The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1904-11-10
OVERTIME PAY is
COSTING Big SUMS
/. G. Employees Asked TO Cooper
ate in Reducing.
Laborer Hurt az Tennessee River
Capt. Pat Hsllorsn Here From
Cedar Bluff.
OTHER RAILROAD NEW

Trainmsstsr Henry ScheuinR. Of the
Louisville division Of the /. O., has
issued . bulletin asking the co-opeis-
ton If all engineers and conductors In
attempting to cut down the over time
pay list.
Conductors and enginemep are paid
so much per hour for every hour on
the road over the time they are given
to complete their run. When trains
are delayed and the conductor and
ensiDeman are kept out, they file
claims for overtime, and q glance at
the overtime pay lat every month
will show that the ROAD pays out much
money extra TO employees. When every
division 10 counted the o,ertim.
wages amounts to many thousand
dollars aud the higher officials nave
.-ked that every attemp, be made to
aut down tots expense.
Crews are SLOWED miles an hour
aud when their run is figured ont and
they have made the requisite number
Of miles in the time allowed, they get
their regular mileage wages, bat when
they are delayed they file claims for
~ rhine. During the past month
-o~etbing like thirty or forty engine
IN n and conductors we're paid over
ii a@ ranging from one or two hours
TO atty -eigbl and sixty hours
Local y officials have given
representatives OF q P-nnsy snis
..hool OF correspondence permission
20 make 40 exhibit of the work of
tneir student. IN the local shops A
bulletin vas posted this morning an
nounoins that during the noon hour
IN Nov. 10, II, Is, 10 and goth, the
sxnibit will be made and repres nts-
sivrs OF the school will give the neces-
.ry instructions and all students who
inter- the school during this exhibition
sill be give 30 per oent. discount.
his is the means the sonool adopts TO
SECURE Students. it is something un.
usual for rsilrosd- to take such an
,otsrest in such an iustitution, bu,
vas done at the request Of emploses,
sno wanted to study at night.
Mr.. o. W Woodbridge, the we'll
,nown @. pa tern MAKER. has re-
turned from ST. Louis and Spring
Held, Mo-, where be had been attend
ng the fair aud visiting rela ives.
Mr.. Woodbridge being q mechanic
naturally looked at all exhibits at the
fair showing work in his depar ment.
ie stated that be saw many wonder
ful works OF pattern making ami
uoulhins, but that Paducah shops, ~
ar as the practical part of the worn
vas concerned, turned out as ma, y
sonders daily a. were exhibited at
the fair. Mr. Woodbridge thinks Pa.
iucah is the best town on the map.
and although he has been offered sew
eral excellent positions in pattern de-
partments Of big roads and foundries,
refused to leave Paducah.
". II. Newman. laborer employed
at Tennessee river bridge, was iojured
W Of. rdav afternoon by being struck
by bucket of concrete being lowered
70 cement portion OF pier.
The bucket struck him a glanoing
lick and partially stunned MIN. He
was snatchsd out Of it's way and Is
nr-t was thought to be seriously in
jured. he was taken to the local I.
o. hospital from the train and this
uoruine 10 better ana will be able to
get out in day or two, IL is said
| Mr.. Pat Hallorsn, of the Kstier.
lohn Construction company. at Croar
Bluff, was in the city to-day on bust
IS.
ON accounr of the breaking of IN
ar valve IN the sir drill, the plant
mad 10 smut down PARTIAL, for few
DAYS, but the break has been reppired
,nh Mon 'ay the q arriss were run.
iug 10 foil blast sgaio.
Mr.. L. Durrett, iras cling fire. Rht
agent of the O.. soothern lines, IL IN
ne city tofsy on business
Chief Travelling Dispatcher l.. e.
NoCabe Of the ]. o., went out ON tine
l.ouisvi lie division Of he road ronay
N an incl eotiop trip
The recent rains did . great seal
II good for the /. O. cn the Louis
vile division. In the neighboruood
! of Big Clifty for o stretch Of eight