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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
ELECTRIC HEADLIGHT
ATTRACTING ATTENTION

Apropos Of the current headlight agi-
tation a number OF correspondents TO the
Locomotive Engineers Journal have taken
occasion 10 voice their arguments pro
and con on this important subject. II is
a matter OF interest To know the atti-
tude OF those who, from the fact that
they are the users of this equipment,
ought TO be best qualified to Judge OF its
value as a means OF promoting greater
safety In the movement of trains.
OF the eleven engineers whose letters
were published. all but two declared
themselves In favor OF the high power
light. They regard II as great saver OF
life and property, each being sure that
within his experience serious mtShapS
have been avoided wholly because OF his
having had the protection afforded by
the electric light.
That the intensity OF the light should
be a source OF serious injury 10 the eyes
OF the men in charge OF trains met on
adjacent tracks and likely to cause &C
cdent through temporary blindness and
inability 10 observe signals and possible
obstructions. is regarded as an unneces-
sary accompaniment to It's use; since, as
properly Installed the light should be
focused on the track not too tar ahead,
the intensity of the rays when meeting
an opposing train. This latter Drecaution
Is one that any self-respectinS engineer
should never fail to observe.
They feel that much OF the opposition
among their ranks comes from a dlsposi-
ton 10 skepticism with regard to what
ever device that may, LOT lne lllllS oclng'
partake of the nature of an innovation.
Irrespective of its merits. AS an instance
IL Is recalled that not few engineers
protested very emphatically against the
introduction OF the power brake, the
sight feed lubricator, the water glass. and
the injector.
the electric headlight. they say. is be-
youd question an effective means Of IL
Illuminating the track, is easily maninp-
lated requires but little attention, nrac-
tjcaIIy no cost for repairs, and is wholly
| dcpendable. Its initial cost is high. but
initial cost and maintenance is regarded
as very nominal rate on the insurance
| afforded against damage 10 life, property.
and the consequent legal en,auglements.
The two engineers who have expressed
thcmseivs as being unfavorably disposed
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
MORMON RANGE ROUTE
MEANS COSTLY WORK
Would Require Many Tunnels
and Bridges, but Grade and
Distance Are Good.

Although the three Salt Lake Route
engineers Friday remained silent con-
cerning what they found along the east
side of the Mormon range, 1t was learned
that they have found a route with easy
grades and probably the shortest dis
tance to avoid the Meadow Valley wash.
but that this line would require many
tunnels and bridges and would be COM
paratlxely an expensive piece of road
,, TO oulld- The line is said to be safe,
however, but II does not promise much
II anything from local traffic. and local
sraIIlc rs one OF the main considerations
IN mdiKing * s, a choice choice OF a new route:
tween possible routes has about sim
mered down to the Mormon range line
mat the three engineers have just gone
over, and TO the westward route by way
of Panaca or Phoebe across either Ben
nett pass or Bristol pass. with the choice
probably by way OF Panaca and over
Bennett pass.
This line would go to the west of the
Meadow Valley range of mountains out
on the desert, would be safe and would
cost probably the least OF all routes per
mile 10 build and maintain IL would also
yield considerable local traffic. especially
ore. while the grades are light, but IL is
about forty miles longer than the Nor
mon range route.
Thus, the choice OF route reduces itself.
according TO a certain railroad man. 10
81 matter OF finance rather than of en-
slneering Three elements must be con-
sidered, cost Of construction. cost OF op-
Grafton and maintenance, and earning
power. II IS understood that the Nor
mon range route would cost the more
both per mile and total. and that its
local earning power would be the lesser
but that because OF tho shorter distance
VI would cost less to operate and would
give faster time. On the other hand the
western route by way OF Panaca or Pio-
che would probably cost less 10 build and
would yield more through local traffic
but. being longer. II would cost more to
operate and would lessen the through
running time.
The choice in routes Will probably be
made. It is understood on the outcome
OF this financial problem for which II
will probably take some time. maybe
several months. TO collect the necessary
data on which 10 base reliable figures.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12

toward the electric headlight do so be-
cause of the fact that an engineer in
meeting train on an adjacent track is
temporarily blinded, this being partlcu-
larly true on long stretches of straight
track and because OF the difficulty In
detecting the colors OF lamp signals when
so brilliantly illuminated They admit
the desrability of having a good light.
but are inclined to favor an improved
oil or low power electric rather than go
10 the extreme and be subject to the
above possibilities OF disaster.
Naturally each of these men shades
his opinion to suit his particular expert
ence. The engineer whose run takes him
over single track line, through gorges.
tunnels: over bridges, trestles and along
capricious streams, sees world OF
weight behind his argument for the pene-
trating light. and Is very strongly In
sistent that he knows what he is talk
ing about.
On the other hand, as In the case Of the
two engineers who are not favorable to
the brighter light where trains are con
stantly being met on n relatively straight
line where two or more tracks arc EN- J.
ployed. and where block signals must
be observed every few hundred yards,
the argument against the electric head
light assumes q different aspect and af-
tects the engineer and the manager ac-
cordinGly,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
Numbers and Wages.

The latest comprehensive government
statistics about railroads arc three years
old. In 1906 there were 22j.363 miles of
railroad in the United States On June
so OF that year there were employed by
the railroads 1896 conductors whose
tralnmen whose average daily wage was
S2.35: 80. 500 engineers at $i.l2 day,
G2 SIS hremcn at S242 a day. and 5000
train dispntchers and telegraph operators
whose salaries averaged $2.13 day each.
The total OF the army, officers and men
little and big was $40 $50 There were
l521355 railroad employees and nearly
AZ per cent Of them were engaged in
Conducting transportation" This i3 per
cent got "a per cent of the total wages.
$3.50, ,202 707 out Of the 81 6,S7T,271 that
was paid out for work that year by the
railroads OF the United States.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
Peat in locomotives.

Owing TO the scarcity and high cost
Of coal in Sweden, numerous experiments
have been made In that country during
recent years with a View 10 the utltz :
ton Of peat as substitute for coal in
locomotives.
While II has been demonstrated that
peat used alone In the present type of
boiler Will not give satisfactory results,
II Is reported that a sufficient knowledge
Of the subject has been gained 10 war
rant the building Of a class of engine
in which the feasibility OF this fuel can
be fully demonstrated.
The day is reasonably distant on which
the railroads I'm this country Will need
to resort to peat as q fuel, but we are
finding It, necessary to give serious
thought to the use Of Ignite In some
parts of the west. and happily, with no
The eventual fuel famine Is thus being
somewhat postponed. but. nevertheless,
we are ready at any. time to show, our
Ern titudc to the people Of Sweden for n
solution 10 the problem of employing peat
as an agent In the generation of power.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
LITTLE MATTER OF SEVEN MILLIONS
DID NOT DELAY MORGAN'S LUNCH

NEW YORK, Feb. ll.-In deter.
mined effort to prevent the attorneys
for the Ohio and Indiana Independent
Telephone company from calling j. p.
Morgan to the witness stand in the
hearing before notary here, his coun.
sci today revealed Just what the famous
inancicr had to do with the $7,000,o 900
deal 1t shows how easily and quickly
great financial matters are handled in
Wall street
"H. B. Dawson, partner in the
Morgan firm, was the only one who
knew of the transaction said one of
Mr.. Morgan IS lawyers F.
"Aftcr he had made all arrange.
ments he sought Mr., Morgan TO tell him
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
Men. Machinery and Weather.

eXpcctedly which may make a passen
ger train arrive behind time at its des-
tinatlon. In some cases the direct cause
may be sudden arrangement OF some
thing connected with the rolling stock or
the track Again. It may be due TO the
failure Of cog IN the still more com
pIlcated human machinery. These two
great divisions OF the elements of delay
are being made more perfect year by
year.
There is one other. however. which
of the railroad scientists, and that Is
the weather. Heavy storms. excessive
heat or cold and all such things make
futile the best directed struggle TO bring
trains In on time.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
Railway Notes,

Ii is rumored that the Chicago & Alton
may soon open Offices in Salt Lake,
j. w. Gwyn. chief engineer of the
Denver & Rio Grande. and II. j.
Schlacks. architect of the Rio Grande
station, are in Salt Lake for few days.
The floor outside the Rio Grande sta
tion under the train sheds VIII be of cc-
ment. II will be laid as soon as a few
warm days come.
The cold weather leaves the mainte-
nance department OF the various rail-
roads all over the country with COM
paratlvely little To do nowadays. but
trouble is expected when the thaws be-
sin and the tracks heave. cuts fill In
and fills wash out. II is thought that
spring may cause more delay TO traffic
than has the cold weather and the snow,
All the railroad offices OF the city re-
port matters very quiet. but that a sud-
den jump In business may occur any
day.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
he Causes Anxiety.

cement that the Erie and
lackawanna IS Western
duce the westbound first
W York Chicago, from IS
10 100 pounds. has caused
1lnong the rate makers.
df-this Is 10 cQualize the
fate CT the all-raiI differ
ne Ontario G. Western and
NJ. Canadian Pacific routes.
are controlled by the New
1fen K Hartford.
q the Erie and the Lacka =
'rdcd with feelings OF anX =
Iscipitate n war In freight I
i means a complete re-
the rate throughout the
rtcrest now centcrs I'm the
lcoming announcement of
York Central, Pennsylva =
ftandard lines Will Go.
q the Eric and the Lacka =
Eore serious because of de-
lher wages. threatened
uer troubles now harassine
AZ any rate. II does moi
Eric intends 10 Increase
us employees.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
The Dispatcher.


While the engineer does the actual
physical work OF getting the train over
the road. It Is the dispatcher that has
the highest responsibility, for he has the
ordering not OF one train, but OF all.
According to It's length. each railroad
is divided into one or more divisions. For
each of these sections that vary in length
from $50 to ESQ miles there is one chief
dispatcher, He works eight hours. hard
ly leaving his desk during all that time.
He does little actual telegraphing him
self, for he has force of operators who
send out his orders.
The chief dispatcher's eyes are glued
almost constantly on an immense blank
form called train sheet that Is spread
out before him. On this, In many parallel
columns. is recorded momentarily the
movement OF each train over the line,
1t is simply an aid TO memory and a
matter OF permanent record, after all
for train-dispa tchers carry all this COM
plicated mass Of figures in their mem
ories. Their intellectual development in
their speciality Is as abnormal as that
of a champion chess player In his.
Like the master Of chess. the train
dispatcher must be able to look ahead
for half an hour, and TO see unerringly
what the position of each train Is likely
to be then and how one trains move
ment Will affect another's.
II he learns that the limited will be
half an hour late on entering his division
he must plan 10 give II the right OF way
over all other trains. so that the lost
time may be made up. II the next report
is that the limited is forty minutes late.
he must rcarrapge his plans entirely,
make new combinations OF meeting and
passing points, cancel hundred orders
given few minutes before, and issue
new ones.
Sometimes It happens, after all, that
the limited when II reaches his two-hun-
dred mile stretch OF rails, is but fifteen
minutes late, and then he has TO tear UP
his former plan OF battle against time
and make another entirely new one with
out a seconds hesitation. This would
not he so difficult il all the other trains
could be side-tracllcd until the limited
went by. But that would make them all
late. Therefore. he has 10 plan so as TO
keep every one OF them moving up to the
last minute and then hold them up for
the least possible time.
To do all this without making a single
error would seem the limit OF human
skill If the work were TO be performed
quietly and in seclusion. But the train
dispatchers office is always as feverish
In it's activity as the city room of
metropolitan newspaper five minutes be-
fore the first edition has TO go TO press.
Hardly minute passes but there is some
interruption. The telegraph instrument
on the dspatcher's desk begins chatter
Ing its teeth like Il man with chill.
Messages requiring immediate answer
are pokcd under the dispatcher's nose,
and he has TO read and listen and de-
eide and answer simultaneously
Yet the train -dispatcher's average
wage for this almost lnconceivable task
of getting the trains in on time Is about
q hundred dollars n month,
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
MEN co ON STRIKE
Seventy Machinists in Reno
Suddenly Walk Out for Un-
known Reasons.

RENO. New. Feb. 11-All the machin
isis IN the Sparks car shops OF the
Southern Pacific quit work this after
noon, and seventy strong marched out of
the grounds. The news OF the strike
came so suddenly that II was impossible
TO make n thorough investigation into
the cause and extent of the walliout. but
II is learned that II came almost with
out warning Ten minutes after the
wheels ceased turning, the shops were
deserted The roundhouse employees and
trainmen arc not affected by the strike,
An attempt to get into communication
with the superin tendents office this aft
ernoon failed. the only information given
out being that the machInlsts had
walked out and that the trouble was a
local one.
AL the local Oregon Short Line Of
trouble Friday night There was some
slight friction a week or more ago re-
ported over one man. but It was sup
posed at headquarters that the matter
was comparatively trivial and had been
settled. Details of the exact cause OF
the affair were not known to the off,
clals yesterday.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
Docember's Time Sheet.

During last December tho railroads OF
the state OF New York, according 10 their
reports to the public service commission.
ran SO per cent OF their trains on time.
This WAS out OF n total OF $4,000 pas
scnger trains. December Is one Of the
worst operating months I'm the year and
this Is considered an exceptional record.
The record for all the railroads in the
state for twelve consecutive months end
ing in November 1903. showed that Il
fraction over So per cent Of the trains
were ON time
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
ldad for saattle

Myo.. Feb. li.-Stock-
pehver, Laramie & North
{is company. at a meeting
nheu the transfer OF ali
pe Denver. Laramie &
hndilrosd company and in
ni s,ock from 1000. 900 To
s%n,eh s?2 100000 are 10 be
s Tor the construction of
"a vsu w The new lncorpora =
tue extension OF the line
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
|I0ADING AND
IA TIME KILLS CATTLE

I0N. Feb. ll.-Slow ham
|ock By the railroads causes
900 head annually, accord
<Cs before the house com
|EFstaie commerce today. y
i the committee fixing a
d Of sixteen miles an hour
roads may transport live
1ls-
ing, president of the Ma
oHers association, also tes-
<floading caused slow time
Ient great loss 10 shippers.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
t1siness Is Slower,

9, Feb. ll.-Prosidont AL
OF the Chicago. Milwau-
Is authority for the state
mess is notably slower I'm
y was a month ago. Here
tafling's statement:
Earned that the west is
s. Merchants who have
Esn buying in large guam
Hl16 up on their commit
'se who have ordered ship
uleclured goods for dellr-
tpring are countermandins
'9css recession may he on
y may not. but certainly
1vsnstructlon can he placed
OF Cancelled orders. !"
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
RAILROADS
)scONS0L|DATE
,or Rock Island Would
|ne Gigantic Trans
ration Trust.

RON. Feb. 11.-Roberl
IA counsel and chairman
',iye board of the Chicago,
. pacific railroad, and a son
<haIrnan OF the Interstate
.c,nmission. vigorously OPP
|,,InistratIon railroad bill to-
.ring given by the senate
/, Interstate commerce.
q is practically the first to
.,v decided way the admin
.Icy OF controlling the issu-
Ia and bonds by railroads
"a the acquisition of new
La YOU advise the govern
ali of the railroads of the
IA propose 10 combine as
.rnoration?' was asked OF
'durlng the course of the
. abould be enacted which
feir and just rates for the
of the people. and then
sholild be encouraged In
So,,ld he ACCOMPLISHED" he
.6ecfiye control of capitali-
~ was the publicity now
6y law. which he thought
n IN the future all OF the
direction. OF which COM
IN made In the past. Mr..
|rded that the effect of the
<lation would be TO pre-
railroads from developing
||ces as had made eastern
"a He said he was not
|stlng conditions. where one
cspltalized at Sil5, 900 a
nor at only 100000. Such
|he said, might have been
4 by imprudent or reckless
In cases OF that kind, he
.r of the roads would be
20 10 the wall. and he de
oply way OF maintaining
mich had been constructed
zreat undeveloped areas.
combine them with other
also contended that the
rment had no power 10 pro-
Il and that II IL WAS pro-
|57m any such function the
1ould begin with mines and
INIT OF patepts and other
.re the business OF the COR
less open TO public scru-
. reilroad corporations. and
<re we're many small and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12

about it and to obtain his formal con
sent. Mr.. Morgan had Just left his
cab at the curb and, through the win.
dow of il, told Mr.. Morgan the princi
pal details and that the Morgan firm
was to pay r, l., Day & Co, $7,245, ,000
for the Ohio and Indiana companies
That was the first and only thing Mr.
Morgan ever heard of the matter. But
ho said:
'All right; go ahead with the deal
and close il up. m i'll hurry now
To keep luncheon appointment
''That is all Mr. Morgan knows about
it.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12
NE R Ow MS
BRONCHIAL TROCFIES

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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-12

Tribune Want Ads.
Bell Main $500, Independent $50.
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-09-23

A. j. Newman returned yesterday
from Boise where he had been for
a few days on business.
A GOOD POSITION be had
I'm the fled Of Wireless Of Railway
by ambitious young men and ladies
Telegraphy. Since the eight-hour
law became effective, and since the
Wireless companies are establishing
stations throughout the country,
there is a great shortage of tele-
.graphers. POSITIONS pay beginners
from $40 to $50 per month, with
good chance of advancement. The
National Telegraph Institute Of
Portland, Oregon, operates six Off
cial institutes in America, under
supervision of railroad and wireless
officials and places all graduates in
to positions. 1t will pay you to
write them for full details.
Alfalfa is making three good cut
tings this season all over Lincoln
/ county. Even The north line OF the
county where the altitude is high
est VIII mature the third cutting
all right. The NoNinger aud Oar
rah ranch reports fine stand for
thr third crop with two heavy cut
lings already in the stack. This
ranch extends to the high line ca
nal of The Idaho Irrigation COM
pany's system which clings close to
the rorlhern foothills. As fine a
field Of alfalfa as the writer ever
gazed upon was the first crop Of
15-acrc field on this ranch which
was Inc thild seasons growth. En-
perienced ranchers state that the
third season alfalfa reaches its
perfection ana that after few
More seasons it i'eIEs to deteriate
and should he piDwed up.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1910-09-23

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long standing, it may be either a
cute or chronic, but whatever it
Is Ioley's Kidney remedy will aid
you to get rid of it quickly and re-
store your natural health and Wig
or. "One bottle of Foleys Kidney
remedy made me we'll" said J.
Sibbull of Grand View, Wis. Com
mence taking it now. T. NJ. Starrh.