evening for Mrs. Mabel Spicer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

Professor and Mrs. Joseph j. Daynes
and daughter. Marguerite. left for
southern California last night, TO be
gone about three months.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

The Card club meets this afternoon
with Miss Edith Sherman at her home
on East Second South street.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

Miss Lucy Williams entertained at a
prettily appointed luncheon yesterday
at the Commercial club, covers being
laid for seven, in honor of her guest,
Miss Ollie Snydergaard of New York.
Mr.. and Mrs. Brig T. Cannon have
returned from a stay of a month in
California.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-02-19

Is heightened TO a remarkable De
gree by the addition to meal OF
glasses of sparklin. animating
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-17
TTIEaRApHERs SAY POSTAL
SETTLEMENT ~ MISLEADING

Chicago, July lG-SccrethrA ltus-
sell. ~ the Commercial T~elegraphers'
Union 81 America. tonight issued the
following reply to the statement is
fued bY the Postal relegraph-eahle
company.
The statement Of the Postal Tele-
graph company Is misleading. as II
d not stated the number Of hours
work required of the men that they
might earn the nmoun mentioned
The company has merely struck an
average from the entire pay roll
Taking actual figures we find that
tho telegraph operator who received a
salary Of 500 for the month Of May,
which contained twenty-seven work
ing days, received exactly 1896 2-3
per day, and 81 III cents for each
hour overtime worked In order 10
make the sum mentioned by the COM
pany. the telegraph operator had ta
work over nine days extra The same
facts apply 10 the employees who re-
ccivcd the second grade salary They
were compelled 60 work from nine 60
ten DAYS extra 90 make the money the
company e%ndenvors to show that they
were paid as a regular rcronipcnse.
a. al .itiun 60 this. the greater ma
iurity OF the operators concerned IN
the present controversy did not re-
ctive the top salary, nor tvcu the see-
uud class salary
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-17
NO CHEAPLAMBSFOR
THE FEEDERS
THIS YEAR
COLORAD0ANS BUY HERE AT
CONSIDERABLE ADVANCE
Lots Doing Under the Surface
IN the Boston Wool Markets
Where the Manufacturers
Are Getting in the Game.

Last winter whom the buyers ana
dealers were f~orccaEting conditions ii
the lamb market IN New Mexico Tor
this season. there were gloomy predic-
tions of % slump In the price. II WAX
said that Colorado feeders had lost
money on their big purchases In " ~
Mexico during 1906 ana that they were
very likely TO be careful in the future.
But there does not sccm 10 have
been much Of a slump In the price O.
The bleaters from this territory. IA
fact. the Chicago Drovers' journal D.
authority for the statement that lambs
are selling in NcW Mexico al 850Om
5.25. somewhat Of an advance over last
years values. Discussing the siuatiOu
tho brOvcrs' journal says:
There VIII bee no cheap feeding
lambs his year. This is admitted by
most mon wen posted ON the situation.
Prospective feeders who contemplated
laying iu supplies az lower cost thdu
last year ar" doubtless doomed to dis
appointment.
-Coloraduaus and Spectators are ip
the west taking hold of feeding latuu
freely az prices even higher thar last
y,ut, when the range was cons a'red
dangerously high. Parties who are iu
CLOSE touch with western range cIudi-
tons say that many Montana f.clinr
Lambs have been purchased at Xa.r0M
5.25, which, compared with values tul-
ing al loading stations las year. show
20 ~ 30 cents advance. C~OlOrudoaus are
also in New Mexico freely buying stucl.
there at $500 M5.25. this range SHE W.
ing the same advance as noted In Aou-
tanu.
II h. Logical to look for q fJiriT go y
demand ter feeding lambs tnis fan
from the middle west feeders. More
men who handled lambs last go tsou
made profits than did those VINO came
out with balances ON the Wrpnr side
Of the ledger. win continued hdr
growing weather the outlook is bright
FOR a good crop of fine corn. as we'll
as "a much better and greatly larger
crop OF hay than last year.
These conditions should warrant
kenucr competition In thin western
lambs, ms both eastern and middle west
feeders VIII endeavOr 10 get their luil
quota of the offerings. Ia heir Iaul
to secure supplies, however. there t7
fear that they viii push prices tu a
dangerously high level and render i'm
possible chances of gottinl even small
uru0ts on their Investment.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-17
Chicago Board of Trade.

Chicago, July 16.-The wheat mar
ket was weak all day with the eXcep-
ton of a moderate rally the first hair
hour during which prices advanced II
about yesterdays closing level. Tn,
early ilmness was the result OF cover
ing by shorts, who based their put-
.chases on crop damage reports from
South Dakota, and on advices which
told of light acceptances in the south
west. The market during the remain-
der of the day was completely at tie
mercy of the bears who sold freely be-
cause of continued wet weather in the
northwest. A decline at Liverpool
helped to create bearish sentiment in
the local market. The close was weak
at almost the low point Of the day.
September opened "A a. sc TO Is a "a e
lower at 33Hc TO 80 G. advanced to
y3 Y G and then declined 10 80 &c. clos .
ing at - Is a nc. Trading in corn was
duh ana the market weak all day. The
chief depressing influence was wet
weather throughout the cOrn belt. Tna
market was also affected by the break
in wheat. A prominent long led in the
selling movement. The close was
weak. September opened &c TO Ac
lower AZ 53 IS G to SO q G, sold up To 54c
and then declined to SO y an sc. The
close was at 53Ac. oats were weak
because of free selling by longs VINO
We're eager to decrease their holdings
owing TO The favorable weather for the
growing crop. There was a slight rally
early IN sympathy with the advance In
but the firmness was short lived.
The close was weak. september
opened re to sc lower at 500 TO
39 &c, sold up TO 1914 a. &c and then
declined TO 3S@sc. The close was at
3S e..
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-17
They Stand Alone.

Standing out In bold relief, al dl0ne
and as a conspicuous example 81 open,
frank aud honest dealing with the sick
aud afflicted, ara DR. ftcrccs lhNlrlte
Prescription for weak. oyer-wufkrd dee
bfiltated. nervous, " rundown. pain
racked women. aud DR. plcrcu's Golden
Medical Discovery. the famous remedy
Tor weak stomach. indigestion. CO.. dye
pcp.ia. torpid liver. CT ~biliuusur-s. aIl
catarrhal affections whether Of the
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder. nasal
passages. throat, hruuchia. o. other Wu.
cuu~ passages, also rs an effective rempiy
Tor all diseases arising from thin, watrrN
or impure blood. as scrotulous aud skin
affections.
Zach bottle Of tho above medicines
bears upon lts wrapper "a badge of HON.
esty iu the fun list 81 ingredient. com.
posing it printed ga pl0u English
This frank and open publicity places
these medicines tn d class nli hu urlH-
sducs. aud Is the best guaranty 70 their
tor secret medicines for they are neither
btiHg ~ hlol0Ft composition.
tr Pierce feels that be can afford 20
take the afflicted into his full confidence
aui las an the ingredients 81 his mDdl
cines freely hgforc Them nccausc thC~o
ingredients are such as are endorsed and
most strongly praised hy scoree % th"
a#N|| HNNANHF NH ANAANN ~ H|
iur the diseases Tor which these mcti-
cIues ara recommended. Therefore. The
affiliated do mot have 20 rely alone upon
lr. Pie ce's recommendation ~ 20 Tue
curative value 81 bis medicines Tor GER
cain easily recognized q -eHses.
a glance 40 the printed formula IN
each bottle viii show that u1 alcohol ann
D. harmful or hattt. furuInr drugs enter
into Dr. PIcrce's mrI Does. they lDinr
nhHI'y compounded a. giyrrrIc extracts
% She roots 90 native American forest
plants These are hest and safest Tor
the enre OF most lingering. chronic dis
eases. Or. II. y. Pierce can te consulted
FHff ~ addressing him az Eunal1
y a.. and ai communication ate fe-
FarlHd a. sarredlY confidential.
Dr. ~ - easy O. o. sel as m-and
ml ) uure comfortable Constipation "a
the ranss % many forms 90 iihas,. fr.
fsfs- Pleasant Pellets cute c0ustira
IHn. They are tiny. sugar coated gran
lI=s uue lfftla pellet /. q gentle laaa-
tive tea = mild catLafuu Al dealers 10
uu1icihei stll thsm
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-17
TEXAS QUARANTINE
TO BE A RIGID ONE

Houston. Tex July tG-Dr William
pfumLy. state health officer. who beg
here today. says the state governor
viii shortly issue q proclamation de.
riullug thar tuberculosis is "a cuuta-
rious disease. Thc proclamation viii
put the railroads ou notice aud u viii
boz 70 statutory otfense. punishable hA
10 tine uf $500 60 haul a person ar
nlDtrd with u contagious disease into
the state. Or lu Interstate travel a
passenger demands that the carrier
bring him tu Texas. the health office
viii require that the railroad authoft-
lir. at the destination and the patient
aii is required 10 submit tu an exc
animation and " not the patient will
h. subject 60 deportation
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-07-17
F|NANCE,COMMERCE
AND STOCKS
VIII Street.

New York. July IG.-The stock mar
kct today was q duh afHir and had all
the usual characteristics of the mid
summer period. There was some ac-
tivity in three or four stocks but If the
shares of these are deducted from the
total sales for the day the remainder
Is iusignlficaut Union Pacific was the
active feature n It's sales make up
an important proportion of the days
business.
Amalgamated Copper and Reading
made W another important proportion
for the small doings of the day. The
general movement was sluggish and
hesitating In conformity with the mar
rnwness OF the market. The demand
for Union Pacific from domestic
sources was heavy and was more than
sufficient to absorb some large offer
ings for foreign account. London took
an u%nfavorahlc view of the New York
values ~ sent over quotations quite
radically reduced from last nights
closing level here. The resistance de-
yeloped by this influence WAS due en-
tirely 10 sympathy with the Union Pa
Cifc movement.
The stocks of the Hin group COM
pletcly sympathized with the Union
Pacific fluctuations. An obstacle 70
the rising tendency. due to the effect
of strength in Union Pacific was the
bad effect on sentiment produced By
the instability OF the price Of copper.
The stock market was confronted at
the outset today with a slump IN the
price of copper warrants In London.
II has been the subject of common dis
cussion that this reduction has failed
TO revive any demand for copper ana
opinions found expression today that
the fan In price must run several moro
cents before a stable level will be
found for future business. This Incl
dent aroused some anxiety I've he
whole business situation and the pos
sibility Of similar deadlocks owing to
the high prices In other lines
The june exports of agricultural
products was reported nearly uu-
changed from last year., a decline IA
cotton balancing "a rise in value of
brcadStum~. Prices rose rapidly in the
last half hour TO the best of the day.