La Junta tribune., 1912-06-22
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Darstivs studies Of railway conditions
IN the United States and the prin.
cipAl countries OF Europe This re-
hates 70 the wages paid railway en-
pIoyes and the cost Of living. and is
based on the latest years for which
comparative data are available.
The average daily compensation Of
railway employees Of all classes for
the year 1910 was In the United
States, t2.23; In the United Kingdom.
@l.05; excluding supplementary allow.
ances negligibly affecting the average
II was in Prussia Hesse, 81 cents. and
In Austria So cents. The lowest paid
railway employe In the United States.
the ordinary trackman. receives
greater compensation than many OF
the railway employees OF France, even
those of higher grades and with re
sponsible duties. The compensation
OF railway employees is from two to
three times as high In the United
States as In Italy.
A recent report OF the English
Board OF Trade on railway wages
shows that the ayerag. weekly pay
Of EngIuemen In the United Kingdom
In 1907 was sll,l7. OF firemen, s6.oI.
IN the same year enginemen on Amer
erican railways received an average
weekly compensation OF f25.s0. count
ing six days 10 the week. and fire
men fi5.2i Recent returns make II
clear that In 1912 enginemen and
fir,men In the United States are
compensated at rates OF pay for spec
iflc runs that are two. three and four
times as high as the corresponding
rates on representative English rail-
ways The annual compensation OF
.nginsmen in the United States. as
reported by two representative rail. Z
way companies. now ranges from
81 100 In switching service to over .
s2.s00 In passenger service. and OF
rremen from 500 in switching ser.
vice to over N.7co In passenger ser.
vice.
For continental Europe official re
turns In requisit" detail are not avail
able for later year than 1908. The
salaries and allowances OF the vpi'
cal engineman In Germany amounted
for that year to s6,6.ss, In Austria
To $3.50 so: II fireman In Germany
TO Stei.5s. In Austria to S532.o3.
The annual compensation OF engine
men on two OF the principal railways
ot Franc. ranged In 1905 from 35o5.@
to Ss0s al and OF firemen from
s3si2t to 3j95.ss In Italy engine.
men received In 1905. salary and al.
lowanees included. from 35si.lo to
Ssla 20 year. frem"n. from 1880 30
to tt1s.0j a year. In these cont-
mental countries the maximum com.
p"nsation l. received only after many
years OF service.
The average annual compensation
OF -nginemcn In the United States
In 1905. On an estimated basis Of
800 days service. was 81 .13i; or fire.
men. S7ss In this country the rate
OF compensation ia these en-.
ploycs does not depend on length OF
service.
In Belgium cngiu-men received In
ls"1 from faslS to SIS so month.
trcmcn. from tl7.37 10 s23ls a
month, conductors and station en-
ploy"s. from - To 20 cents day
In the United States. IN the same
year. 1901. rnginem-n averaged. on
the basis ~ tweut,.' nv. days ser.
Vice. si07 80 a month. fremcu. $3.50
month. conductors. 81 r day.
station employees. from SIS 10 81 o.
day
The rental Of three or four room
house or nst Is almost as high IN
Berlin. Paris or London a. through.
out the United States. but In Eng
land aud ON the continent u gen.
arally runs from $50 20 $50 year
less The quantity Of food and tu,l
estimated by the Board Of Trade OF
England as the standard consumption
o' typical porkinEman's family
cost In the United States l7.S per
cont morr than In France or IN Ger.
many 3s2 per cent morr than iu
Bcisium. and - per cent more than
ln the United Kingdom
II is well within the truth 90 cs.
innate Ia broad and general way
that while the COS, of lisiuE ot a
railway cmployc In the United States
is less than nfty per cent higher
than that Of corresponding employ.
In the United Kingdom or on the con.
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