New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-02-08
NOT AFRAID OF THE EARL BILL.
STREET CAR COMPANIES INDIFFERENT.

OFFICIALS SAY THAT 1T WILL NOT AFFECT THEM
HOURS or WORK AND RATES OF PAY.
The Earl bill, prohibiting street car companies
from "exactng" more than twelve hours labor DAY
from drivers and conductors passed Its third reading III
the Assembly on Wednesday, with amendment attached
which allowed extra work to he done for extra com
pensatOn To ascertain how the street car companies
view the a reporter OF TIE TRIBUNE yesterday
made inquiries OF the officers OF several OF them.
The secretary OF the Sixth Avenue Railroad Company
sad that he had paid no attention TO the BILL and that
tho other officials OF the company had given themselves
no concern about It, and did not think 1t would
necesstate any change in the rotations between the
company and it's conductors and drivers. For theSe
reasons" he said: "Our do not work twelve hours
day They are not paid by the day. but so much for
eacn tp" The tme-keeper said We have on our ROAD
about $50 conductors and drivers who have STEADY
employment They will average about Sl3 week
Seven trips Is considered days work the ro'hd UP
from Central Park to Vesey-st takes honr anu 90
minutes 80 that a man making seven trips Is actually
on the cars II hours and l2 minutes The round trip to
Canal-st takes hour and 20 minutes. For the long
round rlphe driver and conductor get % cents each
and for the short round trip % cents But the man "no
makes seven OF tho longest round trips gets 81 ana tue
conductor driver who makes seven round fps Oh 'e
shorter route 81 rs" Referring to the schedule he
showed that man taking out his car at 4:4i In the
morning would finish at 6:27 in the evening; getuns
meanwhile "a minutes for breakfast, l hour and 70
minutes for dinner and another rest of "a minutes In
all hours and l6 minutes OF leisure time between Ills
first and final trip.
James W. Fosbay. president OF the Broadway ana
Seventh Avenue Company said that ne ala not Dene'o
the bill would pass the Senate, and that II II dd ne
believed Governor Cleveland had sufficient good sense
70 veto it. But" he added II 1t becomes law, II won't
interfere at all with our business relations Win inc
conductors and drivers. They are pad so muoh
trip and average from 81 to - % day The average
interval between the start and finish would be- thnk
about hours but there rests between certain trips
so as to bring the actual working time within IL hours
n the men occasionally worked moro than that, being
Maid bv TIE trip they would be getting extra compen-
salon for extra work, and would have no ground OF
complaint according linz to to In9 Oi tho O
II. b. wilson, tho superintendent OF the EiShtn
Earl bill il it became law would necessitae any change
in the hours Of labor OF tho conductors ana Gver e
asserted that it would make not the shShlest clage
alleging the reason for his opinion as Ih9se pre-
have not bothered my head about the BILL and guess the
men who introduced it were seeking political capital
worEingman' As a matter OF fact. our don't
actually work over II hours day ana we nave Iat
more applicants for work than "e can ma employ len'
The secretary of the Third Avenue Railroad Company
had not thought it worth while To consider the Dill
seriously but satisfied that If passed the senate
would not nccesstae any change IN the hours o. aoor ol
the drivers and conductors. lie IelerIeu e ~
the superintendent Tor information % the average day
work of an empoye Ihat dmcu@n"iy WaT oe ny 70
said that he would give away the business OF the
cn,ura"v without dine authority" BIT il easy TO
find "A conductor who more communicative ne stli
that the round trip between Harlem and CITY Han TOOK
hours and 40 minutes. Five trips constituted day
work and for this the drivers and conductors were d
at the rate ~ cents trip thus receiving Tor Is ho
and 30 minutes actual work - 10. The shorter rOunu
frps from the CITY Hall to the depot at SiXty-nnhSt
occupied hour and 40 minutes; seven tfps consumes
Ia work and tine nay 274 cents per trip, or - 30
for / hours and 40 minutes Of actual WORK -,
None Of the officers present at inc oHccr OF III"
Tweuty-thrd Street CrOss-tUwn line hut 1t was Hocrr-
famed that the drivers received from - so To y %
day beiug paid At the rate OF II cents round "Trip.
None of the drivers encountered looked Tor any reIe
from the Earl hill although they complained OF being Oh
,lut, frotn 4 tn l6 hours day.