The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-04-17
SANTA FE OPERATORS.
Revised Schedule Governing
Employees Given Out.

The revised schedule governing
telegraphers in the employ of the Santa
Fe company, which was adopted after
several weeks of controversy between
the officials of the company and the
members of the grievance committee of
the o. r. T. has been printed and will
be distributed within a few days. 1t
contains a salary list for all stations on
the Santa Fe road proper.
But few of the rules and regulations
contained in the new schedule are Diff
ferent from those of the old schedule
of 1892 The revision is confined almost
wholly to the salaries of operators. In
reference to overtime and additional
pay, however, new provisions have been
made.
The article governing pay for over
time now reads: Overtime will be
paid for pro rata, but in no case less
than % cents per hour. In computing
overtime less than 80 minutes will not
be counted; thirty minutes and less
than sixty minutes will be counted an
hour
orators will be paid as follows:
photographers required to handle switch
lamps will receive SO per month for four
lamps less, and so cents per month
for each additional lamp. This will
not relieve night telegraphers from see
ing that all lights are kept burning
during the night"
For pump work the pay will be in
accordance with this provision: Teleg-
raphers required to run pumps will re-
ceive a minimum extra compensation
of SO per month for steam pumps and
So per month for gasoline pumps"
The withdrawal of train dispatchers
from the Order of Railway Telegra piers
and the formation of a new order is
responsible for a new provision in the
schedule governing the treatment to
be accorded dispatchers who may hap
pen to fall back in the ranks of the OPP
orators. This provision reads: In the
event of a reduction in force in train
dispatching offices or adjustment of
offices, it is hereby agreed that the
rights of these dispatchers, in the teIe-
graph service, shall date from the last
time they entered the telegraph or dis
patching service. 1t is also agreed that
dispatchers hired after the adoption
of this schedule will have no rights
in the telegraph service. Telegraphers
who are hereafter promoted to dis
patchers and who have less than six
months seniority as telegrapherS, will
be considered as having been hired the
same as dispatchers after the adop-
ton of this schedule; that is they will
have no rights in the telegraph service"
At offices where there is but one or
not more than two telegraphers, II con-
secutive hours, including meal hour, will
constitute a days work for both day
and night telegraphers. At offices
where there are more than two teleg-
raphers ten consecutive snours, includ-
ing meal hour, will constitute days
work for both night and day telee-
raphers. All telegraphers laying off
voluntarily will be locked pro rata for
time absent.
The minimum salaries of operators
under the new schedule are stated as
follows: Chicago division, $45: Eastern
division, $40; Middle division, $45; West
ern division, between Dodge City and
Coolidge, $50; between Coolidge and
Pueblo, $50; between Pueblo and Den
yer, $50; New Mexico division, between
La Junta and Trinidad. $55; between
Trinidad and Las Vegas, $57; between
Las Vegas and Albuquerque, $50; Rio
Grande division, $50: Southern Kansas
division, ~$45; Oklahoma DIVISION S45
On the divisions where the minimum
salary is $45, under the new schedule
1S3 operators will receive that salary
The highest salaries are paid to the
manager at the general offices in Chi
cago and the general offices in Topeka
Each will receive $S5 per month. From
$45, on the Chicago, Eastern, Middle
Southern Kansas and Oklahoma divis-
ions, the salaries range to as high as
SIS per month. On the Western, New
Mexico and Rio Grande divisions the
salaries range as high as $50 per month
The Santa F'e telegraphers will be
paid under the new schedule from April