The evening times., 1896-02-12
NO RESPECT FOR THE IIY
Electricians ion the Capitol Work
Many Hours a Day.
NEPoTIsN Is sFLoURIHING
The Head Electrician Has Put Quite
+. q Number OF Relatives Into Fat
Places Under Him-More Than
Eight Hours, Day and Night, Are
Demanded Of the Men.

The labor laws of Congress are again
being violated, and this time under the
eyes OF the lawmaking body.
Twelve men are required nt the CapitO
to look after the motors, wires and lamps
that furnish the statesmen with electric
light. Eleven out of these twelve men are
required to work from eleven TO twelve
hours day, Sunday occasionally thrown
In, in spite Of the fact that these same states
men have declared it misdemeanor to
compel employees to work longer than eight
out Of every twcnty-four hours.
The twelfth man is the foreman OF the
electricians and he neither needs to nor does
work so many hours, it is asserted, out OF
the day. His nameis C. r. Glcim.
Eacn year sees an increase in the use of
electric lighting at the Capitol. IL was
only at the beginning OF the present ses-
sion that Congress owned its own plant.
Prior TO that the electric i!luminant used
was furnished by the Westinghouse Electric
Company. The colipany's plant was SO
small that but few men were required TO
operate the machinery.
When IL was decided TO equip not only
the committee ro0nfg, but also both lcgis-
lative chambers and the Supreme Court
room, with electric lights Congress deemed
It advisable 10 furnish its own plant.
TOO MUCH WORK TO Do.
Mr.. Gleiin, who had been In the employ OF
the Westinghouse Company, was retained
and made head electrician, at a salary OF
$1,000 year. lie gathered about him
eleven more electricians, and they are now
compelled 10 do the work that would
appear almost hard for twfc. as many men.
Eight men are required TO look out for
the lights during the day. Tho day shift is
r..l.
at O'Clock in the morning. They are
gwen one hour for lunch, ana compelled 10
stay until O'Clock or later in the evening
AT night four men are required TO attend
TO the lights and fires, aRd they must stay
On during The time the day shift is away.
The SHIFTS are changed so that each force
may have day work IN succession. -Four
men are required 10 b. present on sundays.
Th,. foreman reports between and S
O'Clock in the morning, and after brief
.Il-rral OF time goes away again for
ORE. kfasi. and leaves for the day early
in the afternoon.
The appointments are all made by Mr..
Glenn. The next highest salary under his
own is l.44c. This salary is received by
five of the clectr.cians. Three more re-
ceive 81 ,Os0 each year. The remainder OF
the men get S12O each.
Two of the recipients Of the 81 44O sala-
A third member of the family draws one OF
the 81 ESQ salaries. The electricians say
that there is favoritisu shown one OF the
relatives, who. they say, knows nothing
about electricity but what he has CLEANED
from books. ani that his practical electrical
education dates from hast August. Yet he
IS the recipient of one of thc most munificent
salaries. The other two members OF the
family are reported tn have been raised from
the ranks OF brickiayers and fireman in a
brick kiln respectively.
The following is Il complete list of the men
c. /. Glcim, hez,d electrician, salary,
50 500: Isaac Chilas. brother -in-iaw OF
Gieirn: Harry bean. cousin of Gleim's wife:
Thomas America, Edward Dresiler and
Peter Hepburn all al tsalarieseach Of 81 40;
Joha Crawford. cousin of Glc;m's mother
in-law; Harry Chandler and William Abra-
hams. salary. 81 .0so: Charles Hood. Mich
acl Burke and Samuel Ullman,h salary,