Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-04-19

per day; but few men possess the talent
, necessary 10 acquire success, and their
wages are paid according to the efficiency
with which they execute their work. In
order to meet the demand workman should
be able to carve marble into any
kinds of shape, and when they reach pro-
ficiency as a sculptor they can command
almost fabulous prices. However, few men
possess this talent, and large majority of
men are compelled to serve five or six years
in order to become marble cutters; and
some men never become marble cutters"
Mr. c. W. beats, general foreman of the
Texas and Pacific shops at this place, who
has secured his position by application TO
business and sObriety, was interviewed on
all lines of the railroad business. He said
THE secret of success in the railroad bust
ness is sticking to one road and attending
to your business. Many railroad men be-
come chronic kickers and swear that their
lot is worse than purgatOry by changing
from road to road. 4 good man can secure
work on almost any road, and they are
easily enraged and often quit without cause
Then there are numbers of men who are
naturally vicious, and they materially assist
in degrading the business. However, there
are many men in the employment OF rail-
road companies who are honest, sober, in
dustrious men, and who are respected,
honored and esteemed by their fellow
laborers and employers. Ii a man is q will
ing workman, applies himself assiduously
and exhibits a desire to earn his
wages, he will be rapidly promoted. The
railroad companies need reliable men, and
such men receive the cream Of the employ
ment In regard 10 machinists, they make
So % per day and we start a strong boy
eighteen years old at the business at 81 per
day and his wages are increased as he
learns the business. He must apply him
self for five years before he is entitled TO
membership in the union. II a boy de-
sires to become an engineer he applies at
, the shops and IS put to wlping engines. IL
| ne displays energy and industry he is soon
| put to firing a switch engine Sometimes
| 4 boy viii wipe engines for month and IS
| then put on switch engine. He fires the
switch engine short while and is then put
| on an extra, finally developing into reg
ular fireman. However, some men never
| grow away from a wiper. The fremen
| make from $50 to 800 month. They and
| the engineers are paid by the mile. The
| average run on an engine is five years; but
| this is owing to the man and what the gen
eral foreman thinks of him. Some men
are elevated in three years. Engineers
| make an average of Sl25 per month and hold
| their situations as long as they attend to
| their business. l began rallroadlng thIr-
| teen years ago. was a brakeman, fire.
man, an engineer, and | suppose my APP
| plication and sobriety promoted my ap-
| pointment to this position. have control of
| all the engines, rolling stock, etc, that
| comes into Fort Worth, and hold the third
| highest position in the machine department
| of the road. The master mechanic at Mar
| shall is the highest machinist on the road,
| and the foreman at Big Springs is next.
| The wages of green fireman and an old
| fireman are the same. If the green man
| can do the work he makes the money, and
| it is the same with brakeman. A brake
| man also eyolutes into a conductor in about
| five years. Machinists Climb up according
| to their energy, many of them evoluting
| into master mechanics
In conclusion the reporter would add that
| the members Of almost every trade have a
union, and to develop into a competent
workman it is advisable for boy who de-
| sires to learn trade to apply to the union
| for information as to where he should seek
employment It would be impossible for
| boy to hold position any length of time
| unless he was on friendly terms with the
| union employees, as the employment Of non
union labor breeds strife and enmity upon
\ the part of union men. Especially does
| this apply to the railroads.
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