The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-21
LABOR AND WAGES.
What Tho Working People Of LoadvIllO Hs
Paid.
Leadvillo Chronicle.

zach mail from other parts of the o0un-
try brings hundreds OF letters asking the
wages paid in Loadville, and whether there
ia demand for moro laborers, clerks, etc, here
To snswer these questions correctly 10 the
purpose OF this article. A large oItra edition
OF our mammoth Weekly will be printed
noxt week, to supply those who hayo not
time to write letters with this much sought
information, for the benefit Of their friends
elsewhere.
DRY GOODS.
Tho clerks in dry goods houses receive
from $l5 to $50 per week. The book-koepors
get 1915 per week. aud some o the most expert
get more than that, Cash boys aro paid
from 81 so to "a per week, the average being
81. Lady clerks get from $l5 TO $50 per
week. Carpet layers arc paid from 3 to
cents per yard, and there is ono in tho city
who makes $50 per week. First-cass sales
men are always in demand. Poor ones
abound and fairly swarm about the stores in
search of situations. Dishonest onos are
also plentiful. Porters are paid $l2 per
week. Carpet layers, who understand their
business, are scarce and hard 20 get.
CLOTHING.
Clerks in clothing stores arc paid from $50
TO $3.50 per month, according TO ability.
Good statesmen, who are honest and reliable
are hard to get, but, as n rule, our stores are
are plenty Of applicants for places, but they
al ,pn mt oh
BOOTS AND sHoEs.
The salary paid good statesmen is 800 per
month. Few are employed here and there is
demand for more, although tho stores are
troubled by numerous applicants
HARDWARE.
Competent hardware clerks are scarce and
can always get work. They are paid from
$75 to $3.50 per month. Poor ones abound
and can be picked up on every corner. There
is no demand for them. Timers, roofers
and sheet-iron workers are paid S3 per day.
The supply is equal to the demand,
CARPENTERS.
Just now there are plenty of carpenters.
who are paid $3.50 to 81 per day. "Wood
butchers" are too numerous, and those not
here are cordially invited to stay away.
When spring comes there will be more build
ing and consequently more demand for good
workmen.
PLAsl ERERs.
The wages of plasterers are the same as
those of carpenters, and there are enough
here now to do all the work that can be
found for them. Spring will bring with it
demand for men skilled in this branch of In
dustry.
GROCERY CLERKS.
Clerks in grocery stores are paid from S75
TO 800 per month"; with board. The ruling
salary is, however, $75 per month, without
board. Plenty of good men can be secured
at that figure, and the town swarms with
them. Drivers of delivery wagons are paid
from $l5 to 500 per week.
BANK CLERKS.
There are probably few banks in the coun-
Try that pay as large salaries as do our own
Leadville institutions. The cashiers receive
5000 per annum. The tellers get from
$1,80O to $1,000 per annum. The book
keepers are paid from 81 500 to $780, The
clerks, collectors and messengers get $1,000
The porters are paid 5000. There is no de-
nand for more bank clerks here at present.
HOTEL EMPLorEs.
The day clerks in our hotels receive 800
per month. They are more polite and at
tentive than those of the East, and il would
not do for them to become insolent as the
average carbonate hunter is not slow in pull
ing the pistol. The night clerks get $40 to $50
per month. The stewards are paid S75 per
month, while the head waiter gets $50. Regular
walters receive S35 per month; chamber
maids, $50; the chief cook 500, his one or
two assistants $75 each: bar-tenders, $75;
porters $50 each, and dishwashers $50. All
Of these, of course, have their board in addi-
lion to the salaries named. There is y wait
ers' union in the city, and the prices paid at
the leading hotels are the same at the lower
priced hotels and restaurants. All the hotels
are run over with applicants for places.
DRUG CLERKS.
The salaries paid drug clerks range from
$50 TO 500 per month, board and washing
being added IN some cases. Very good ones
have, in few instances, received rs high as
Sl40 per month with board, but 500 is
about the highest salary now paid. There |
are plenty of young men in the city who |
claim to be chemists, but as a rule they are |
men who have worked in small towns back |
East where three to six prescriptions per day |
was the average, and this sort of experience |
does not fit man for a place here, where |
hundreds ofprescriptions must be compound
ed daily. If the majority of these fellows
would adopt as their motto prescriptions
accurately COMPOUNDED" they would hit the
nail on the head. We have one or two
clerks here who do not know bsnset from
stramonium, and no more Of this class are
wanted
wATcHhAKRRs AND JEwBLRs.
Watshmskss and jewellers are paid from