Los Angeles herald., 1910-01-01


Total amount of increase in wages .S175 200
Total hours given employees daily. 1850
PROSPERITY and humaAi-
tarianism will be spelled in
4 big, red, lasting letters to-
day when new wage and time
schedules of $500 employees will
go into effect. On the honor roll
are the Los Angeles-Pacific COM
pany, the New York Cloak and
Suit House, the Pacific Electric
company and the Broadway De-
Partment store.
The railway companies grant
their trainmen increased pay at
the rate of l cent an hour for
each year of service with the
company, starting with 25c an
hour for the first year, instead of
"a cents an hour, as in the past.
The stores grant their employees
decreased working hours. Begin
ming Monday morning the Broad
way Department store and the
New York Cloak and Suit House
will open at $50 and close at
80 instead of at 8 and o'clock
as heretofore.
Announcement OF the increases
in wages and the decrease in
working hours has been greeted
with expressions of approval, not
only from the men and women
affected, but also from the gen
eral public. All seem to feel that
the voluntary change made by
employers is an evidence of pros
perity and a mark of real hut
manitarism.
Increase Made simultaneously
The first announcement made of in
creased wages and shortened hours
came from the Pacific Electric COM
pany and the Broadway store, but the
| other employers had already deter
mined upon changed schedules, so that
the announcements had no effect upon
the Los Angeles-Pa management
and the New York store.
There are about 2300 men working for
the allied Huntington lines and their
total increased salary will be in the
neighborhood of $150,000 a year. The
basis upon which the increase is made
is as follows:
First year of service with the COM
pany, 25 cents an hour instead of "a
cents; second year, 26 cents; third year,
27 cents; fourth year, 2S cents; Fifth
year, 20 cents, and sixth year 80 cents
an hour.
The Los Angeles-Pacif1c company has
increased the pay of it's trainmen on
a somewhat similar plan, except that
the 29 cents an hour rate is dropped
altogether The basis is as follows:
First year of service with the COM
pany, 20 cents an hour instead of "a
| cents; second year, 2e cents; third
year. 27 cents; fourth year, % cents,
and fifth year 80 cents an hour.
In the past the Los Angeles-Pacific
company has paid it's men as follows;
First year OF service with the com
pany, "a cents; second year, 20 cents;
third year, 26 cents; fourth year, u
cents; fifth year, 2S cents; sixth year,
20 cents, and eighth year 80 cents.
A total of $50 men will enjoy the
increase in wages voluntarily made the
employees of the Los Angeles-Pacific
company. The total amount to be
added to the pay roll is about 100000
d year.
Although it was not stated last night
by r. p. Sherman, general manager of
the Los Angeles-Pacific company, it
is understood that other increases will
! be made to the salaries of many of the
old and faithful employees of the COM
lpany in recognition of their services
and because the year 1909 has been one
of exceptional prosperity for the COM
pany. General Manager Sherman
seemed happy over the increased
salaries of his coworkers and blithely
wished everybody whom he met a
happy and prosperous New Year.
Gift of $4,000 Yearly
Arthur Let's, proprietor of the
: Broadway department store announced
Thursday night that he would deduct
/ one hour a day from the work of each
/ of his employees, without deducting
anything from their salaries. AS he
has 1000 employees he gives away 1000
hours a day. At the rate of 10 cents
an hour, the average paid the Broad
way employees, he makes a gift of $1O0
day or $4,000 a year
In announcing the change in the
working schedule of the New York
store, j. j. Haggarty, president of the
company, said he did it out of consid-
GRAFTON for the health and happiness Of
his employees. His store will open next
Monday morning at $3.50 instead of at