The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-01-17
NOT STARVING.
Edward Wilder ana j. @. Wilson on 3
Recent Colorado Dispatch.

Edward wilder ana j. O.. Wilson on "a
Recent Colorado Dispatch.
The following letter written by Treas
urer Wider of the Santa Fe, and APT
proved by Receiver j. &. ~ wilson, has
been forwarded TO IL Cochran, general
agent 0l the Santa Fe ia Denver:
~The item in the Associated Press as
to communication by our employees 20
the governor representing That because
of DELAYED pay Gay, many OF our EN-
ployes We're on the verge Of starvation,
seems 20 me 40 give very erroneous inn
precision. which ought to BE corrected
by prompt explanation TO the governor
and others ia authority and such publici-
TT AS may be deemed proper Under our
old time schedule Of payments the
checks for tine Colorado division we're
SENT out from here by the 25th ~ tine
following month. AS result Of
the recent financial disturbances.
we were compelled to fall behind
this date and the CHECKS tor septem-
Der we've not sent out until about the
10th of November, thus being twenty
DAYS Tate.
~The checks for October were sent ont
from the list to the 4th Of December, thus
having caught UP ten days over tile Sep
tenn Der schedule. Unavoidable causes
compelled delay in sending out MOI
vember checks until the 10Th and l9tn of
this month"; which is about the time that
the September checks were sent out, and
had I'VE not tried 10 catch up ou the Dc-
tober delivery the pay days would have
been just about thirty days apart. We
an appreciate how important ID is for our
men. and especially for the merchants on
the line on whose business we depend for
a revenue, to have our pay days as regu-
lar as possible, and this matter received
our constant and first consideration. In
the twenty-five years Of my owsi expert
ence with the company we have never
had such demoralizing conditions to con-
tend with as have prevailed within the
last Six months, and Ia all this period the
regularity of pay day has been very mo-
ticeable and has done much to confirm
the impression chat no matter what hap
pens the checks viii go out promptly.
wv hen ii Is realized that more than
million dollars month is dlsbursed for
this purpose, II can readily be under
stood how depression in general bust
ness and disturbance jim income may
compel irregularity. especially during
periods when banks, from the same
causes. were unable TO make temporary
loans which had always heretofore been
available freely t. preserve our regular
ity. lt IS confidently expected that the
checks for December viii 20 out for the
western division at least week earlier
than N0vembers We're sent and that
another gain viii be made on the Jam
uarv checks, SO that the February
checks may be- sent out approximately
ON tine OLD anne 1cutQUtt 4 MS lH ytIAr
much upon the heariIne-5 Wltn winch all
the employees unite in preserving 2
prompt movement of business on The
line. and the avoidance of disturbances
which serve to reduce income and in-
crease expenses
81 think there must be some serious
mistake ia the report that employees who
have been receiving monthly wages, even
though delayed from one Is three weeks,
are - the verge of starvation. There
may be a few individual cases Of new
employees or a special misfortune. which
do not form q class. and SHOULD not be
used TO convey a false impression Of
general condition.