The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-23
BRITISH LAROR.
sause Hlsn WnGe scales ama Few Flgures
an ths Cest 90 EAVtnS.

nten making an nNe0uE1Nlnn OF N9HDA.
rost of living aud the general condition of
the hhorins population in the London dis
trici, submits the following report. In part:
Following are the scales Of the agas
paid the various trades and Glasses of labor
In the London district. the number 81 work
ing hours per week without overtime also
being given
Building Trades Working houra per
week. ~ IN summer and - In winter. WaRea
per hour Stone n,asons. - cents: brick
layers, - cents, plaafsreTu. - cents. brick
layers and plaslerers' assistants. ~ cents
CarpeDters. ~ cents. plumbers. - ceots.
painters. - cents
Furniture Trades Working hours per
week. s.. Wages per hour CabinetmAhera.
- cents. pOlishers. - c~nts. upholsgerers.
~ to "a cents. machinis,s. N to n cent?
CsrverS. ~ to :: cents chsirmAkers. 20
cents
Boilsunskers aud steel ShipbuiIdinR
Trades Working hours per week. In shop.
81 Tor repair work outside. e. Wages par
week ~ shop BoilerIna ker-. sheet iron
workers and angie iron smiths. 80 ~.
riVetsrs. ~ - calkers. - ~. holdsrpap.
So 81 For outside work wages are about
o. p more Der week
Lithogra pliers Working hours per week
Sc Wages yer week LithoRrapher. % n,
minimum, photographer. rim printins.
sio.Rs lithoRra pher. rotary machine. eis-ss
FOOhNinnefH MnU hnleTN-" WORKING nOurN
Ter week. a. Wages per week for book
binders and rulers. $50
Comrositors Working hours per week.
So, Wages per week In jobbing trade and
on weekly newspa PER-. % 20.
Electrical Workers Working hours per
week. - Wages per hour: Fitters and
wiremen. ~ rents. armAturs wtnders. -
cents fable Joineru. 10 cents.
shoe Trade Working hours per week.
So Wages per week Cllckers iforemsnD.
lA-,eru and hnisherS. o. ~ preasmeu. ts.se
Hikeru- Working hours per week. SIS
Wages per week Forsmeo, SAL: hras class
hands. ST7a. second class hands. es.si.
helpers. ss.ss
Engineering Trades Working hours per
week. Sc Wages per week Turner's.
filters. ooppersmiths. brass inishera. borers.
-l"tteTs. millerr. die sinkers and press tool
makers. MA. smiths. ea.Ta 10 eii.a3 mill
SriRhts. tIO.5S iron founders. % ~ To eiO-As.
pttterumaksrs. 5000
ship Service-wages per month with
hoard chief steamship engineer. Ca To
SIS second engineer sAs Ia S6s: third en-
Eineer. ga 20 to Sas -: fourth engineer.
90 80 tn sSssp hremen. s7i.so To ga n:
trimmcrs. tIs - tn 81 10: abls seamsn.
SO ~ 10 s3I -: able seamsn (sAiins vesseisl.
Siaao DOck stevedores receive 10 IN -
cents per hour for loading and unloading
vessels
LONDON NV fOtlCe-I nea8 pDitCem&u
work In the heaTt of the city on exactinx
DUTY and their pay h 50 tminimumD to
80 N tina xinuml per week. The London
Metropolitan police. taking In all the duties
IN greater london. receive o. 10 tminimuml
- - 81 tina ximump per week. and the re-
-arvs class receive 90 " per week. Twelve
o"n'z additional h paid for Zach I'VE years
service with good conduct. These men re-
reivs an extra allowance for coal In winter
and thar unffOrtna fnrnfahaA
Motor Omnibus Drivers and Conductors
There are about : .OOO motor omnthuses in
7 undon and the motormeR receive from
81 20 70 ~ ~ per day Of Is to 10 hours ac-
crrciing 10 the trips they have to make. the
length 81 s~rvics for the company also being
cons td~T~i The conductors who collect
ne 'sre- receive from o. - to o. % per day
Horse Omnibus Drivers and Conductors
Tho drivers ant conductors Of the $500
r1T~a omnihus~- receive from 81 80 20 81 20
urr iay % - hours Length Of service for
'te company - a factor In determining the
ages
TaIicab Mo,ormen-In I.ondo on there are
approximately GOO taxicabs The men
that operate them receive - per cent Of the
money they actually collect. Out Of this
they furnish their own gasSlene and do tho
minor repairing themselves A an aver
age the men interviewed stated that they
can make SIS 10 s2O per week. according 20
how fortunate they are in securing passen-
gers This - unqueztionably the best paid
class 81 workmen found N London
London Cabmen London has over 1000
fpur wheeled aud two wheeled one horse
cahs The cab drivers rent these cabs and
horses from different companies They nay
the owners IN winter season e. ~ and In the
summer season. Nhen London is full ~
tourists and their business - very active.
. - rent per day for cab and horse Their
compensation for driving IL the difference
between the rental they pay and the fares
fhey collect The men interviewed stated
thai only IN the busy season .an they make
frou siO 20 tic per week and in winter
months they cannot realize more than O.
Ve-kly
coal Por'srs Almost all houses m Lon
don are heated ~ CRATE iTea The daily
Coal delivery therefore takes a large force
- men coal y delivered In ~. and a
pound sacks. each wagon having q driver
and helper They receive IL ~ - cents
Ter ton for loading the coal on the wagons
delivering and unloading ~ the houses
On csptionaiiy thickIy settled routes they
can make about ~ per week each In poor
neigh horhood- tho coal por,srs pay for the
coal a. they take u "a' and collect what.
ever pro" they may 10 able 20 get for the
coal This difference IN pri~- u their com
p~n-afion for their work
'ity Street eaner~ Each stree, clean
hg wagon mas one df1Ner ana one loader.
each ~ whom receives - ~ per day -
hours "uustitutinR veek
Deliver WAGON Drivers The drivers
~ d"liverv wagons n wholesale and retail
houses WORK from ~ - - hours p..f day
Many ~ them collect for me goods and they
re~"iv~ e. - 20 a. N ucr week Those tina,
deliver only and make "" collection 70
'siy" - - 81 % per week
london Letter carriers THIS h part ~
the Government civil service The appren-
30" letter "arrier starts A. e. ~ Tor week
When old soldiers arc n1uloved thsv starr
~ e. - and AZ" gradually advanced 70 - 81
Ter N"ck. according Ia time ~ -eryi~~ and
record This ~ m" maximum nav Their
uniforms are supplied nv he Govsrnment
and pension - rad when they reach the
Old are limit
Common G.shorerr e ommOn day labOT-
o. receive for various work from 70 to ~
cents an hour Gas works stokerr get o. N
." o. 80 Tor hour vork double time betnK