The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-18

| York on Wednesday and Thursday
January 10 and 90. 1910. The business
meeting viii be called TO order at 1O
o'clock on Wednesday morning. The ar
| rangcments for excursions and entertain
ments win soon be announced In a circu-
| lar.
BY n decision handed down last week,
| express companies are liable for the full
vatue OF goods destroyed through tho neg
! ligence OF the carrier. and that the arbi-
trary value of $50 placed on all packages
where the value is not stated by the
shipper does not necessarily cover the re-
sponslbility OF the express company. The
decision was received with much interes,
in commercial circles.
Indications OF what propositions the
deal with are coming 10 the surface a
petition has been filed with the secretary
oil state which contemplatcs state owner
ship OF both the Boston Railroad Holding
company and the Boston Maine rail
road. II is signed by Herbert f. keith
and petitions the legislature TO authorize
the commonwealth TO purchase and hold
the stock of both of these corporations
Governor Eberhurt OF Minnesota said
Friday that conditions in the swltchmen' S
strike appear TO be Improved. though not
normal 1t was his opinion that, even
were the strike declared of Immediately,
conditions could not be made normal
probably for more than Il month on ac-
count of the freight congestion, Cover
nor Eberhart said that he would make no
gether unless his reports show lhat con-
ditlons are serious enough to warrant IT.
An advance of S. month to telegraph
operators in relay offices, wire chiefs and
office managers on the Santa Fc railroad
system has been announced. Nosdemands
had been made by the telegraphers, who
are unorEanizcd and the increase was
given by the company IN recognition OF
efficiency and To encourage loyalty ac-
cordlng To the bulletins sent out announc-
ing the increase In pay. The operators
on the system who have charge OF relay
offices now average about $50 a month,
while wire chiefs receive about Sll5 and
managers s125 n month. About 800 men
Will benefit by the advance.
Salt rates have been readjusted by the
interstate commerce commission in the
middle western territory, comprising
oklahoma and Arkansas, where salt is
produced largely. The new rates which
have been made effective have not been
in effect long enough for the commission
10 determine whether or not they are en-
tirely responsible, but, in view of the
lowering OF the rates by tho railways. the
case OF the Muskogee traffic bureau
against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Railway company has been ordered dis
missed without prejudice
Signal corps OF railroads through the
country have decided on change In the
color OF lenses 10 be used along the
tracks and In signal towers The new
rules and colors went into effect on the
Pittsburg & Lake Erie on December 15
and throughout the New York Central
system arrangements for the change are
practically well advanced. The present
white lens Will be done away With and a
yellow lens take its place The main rea-
son for the change is that many accidents
have resulted from the use of the white
light. j. 3. Yohe general manager, and
4. r. Raynor, assistant chief engineer OF
the Pittsburg & Lake Erie. have COM
pleted all the necessary arrangements to
effect the change on that road
The traffic movement of the railroads
for October, as measured by the number
OF freight cars handled by thirty-three
car-serVice associations and demurrage
bureaus. 3,2I4155 cars. continues 10 show
gains over the figures OF the earlier
months OF the year as we'll as the corre-
cars handled by these associations during
the ten months of the present year, 25,-
70i.T2l cars. was l3 per cent larger than
the corresponding number in 1908 and
even In excess OF the corresponding num-
Der two years ago, These figures were
compiled by the bureau of statistics de-
partment of commerce and labor.
Five Omaha business men are named
as lncorporators of the Portland. Lake
50O-mIle line through Oregon, with a
capitalization Of S10,0oo,0o0. They arc
Charles 8. Elgutter. attorney; William s.
Dexter. formerly confidential manager for
the Rosenbaum Brothers company OF
South Omaha; Edward Robinson, civil
engineer; James Burns and Sidney r.
RheInstrom. The main line will have it's
southeasterly To Goose Lake. Several
branch lines are specified In the plans
The main line south will have its ter
minal at Phoenix,