Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-14

amount Of money expended In ro-4
Worth alone for labor and saior;e. ~
various officers. The payrolls al the Foys
Worth anu Denver Will AVERAGE s15 opo
q month, and the Texas and Pacific viii
run from Sl9lOOO so $4,000 each
ImlOnU9i While the Fort Worth and Rio
HfNlue comes I'm with n roll eonntvhere
IN the neighborbood Of S35OOO 10 1000
a month ~ F-V''NV
II Is not an easy matter TO obtain the
exact hgures. as there ARE n prent many
railroad men In the city. especiollv IN
the traffic departments. whose checks
come 10 them direct. aud who are moi on
VIC payrOils OF the city forces. shop
4asuton or YAM. There Is the Cotton
1Slt' tor instance that pays a consider
able amount of money 10 The trajnpen
residing ia this city each month. vet who
90 NOT appear on any Fort Worth pay
ron. Ihe Houston and Texas Central
IS another, while the Missouri. Kansas
ana Texas tratiemen, depot agents. etc.
are PAID direct from the general Office
nnnu tnere IS no payroll for Fort Worth.
Ahe Shnta te with the exception Of its
yaru ana station payrolls. paws its office
men, traiiicnen. travelling auditor. claim
agent etc" all Of whom reside In this
CITY, yet who do not figure on a payroll
from Fort Worth. ~ ''''
Take the payroll Of the Texas aud
racine yardmen, an average of City men
being employed. The monthly payroll
averages $4,000 a mcnth or an average
monthly salary TO each man of $50. Ap-
pay TINS ratio Of pay TO the various yards
~ ~ lhe city aud We have on average Of
StzSu for yardmen alone each month i'm
me city. The average monthly payroll
TO cnginelacn Of the Fort Worth division
OF the Denver Is $1,000 Taking this
ratio for nearly four times the nuliber Of
men running In and out Of Fort Worth
on the Texas and Pacific. and the pay
ron OF me engine men Of the latter viii
run S3S,SOO Il month. No estimate or
actual figures Of the payroll Of the Texas
ana Pacific trainmen can be given, as
there h. nothing IN the rolls 10 indicate
the residence OF the men. and the only
way this can be ascertained is TO take
the number of men employed who run
out Of Fort Worth aud for that number
take from the roll the proportion of the
pay corresponding to tie number The
general office payroll of the Denver aver
ages $1,000 q month, the general payroll
of the conductors on this division $4,000.
a month and that Of the brakemen $1,000
month. Applying tie same rule. an
approximate iden can be formed OF the
Texas and Pacific payroll
Ike estimates made of the money
paid by the different roads drawn from
'NNih l'Ne l'AAN az MfAf NftNNNlhAts anu
these roads taken as the basis for the
computation of the rolls of other roads.
assuming the pay is equal In each case
for similar class of service, and we
have
Texas and Pacific payroll, S125,0OO;
Fort Worth and Denver payroll, $4,000:
Fort Worth and Rio Grande payroll,
$4,000; Cotton Belt payroll. $4,000:
Santa Zee payroll, 5000; Houston and
Texas Central payroll, S11lSOO; total,
S2J3SOO.
In addition to this must be taken the
pnyrolls Of the city offices of the Santa
Ec, tie Missouri, Kansas and Texas.
the Cotton Belt aud the Texas and
Pacific including the commercial agents,
general livestock agents, claim agents,
travelling auditors. city passenger and
ticket agents. travelling freight and pas
senger agents, operators, messengers and
porters, and the combined payrOlls of
these will equal II not exceed the differ
ence between $2l3SOO shown by the pay
rolls and the estimate of $250.O00 in
round numbers. These figures look large
but they are susceptible of demonstration
by anyone who win take the trouble 10
investigate the matter.