Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-02-14
NEW WAGE SCHEDULE
What The Southern Railway Company
Proposes 10 Pay Its Employees.
ADJUSTMENT OF INEQUALITIES.
All Men Doing the Same Work Must Re-
CsiYe the Same Pay.
SOLVENT. But NOT WEALTHY.
Resources Provided Through Wcor-
esnixauon Must he Used for Fer
mnncnt Improv cmcnts-Rc'r""es
Must Fay Operating Esp""'-
slight Advance In Gencr"' N''
ADJUSTMENT OF INEQUALITIES.
SOLVENT. BIT NOT WEALTHY.

In the subioincd paper. iai1 De''''
conference held In Washington Ses'e'D"s
between officers Of the southern i'"''""
COMPANY ana committees rep'''"''S
tho e,nnloyecs OF the several departments
a,d yiven ont here for puohcaVon' '"'
cor,,snv gives In detail the schedules Oh
- ,ho, :. is willing 10 pay its men
from MAY lsi or sooner. II asteeaoie "
tho committees who are au'hof'|eu !"
sneak for the operatives.
telegram, received by the Dispatch
,ro,, Washington says that the confer
erre WAS entirely harmonious Mr.. Bald
NJ, third vjce-president. met the COM
,pft,eo on behalf OF the company. ana
e,bn,ltted the statement which. after
some Informal talk. was taken under
consideration by those 10 whose hands
the interests Of the operatives had been
entrusted.
In IT'S answer 10 the request Of the men
for the restoration of the wages paid
IN 1891. the Southern Railway Company
las adopted method of treatment Of
this subject different. it is believed. from
any heretofore used. In thorough and
fNIAuHttNf AlAisHiN 81 tif f'tAhi'i 'i'i
and industrial conditions affecting the
question Of wages. and the relative posi-
ton 81 railroad employees as compared
with those engaged in other industries.
publishing these in a pamphlet. addressed
10 engineers. conductors. and trainmen,
which contains reasons why tho com
pany is unable to make general increases
al present
The Reply ia Detail.
Here is the fun text OF the company's
pamphlet. which Will be read with int.
rest by all railroad people:
WASHINGTON. u. G.. February ., 1885,
TO THE ENGINEERS. FIREMEN.
CONDUCTORS. AND TRA1NMEN OF
THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY. AND
TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE OF THE
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE
ENGINEERS. BROTHERHOOD OF
LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN. ORDER OF
RAILWAY CONDUC"TORS. BROTH
ERHOOD or RAILROAD TRAIN
MEN:
H. accordance with the understanding
with your respective committees upon
december lStN idri. 81. Wv '4tl'T VI lftH anu
rules and regulations governing all lines
controlled by the Southern Railway COM
pnny have been prepared. and are given
herewith
You have been advised of the necessity
az this time for new rules and schedules
a. the only satisfactory means Of re-
moving many inequalities of pay and Of
T., %
the previous separate control and man
acement az the several component parts
O. the system.
II IS proper. however. now 10 call at
terti1u To many important considerations
bearing upon your request for resto-
ration Of the rates Of pay in effect prior
to october, 1896
owing 70 tho erat depression in bust
ness and decrease in revenue Of the rail-
roads under their charge, the receivers Of
the Richmond and Danville and Of the
East Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia
companies found ii necessary 10 reduce
the pay Of employees taking effect In
October and November 1896, and Febru-
AIRY. lsai
The reductions were:
On the Richmond and Danville lines
per cent upon all receiving In regular
service not les than so nor more
than $50 per month.
10 per cent. upon All receiving s65 to
S2Ns} per month.
L. per cent upon all receiving from
se's 30 TO SuCe7 per month.
% per cent upon al receiving over
SnhG per month.
On tho East Tennessee, Virginia and
Georgia lines
per cent. upon all receiving legs than
$50 per month.
lo per cent. upon all receiving from
so 10 500 per month.
y per cent. upon all receiving over
500 per month.
Between July / and September !,
lS,i the Southern Railway Company took
possession OF the Richmond and Dan
vile and Eas; Tennessee. Virginia and
Georgia properties. and Immediately made
further reductions IN the salaries Of gene
raj officers and others varying from 10
per cent. 10 - per cent. hut made no
OF yourselves or of other employees re-
csiving rates the same as those received
by you. or less.
some or the most important inequalities
now requiring adjustment are caused
by the difference in the reductions s;ill
81 crcct upon the lines OF the old East
Tennessee. Virginia and Georgia and the
Richmond and Danville systems affecting
these employees whose rates OF pay were
less tnan SIS per month
This adjustment is 10 be made by equal
izrg tac pas Of employees on the East
Trne-eec. Virginia and Georgia lines
VIII those on the Richmond and Dan
vile.
THE schedules and rules in effect prior
t. tu- reductions. as above cited, were
fo.m Ily adopted m 1870 and 1891.
SINCE then marked and disastrous
changes have occurred in the CONNER
cal and industrial conditions throughout
the territory taverscd by the lines Of
the southern Railway Company. resulting
In groatS-gcduccd revenues, as will ap-
pear from tho following.
statement al Gross aud Net Enrn-
ings of All Lines Now Composing
the southern Halfway system,
ISDi-I~pi.