The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-01-31
MANAGER OF THE TRAFFIC BUREAU
COMMANDS RESPECT OF RAILROADS

/ Now ] am located and ready for bust
/ ness I nave as fine AT office as / could
/ wish for, and an office force that l be-
lieve viii be entrelx satisfactory. I have
I been around among the people consider
/ ably and have been made to feel thar They
Z have confidence in me. The railroad peo-
pie whom 1 have talked with have en-
cOuraged me to believe that they will
give me the best support they can com
mand- Altogether ] feel very well salts
fled with the outlook, and / believe we
are going to get some results that the
people of Salt Lake will approve and
that the railroads also will be pleased
with"
That was the substance of what S. H.
Babcock said yesterday in the new Of
flee just fitted up for his use as man
ager of the Salt Lake Commercial club s
traffic bureau There has been some nee
essary delay in getting everything start
ed, but now Mr.. Babcock saws he is
ready to take off his coat and get down
TO business in real earnest. There were
great many applications for positions
IN bis office, but he has finally made Sc
lections and says he is confident he has
two good men for the work.
The traffic clerk is John A Lloyd of
TINS city Mr.. Lloyd. according to Mr..
Babcock, has taken hold of his duties
with swing that proves he is no nov
ice In fact, Lloyd gained considera bic
experience in just the kind of work he Is
now engaged in while clerking in the
general offices of the Oregon Short Line.
j. Rex Dowdall has been employed as
clerk and stenogTapher, and yesterday
took his place at a new desk with a new
typewriter in front of him. and pound
cd Off the first letters dictated By Mr.
Babcock to be written on the new sta
tionery of the traffic bureau.
Mr. Babcock is now engaged in prepar-
ing rather lengthy communication to
all of the local railroad officials This
viii be issued within q few days. 1t will
be in the nature of a greeting and will
generally set forth the views of the traf-
fic bureau and his own plans and poll
cies as manager of the bureau.
If there has been in the past any fric-
ton between the traffic bureau and the
railroad officials in Salt Lake, il seems
pearance of Mr.. BabcOck upon the scene
Mr.. Babcock has visited the officials fire.
quently since he arrived and they have
been often in his office. These calls have
been of a friendly mature, and judging
from remarks made by the railway off
ii was s. h Babcock whom the CONNER
cial club secured to manage its traffic
bureau His long railroad experience.
they say, has fitted him for the work
in hand. The railroads. the officials saw
know that there are many things regard
ing traffic rates that Salt Lake City
needs and is entitled to and should have.
but they say they themselves are pow
eTlesS in the matter. These things they
state, are things that require study and
analysis It is necessary to have a man
on the job who can devote his time to the |
work of ferreting out these improvements, |
arranging the details and then. when ev- /
erything has been arranged. know Just /
how to go at it TO get what is needed. I
And they say s H Babcock is the man
for that work and that they. as far as /
they are able, will help him. A traffic /