The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-03-23

Chief steamship engineer, $50 TO SsS; seco1d en-
gineer. SIS 70 SO; third engineer. S6i9 70 SB.79s
fourth engineer. 5000 to S6is: firemeD. S2i.s9 70
81 81; trimmerz Slsi6 10 SZl-ss; able soanen So
70 szssi able seanen tsailing vsselsl, $3.50 Dock
steyedoFes receive "a TO p cents per hour for load
ing and unloading vessels
Lofdon city police-These policemen work in the
heart q the city on exacting duty and their pay Is
s85 gnainil4ansl to SEES trnaxinnurnl per week
Tne London metropolitan police, taking 10 all the
duties in Greater London receive se-l9 lminimuEnl
70 so lmaximuml per week. and the reserve class
receive S9,A per week. Twelve cents additional Is
paid for each i've years service with good conduct
These men receive an extra allowance for coal Ia
winter, and their uniforms are furnished.
Motor omnibus drivers and CONDUCTOR There are
about 200 motor omnibuses in London. and the
mOtoGnen reooye frum SLID to Si.S per Gay Of
fifteen to sixteen hours according 20 the trips they
have to make the length Of seryiee FOR the com-
pany also being Considered The conductors who
collect the fares receive frun S.ts 10 SL70 per
day.
Horse omnibus drivers and conductos-The
drivers and conductors Of the $50 horse onnibuses
receive from Sl.46 TO $40 per day q fifteen h0urs
Length Of service for the company is a factor in
determining the wages.
Taxicah mosogrnsn-In London there arc approx
mately 1900 taxicabs The men that operate them
receive > per can't q The money they actually
collect, Out q this they furnish their Osn gaso-
line and do the minor repairing themselves. AS an
average the men interviewed stated that they can
mako SIS 10 SO per week, according 10 how for
plnate they are IN securing passengers. This Is
Enthusiastically the best paid class Of Workmen
found in London.
Cabmen Are Everywhere.
London cabmen.-L0ndon has over 800 four
wheeled and two-whseled onebosss cabs. The cab
drivers rent these cabs and horses from different
companies. They pay the owners in winter season
S94 and IN the sumner season. when London is
full q tourists and their business s very active,
8 &c rent per day for cab and horse. Their oom-
pensatioa for driving Is the difference between
tie rental they pay and tho fares they collect The
interviewed stated that only IN the busy seGsJn
ths witsr months they cannot TealiBo more than
s. weekly.
Coal porterz-Almost all houses in London are
heated by crate fires The daily coal delivery there
fore takes great force q men. Coal Is delivered
IA 10 and Sc pound sacks each wagon haTtnE
driver and q helper. They receive "A and Is cents
per ton for loading he coal On wagons delivering
and unloading Et tie houses ON exceptionally
thickly settled routes they can make about s. per
week each. In POOR neighbnTh0ods the coal portefs
pay for tbs coal as they take L cut, and collect
whatever price they may be able 70 set FOR the
coal This difference ia TTics IS their compensation
for their WoTk
City street clssners-Each street-cleaning wagon
has one driver and ore loader each Of whom re-
esves Sl.l5 dag. g hours constituting week.
DeliFery-wagon drivers--Tha drivers q delivery
wagons Of wholesale AID retail houses work from y
20 ID hours per day. Many Of them collect for the
gocia and they receive 3 10 $50 PER week. Those
that deliver oaly and make collections receive
s. 70 SIS per week.
London letter caniers.-Tbis Is part q the gov
eminent civil service. The apprentices letter carrier
starts AZ $50 Per week When cid soldiers are en-
ployed they start at $3.50 and are gradually sd-
Eanecd to SS5l Per week. seco<dns 70 time Of sew
ics and resord-