The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-17
S2ADAY SNOW STORYTELLING
THE LABoRER WON'T GET TEE RAISE
--I7'S JUST 4 TAMMANY Plum.

-TT,s list T<mMIHY pIuM
II VIII Cost tho City Five Cents More q
Ton to Remove Snow and Ne Power Can
Make Contractor Pay More Than the
Prevailing Rate. which Won't Re -.
New York city. this coming winter. will have
| 70 nav Ave cents more n cubic yard for remov.
| ing snow than It paid last year. This IL be-
| cause Of n provisjon in the contract that the
| contractor nust nav laborers 80 day for ele bt
| hours work. or the prevailing rate OF wages
| for that class OF work"
The fixing of the nrics ~ v,osa "a Ia maid N
snov shovellers at 80 A day IA An assumption
| for which the cItv of3cinI. alone are reanonsi.
| bile The law ia cIcar II ia a. follov..
Eight bours sball constitute a lepal dav,s
work for all olasses Of am plovees IN tbis state
exoept those eppa1 ed in farm and DOM stio
| service. unlosr otherviae provided nv Inv.
This section does not prevent an agreement
for oyervork at an increased compensatIon
except upon work by and for the state or
q municipal CORPORATION or BY contractors or
sub-cont tractors herewith. Each contract ia
which tho State or n mupicipal corporntion IN
a party which NAV involve the emplovment Of
laborers vorkmep or m eohanics shnll contain
a stipulation that no laborer. workman or
mechanic in tho omplov Of tina contractor aub.
contractor or other person doing or contract.
ing to do the whole or part OF the work oon.
tenn plated by the contract. shall be permitted
or required to work more than eight hours in
anv ana oalendar d,v axcent in caas. NJ .Ytra.
ordinary emergency cnused BY fire. flood. or
danger to life or property,
.The wages to be paid for A Isaal dav,s work.
A herein before defined. to all classes OF suoh
.iaborers vorkmen or m eohanlc,. upon all sucb
nm b,ie WORK ar upor anv malaria, n ha mad
upon or in oonneotion therevitb sbaIl not be
Iesa than the prevailina rate for a dav,a vort
in the same trade or occupation in the locality
within the stats whore sucb publ,c worn In
about. or in conn cotton with which. suoh labor
IA performed in ita ANAL or completed
form IN To be aituated erected or
uaed Each suoh contract hereafter made
sh,lI contain a .tipplation that e,oh ancb
Iaborer voykmnn or mechanic empoved nv
snch contractor. sub.contraotor. or otber per.
aons on or about or upon such public WORK
.b.u receive suoh wages herein nrovided for
Each contract for .u,h nub,ic vort bere,fter
mado sbal, contain a provjaiop that tbe s.mo
sb,lI bs void and Of no efYeot unlsas the n.r,on
~ .nrnor,tior =, ,tinn Az ns-torrnJne ~ .,n,.
sb.T comnly With the proyision. q, this asc.
zion. and M .uch nerson or cornor,tion sh.l,
ha ENTITLED ~ r.cajv. ,nv ann nor shor, ,nv
ofaoar se.nt oramnIovsa a, N. stots ~ - -
r,rnic,r.I cornorot,on nav Tho .,ms ~ a.
thoriv. a.. novm.nt from IN. frnd. rnd.r hi.
.horas ~ oontro, n srv .uoh rsrson ~ nornor.
t,on for vorr done unon INV controcr vbich In
,ts ,orr, ~ mannar violate. ths nrov,.jon. -,
Eli. lection -
N,vhar. IN tb. law. q, tha st.t. ~ Nav
yort .ra th. vaesa a, isborer. nYsd A. SO.
dsx hut o,tv ofscial, bare ana eis.vhsra h.v.
d.o,,rsd that IN. law doc. a, ths nour. .rS
thsv hvnocritic.lIy oom Main that ~ Az.
hoIn,..s 20 r.drca m. citv,. e,nen.aa ha.,r.s
o,it Tha contr,otor wbs had The ioh ~ "a.
r,ov,no the .nov Ia AZ vsar maid tho l,horer. h.
an, nloy.d q Ok n dav p. GOT 40 cant. , cubio
v,rd iron, tha o,tv That was tba nrsvaiIino