The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-10-10
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.or Texas, october s.--rhe pres
~ unusually large number Of
~ shore front has prompted the
!. N the number Of men employed
v,ekly wage bill. The investiga-
~. some startling figures and in
g era Of prosperity In Galveston
ant Of by many.
handling freight from the railroad
,ba ships hold and from the ships
!. car during the past week. CAL
win pay tonight for physical labor
$4,000.
Mallory line Is working its regular
a. 1875 men and they are busy pretty
i, Of the time. There is no way to
The exact figures Of the Labor bill
line but it is not far from $4,000 per
when conservative figures are used.
money is kept In circulation right
but little Of 1t remaining In the
al those who earn 1t.
mman & Dolson are doing the steve
for the Southern Pacific steamers
br ]. Moller Il Co. They did not care
into the details of their business.
admitted that they were working on
yerage 80 men. These men make
$3.50 to IS per day and from that
"a can DO gained OF how much money
firm Is paying out for labor. One
hn ship follows another at the dock.
Al As one ship is discharged and load
other takes her place AMI tho work
on continuously. The stevedores
citing things down to a finer point
they had it when these ships first
IN here. They discharged the, Ell
which went to her berth yesterday.
fraction less than eighteen working
To do this they swalrmed the veg
vHh men. Taking SO as an average
Der day of men worked by Suderman
bison. that would give an average OF
per day, which would foot UP some
more than $4,000 for the week IS
lille we are working great many
said Mr.. Suderman in discussing the
kr. I'VE have all the men we need
Is an abundance of labor here to dc
be work that Is being done and we
find more II we needed them
ked how much more they were paw
ut In wages than they We're paying
b time last year, the steve1ores de-
to 70 into figures. This work OF
forgan ships, Of course. represents a
hcrease. as none of this business was
here last year. Anywhere from 40t
v men are employed on these boats
that counts great deal when the
hant figures Up what these men spend
DAY night.
by Of these men have not had any
during the summer. Now when they
their money at the end Of the week
pay up their back bills in order that
may be In shane to stand a bit OF
~ should IL come next summer.
Lone Star people are as mucf
TO giving out the figures Of Their
bill as their rivals. With an aver
one ship every ten days their labor
pretty close to $500 a day and at
It runs up higher than this. Even
means an aggregate OF $1,000 per week
he chances are the Lone Star peo-
you'd consider themselves lucky II
got on with as little as $500 for tht
se hgnres take into account NOTHING
Patd to labor. 1t all means money
3 turned over quickly and those dol
which might be retired from circula-
BY merchant are not included II
Etlmates.
week thirteen vessels sailed from
SION with cotton. The majority o.
ships went foreign and at con-
live estimate the labor bill on al
foreign vessel is not far from
Some OF them will go more art
less All of these ships were no
during the week. but work wa:
one on ships In port which have no
snly there We're 50.326 bales of cot
shipboard In the port Of Galveston
Tor foreign ports. 1t cost a
" average 81 per bale to get thai
from the car to its place In th'
hold. The exports are rapid,
and 1t will not be long. unit
lon has passed her former hest rec
the matter of business. II present
,sons are not turned upside down
mere is every indication that pres
Inmates will have 70 be Increased.
stevedore Of one of the largest shiI
age firms in the city. when asket
me number Of men he employee
where from 400 to 600 men. hav,
many as 700 employed at one time