The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-10-03
Santa Fe Advances Machinists
and Boilermakers.
Amounts to Two Cents Per
Hour Everywhere.
NO DEMANDS M
Increase Entirely Voluntary on
Part of Company.
Means Five Thousand Dollars
Monthly on Local Pay Roll.

Announcement has been made by the
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
company of a substantial raise to the
boilermakers and machinists of the en-
| tire system which will extend to the
| employees of these two departments all
over the Atchison proper and the gull
and coast lines as we'll
This raise took effect from the first OF
October. Two cents additional pay per
hour will be given to all the machinists
and boilermakers of the system Ma
chfnists' helpers are also granted a
raise of one and one-half cents and one
cent per hour which also took effect
October 1.
The granting of the additional pay on
the part of the Santa Fe was entirely
voluntary and came unknown to nearly
all OF the employees of the machine and
boiler shops. Most of the men in the
local shops are still unaware of the
fact that they are working for higher
will be apprised of the fact for the first
time when they read of the advance
in the State Journal tonight.
The work of the machinists and boil
ermakers during the past couple of
years has been particularly hard owing
to the congeSted condition of traffic
which has necessitated much more work
in their departments in order to keep
the motive power up to the highest
standard possible. 1t is in apprecfa-
ton of their loyal services to the COM
pany that the Santa Fe has given them
the raise and also to give their ma
chinists more independence in a f1nan-
cial way.
There is no provision in the official
announcement for the increase in the
wages of the apprentices in the ma
chine and boiler shops The appren-
tices, however, were given an increase
1t l. -
raise was given at the time of the in
auguratioR OF the School of Appren-
tees which is now started in the local
shops and will gradually be extended
over the entire system The increase
in pay which the apprentices received
at that time was substantial one and
Increased thefrzapay during their -ap-
premiership considerably. When their
apprenticeship is over and their time
has been completed they receive an
increase of from $1.75 to $2-1O per
day.
The machinists and boilermakers
of the Santa Fe work under ten
hour day This will bring them an
increase of twenty cents per day. This
may seem to be a small increase but
it amounts to a considerable increase
in the course Of a month as, in the
average month it will mean an in
crease of $500 per month when the
men put in their full time. 1t will
also mean an increase of over sixty
dollars per year to all employees of the
machine and boiler shops.
These two shops form a large part OF
the mechanical force of the Santa Fe.
On the entire system over five thousand
men are employed i'll these departments
which will mean a considerable outlay
in the course of a year on the part OF
the Santa Fe.
In the local shops the increase in
ages which the Santa Fe has just an
will affect nine hundred men
and when the Santa Fe is employing
the full complement of men in these de-
partments as it is expected will be ac-
in a short time there will be
nearly one thousand men who will be
benefited by the increase
A. the present time with nine hundred
men employed in the local shops the IN
crease in the local payroll will amount
to about i've thousand dollars monthly
In the course of a year this increase
will bring irto Topeka over sixty thou
sand dollars additional which will for
the most part be added to the circula-
ton OF money in Topeka