The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1907-06-26
States Attorney Gates Serves
Notice on Road
FOR NEGLECT in MATTER
twenty-five Men Named who Have Not
Decentralization Of States Attor-
ney Will Bring Law Before
Courts for Decision.

The Central Vermont railway COM
pany Is not paying It's men weekly in
accordance with the new weekly pay
ment law passed by the last session
of the legislature and which went into
effect the first Of June. The pay car
came around the first of the month
as usual and since then the men in
this vicinity ut least, employed by the
road have not received their pay
weekly or at the rate Of four times a
month. Had the road paid their men
weekly one payment would have been
made about the 9th, another about the
l4th and another about the 23rd and
the next one would be due about the
first OF next month.
Benjamin Gates, states attorney of
this county this morning served notice
on the road for the non compliance with
the law, naming about Is men employed
by the Central Vermont in this vicinity
who have not received their pay weekly
since June /, The law provides that
the action shall be brought BY the states
attorney Of the county in which the
alleged violation Of the law occurs for
the recovery of theSS forfeit, and that
he shall give the employers ten days.
notice of the action. This notice was
served on the road this morning It Ia
believed that the Central Vermont has
no intention Of paying weekly ami that
the road is waiting for complaint Of
violation in order that a test case may
to ba1 Tho l,fo ,,,.s,,,,,d -, ,rh; II,
the road bases its case is the uncon-
stitutionality of the law.
This action OF the states attorney,
the first to be taken in the state, will
bring the matter to a head and it viii
soon be known definitely whether cor
porations must pay their employees
weekly or not.
The road has not paid it's men weekly
in this vicinity and probably has not
done SO in other sections of the state.
N case, in this county alone, the case
was decided against them they would
be liable TO "a forfeit Of $50 IN each
case which up 70 the present time means
three failures in the case of each man
ot $780, The notice named 25 men. tn
Guiding conductors, engineers, track
tHctt afu NuiFAAtNe St5kt&Vd ~ Afdtif
every line of railroad work III this vi.
cinity 50 that the aggregate fines for
these alone would come mp to $3.50.
The states attorney has named the
following men as those who have not
received their pay this month according
TO the proviaions of the law; James
KanaIly, Stephen Colby. Charles Sim.
mons, Mike Murphy, Frank Muzkie.
Luther Wright, R Buhl, b. Carney,
Robert Whalen, Thomas Farrell, John
Crossett, w Webb, John Simons, Wal
ter Lindsey, A. Nutcher. Henry Bol-
ton, Joseph Derry, w. S. Baker, A.
Grady, J. o. Adams, ]. Gould. A. Reains,
NJ. Mcmahon, Van Henderson and vii.
liam Foster.
Supt. f. w. Stanyan Of the Mont.
pelier & Wells River railroad when ask.
ed if that road was paying weekly stated
this morning that since the first of juno
when the law went into effect they had
paid four times month, which amounts
virtually TO weekly payment. When
asked how 1t worked lie stated that it
was going all right but il cost money.
The work on the pay rolls took consider
able time. Asked how much he supposed
it would cost the railroads Of the state
by the change in year he stated that
he thought II might perhaps cost be.
tween $4,000 and $4,000.