The San Francisco call., 1907-03-03
MULLALLY's FIGURES
VERY MUCH INFLATED
He Must Have Seen Double
When He Computed
the Back Pay
OvERESTIMATES SUM
Company VIII Not Suffer
as Greatly as He Says,
by Far

when Thornwell Mutually issued his
statement yesterday that the United
Railroads was obligated to give $+l7,-
. 600 in back pay to its employees, owing
: 10 the award Of the board OF arbitra-
ton counsel representing the unions
interested in the controversy entered
upon an examination Of the declaration
The conclusion arrived at. after study
OF all available data which the arbitra-
rion proceedings produced, was that the
back pay 10 the men would amount TO
s1s3.242. approximately. or S22S.756 less
than the assistant to President Calhoun
stated the company would distribute.
/ The data was compiled by r. ?. =
4 Troy. associate Of Attorney Albert M
johnson.
Afullally's statement was a grand ex-
( position Of what the company would
give for the period Of six months, be-
tween September 8, 1906, and the date
Of the decision of the board OF arbi-
tration. He also declared that the COM
pany was now forced TO pay out ST.
GA 600 yearly in addition TO the wage
roll carried. owing TO the decision OF
. the arbiters. Under the present sys-
TEN OF employment the payroll would
bear the increase OF but $Ss6.4S4, or
S657.5l6 less than Mutually figures
BASED ON PAY ROLL
The computations Of the union coun-
d. sci are based on the payrolls OF the
company for August last. which were
II the figures used by the corporation in
the arbitration proceedings. Other
data is guarded too carefully by the
company to permit Of vulgar inspec-
4 tion. 1t is probable that there has
i been an increase in the number Of men
employed by the company since that
time. II that increase has been 10 per
from the ruling OF the board viii
amount 20 s212.566, or a little more
than half the estimate set forth by the
. United Railroads Of San Francisco.
Mutually. with great accuracy. as
serts that the sI044, 900 which his cor
porstion is about TO pay out represents
the interest at 5 per cent on a capital
correct. but no more right than is the
fact that sSS6.4S4 represents 5 per cent
interest on a capital OF S7.729. ESQ.,
MUlally confessed that his figures
would be reduced in some measure
when the reconstruction work was
completed" If that generous state
ment may be accepted as true, the in
hated. Mullalliated estimate may be
pruned down still further The bur
den placed on the street-car monopoly.
IS therefore lighter than il would seem
and the accommodating little nickel viii
have more chance Of q rest within the
Calhoun Golfers than was at first sus-
peoted.
CARMEN GET sI2i.ss2
In computing the bonus which the
result Of the arbitration won for the
men. it was estimated that 1870 plat
form men were employed. Their in
crement is set at Sl21.S726O The
basis for those figures was found in
the report of Professor Carl Plehn OF
the University Of California, expert
statistician for the company. Profes-
sor Plehn's notes were taken from the
August payroll. He had carefully es-
tablished the average wage OF the
regular men and extra men who oper-
ate6 the cars.
80 The earnings OF the regular men aver
ged S17-1O a week. and the award OF
the commission giving an increase Of
2l.T per cent brought the weekly aver
age bonus to the men o. S3.71 This
amount. computed for 1872 men for
twenty-siX weeks, equals s1I3.OT2I2
hack pay due this class OF regular plat
form men. One hubdred and twenty
six extra men. considered apart. are en-
titled TO S63S4O4, and other extra men
whose time Plehn computed imperson-
ally in hours Of work, viii get S241e.z4
The figures for the other crafts
which participate in the award are
taken from the evidence offered during
the arbitration by the United Rsflroa ds
. itself The award TO street construc-
tion men is not included specifically
for they were given no increase in .psv
the board merely reducing their work
day from nine hours 10 eight How
ever, the figures used were not scrimpy
and several thousand dollars Of in
. crease was gratuitously credited to the
United Railroads.
FIGURES PREPOSTRTOUS.
Albert N. johnson. attorney for III.
unions in the arbitration proceedings
stated last evening that the figures
published by Mutually were preposter-
; Gus and the United Railroads could not
substantiate them in fact
There were no new Developments in
the street car situation yesterday. The
United Railroads is reported 10 have =
; force Of men employed in computins-
4 the individual increase 10 each ennlove
and promises TO have the payment
ready within the sixty days allotted by
the commission.
The officers OF the csrmen.s r7nsor
ere watching carefully the prooeedinz zs
Of the eightrhour day legislation. Tbe
I Board Of Supervisors are TO be peti-
/ toned. according to President Cor
, nelius, 70 make an eight-bour stfnu-
I lstion 2 necessity for the securing ~
any franchise for q street railroad
There are now two franchises pending
before the Supervisors. one for the
extension into the Potrero wholesale
district, which has been passed 10 print.
I the other, now being advertised for
sale. being the franchise for the zig
gag line from the vicinity Of the Ger
man Hospital TO Potrero avenue and
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