The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-02-03
WAGES NAY BE CUT.
Heavy Reductions Offered to
Lake Shore Enginemen.
RETURN OF VANCOUVER PARTY.
Resolutions Of Thanks to Railroads.
Overland Kate War impeadtng-
q. ~. steamer Lsse.

The reduction OF the wages Of engineers
and hreuaen on the Northern P.esflc road
il likely TO &c followed By ore on the Lake
Shore road for ;hoss classes Of employes
Notice Of a proposed reduction. to take
effect on February ~. has been sent 10 the
employees By Receivers Brown and Brrans
and is now being considered By the former.
The principal features Of the proposed
change are the abrogasson of the system
of paying on the basis Of fd0 miles run as
days work and the abolition Of aii printed
rules. ieaving IL 20 tho officials TO mare
sny changes they think needed In the
Standing rules. IL - proposed 10 make
ten hours = days work on freigh. and pas
scnger trains and twelve hours on work
and switching trains, with the PRO-
viso that when crex has pa.
away It's engine NJ the end OF
rna II shau be credited Nith a
days pay, even though ten hours have
not been occupied. Under the proposed
scale the wages would be 81 y day and -
cents an hour overtime for freight. pa-sen
ger and work train engineers and s. dag
and 70 cents an hour for switching Ell
gineers. The rates for firenea on con-
soiidatioB engines would be: Freight.
81 20 day and q cents an hour overtime
passenger. Sc 30 n day and - cents an
nouf: work trains. - a day and 23A
cents an hour; switching. 81 * day and
81 = cents an hoar. on six-gheel con-
necfed engines. except switch engines,
the rates proposed are. Freight and pas
senger trains. s2.3, and . =. cents an hour.
work trains. =. . and 2s5s cents: switch
Ing. 81. - and i7iz cents. On standard
and other engines the rates would be:
Freight. passenger and work trains. s. .
aud - cents. switching. si.75 and IL,
cents.
These rates involve large reductions on
those now pad on the longer runs Thus
on the run from Seattle 10 smmas, Us
miles. occupying sir houra and twenty
five minutes, the engineer receives g. Al
and the fireman s3.o3. besides overtime for
the time speut in putting the engine away
Under the proposed scale their pay would
be 81 and e. = respectively for the trip and
the hosting work. although II would not
take n full day. This is q reduction of ~
per cent. For the run from Seattle 10 Sc
dro and return. iI5 miles, for which the
time IL seven hours and fifteen minutes,
the engineer receives $7.32 and the fireman
"a III. while under the proposed scale they
would be paid 81 and s2.25. reduction of
40 per cent. From Seattle to Sedro. eighty
seven miles in ten hours for freight train,
the present rates are -. 20 and 81 20 for en-.
gineer aud fireman respectively. while
the proposed rates are 81 aud $3.50 re-
spectiyely. reduction in the aggregate of
per cent. For the runs 10 North BEND
and Gilman. seventy-two and forty-two
miles respectively, there would be no re.
duction. as the men now receive full
days pay, or 100 miles pay for the run.
This change would make saving of over
$500 month TO the road, and would bring
1t back to the rates paid before the North
ern Pacific took charge of tho operanpn
of II.
As the new rates were only submitted 10
the employees ON Wednesday. they have
not yet had time 20 take action on them.
but there viii doubtless be a conference
with receiver Brown on the subject In a
few days.