The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1912-06-18

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,.tions OF the law there IS safety and
without. theresis danger.
Hallway Wages and Cpst ofiIIIVing.
The Bureau, Of Railway Economics
has completed the second gof its
comparative studies Of railway con
ditions ii the United States and the
principal countries Of Europe This
relates TO the wages paid railway
employees and the cost Of Tying.
sand Is. based on the latest years for
which comparative data are avail
able. N sss sai
The average daily compensat
of railway employees OF all classes
for the year 1910 was IN the United
States, 1928; in the United King
dom, 81 ,05; excluding supplement
tary allowances negligsbly affecting
the average, it was in tPrussia-EIesse
ISL cents, and in Austria SO cents.
The lowest railway employee5in the
United States, the ordinary track
man. receives a greater compensa-
ton than many of the railway eme
ployees of France, even those OF
higher grades and with responsible
duties. The compensation Of rail-
way employees is from two to three,
times as high in the United States
asSin Italy.
a recent report OF the English
Board of Trade on railway wages
shows that The average weekly pay
Of, enginemen in the United King
dom in 1907 as Sill 1T; Of tire-i
men, So. 90. In the same year9en
gineman on American railways re-
ceived an average weekly compensa-
ton OF $3.50, counting six days to
the week, and tiremen s15 .24 Re-
cent returns make it-cleaI that in
1912 enginemen and firemen IN the
,Unitada States are comp nsated at
rates of pay Tor SPECIFIC runs that
ar two three and four times as high
as the corresponding rates on repre-
sentative English railways. The
annual compensation OF enginemen
in the United States, as reported by
two representative railway compan-
les, now ranges from $1s10o in
switching service to over $2 SEQ In:
passenger service, and of lfremen
from 500 in switching service toll
over 81 700 in passenger service.
For continental Europe official re.
turns in requisite detail are not
available for a later year than sos. |
The salaries and allowances OF Ia
typical engineman IN Gerneny
amounted for that year to- $40. "a,
in Austria TO $3.50. 80; Of a fireman
in Germany to 1924, 80 In Austria
to $500. 0S. Tie annual compen=
sation Of enginemen on twouf the
principal railways OF France ranged
in 1908 from s5O5 .66r;to iSS06 ss1771
and of fremen from 1924. a Ito!
$5s5 .9S. In Italy engInemen. res
celved in 1908, salary and allow
ances included from 1851. 10 to
$8l2 20 a year; fremen, from
$3.50 80 to S475 .O5 year. In
these continental countries the
maximum compensation is received
only after many years Of service.
The, average annual compensation
of enginemen in the United States IN
1905, on an estimated basis of 800
days service. was s1.ss4;. OF fire-
men, 1892. In this country the rate
of compensation to these employees
does not depend on length OF SER
vice.
The rental of three oryfour room
house or fiat is almost as: high in
Berlin, Paris or London as through
Out the United States, but in Eng
land an on the continent 1t generally
runs from thirty dollars. to ninety.
dollars year less. The quantity
of food and fuel estimated by the
Board of Trade Of England as the
standard consumption Of typical
workingman's family costs in the
United States 1913 per cent more
than in France or in Germany;
SO per cent more than in BEL
GUM, and 80 per cent more than in
the United Kingdom.
Ut is well within the truth to est
mate in q broad and general way
that while the cost Of living of a