New-York tribune., 1902-03-31
MORE WORK; HIGHER PAY.
WHAT FIGURES GATHERED BY THE
STATE DEPARTMENT OF
LABOR SHOW

AIbarv. March 3o-The quarterly bulletin of the
state Department Of Labor shows that for the last
quarter ended January l. 1902, the decreased dleness
in building. clothing and baking trades notice
able.
The favorable conditions Of employment indicated
=, rhe reduced amount OF idleness in the building
trades unions also revealed I'm the statistics os
buildings authorized by the municipal building
bureaus in the large cities In New-York City the
number ~ buildings completed 4.027 in the
fourth quarter Of 1901. as compared with 3210 in
The corresponding period Of 1900 and the estimated
cost ~ buildings for which plans approved in
the last quarter OF 1901 was s31ooo000 as compared
Eltl S--'sH'''n IN 1910 From these figures il does
rot appear that the new Tenement House law has
seriously hanpered building operations in greater
NeV--York as some have feared. Buffalo has re-
covered from the slight reaction following the ex-
position and the estimated cost Of projected build
ings in the final three months Of 1901 far exceed
that for the period in 1900 or 1879. The same
statement applies 70 Rochester. while in Syracuse
rhe figures of l%l we're inferior 10 1900 but superior
70 1898 ana 1898
immigration at the Por- Of New-York has been
Increasing rapidly The number Of arrivals in the
fourth quarter of 1901 q3 62S as conlDared with
1852 one and N2.of5 the preceding quar-
tAr OF 1901 The increase was g per cent over the
fourth quarter Of 800 and per cent over the third
quarter OF 1901 The people from Southern Italy re
tained the lead by contributing = per cent of the
immigration, the Hebrews following with Il per
cent, the Germans with - per cent and the Poles
with peT cent. whose proportional increase since
800 larger than that OF any other nationality
The Bureau Of Mediation and Arbitration re-
corded sixteen trade disputes in the fourth quarter
o. 1901. None Of these were large scale. the
entire number Of employees involved having been
I2I in f0rty-SiN establishments. and the aggregate
number q working days lost having been only
For the first tine the bulletin contains report
az the quarters work of the Bureau Of Factory
Inspection II shows that 4574 factories and
bakeries and 1870 tenement workrooms were in
speCted II Octouer, November and December. 1901
The number Of applications for licenses to carry on
crease ii the number Of licenses outstanding since
the end Of September 2.426 A the end OF the
year the number Of licenses in force was 81 2l3 Of
which - we're in New-GOrk City. The number
of accidents reported TO the bureau in the fourth
quarter Of 1901 so. There were fifteen fatal
accidents. the majority Of which occurred either in
connection with elevators with shattiQg.
4 feature in the 1901 report of the Bureau Of
Labor Statistics IS q table showing the increases
and decreases n 1901 IN the rates Of wages OF
members Of labor organizations The net result Of
sl the changes vas that - 252 members Of labor
unions gained weekly addition 10 their wages of
S. So. which IS equivalent 10 advance OF & 3
each week
suPara1nuated employees IN this State has been
established by the Metropolitan Street Railway. Of
New-Yo-k City. Al the age Of seventy years en-
pI5v@s Til be retired on pension. those who have
been in the service Of the company twenty-five
years receiving . per cent of their wages and for
th-rty-1ve years service a pension amounting TO
~ per cent cf wages