The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-06-15
RAILROAD EMPLOYEES Of
]. 5. BETTER PAID
THAN EUROPEAN
RAILWAY WAGES AND COST OF
LIVING IN UNITED STATES
AND EUROPE.

Washington, June l,.-t tSpcciall
The bureau OF railway economics
has completed the second of its COM
parativr studies OF railway conditions
in the United States and the prinri
pal countries of Europe This relates
to the wages paid railway employees
and the cost of living. and is based
on the latest years for which com
paratiyc data are available.
The average daily compensation Of
railway employees of all classes for
the year 1910 was in the United
States. $a23; in tho United King
dom. $lOi; excluding supplement
tary allowances ncgligibly affecting
the average. it was in Prussiallessc
81 cents. and in Austria 81 cents.
The lowest paid railway cmplOyc in
tho United States. the ordinary track
man. receives Il greater cOmpcnsa
| tiOn than many Of the railway en-
plOycs Of France even hose Of high
or grades and with responsible du-
ties. The compensation Of railway
employees IL from two to three times
rs high in the United States as in
Italy
A recent report Of the English
EOard Of Trade on railway wages
shows that tho average weekly pay
OF enginemen In the United King
dom In 1907 was $ll.l7; Of Rrcmcn.
$6.67. In the same year enginemen
on American railways received an
average weekly compensation OF
$25.80, counting six days to the
week. and frcmen $l524 Recent
returns make it clear that in 1871.
enginemen and iiremen In the Unit.
ed States are compensated at rates OF
pay for specific runs that are two.
three and four times as high as the
corresponding rates on representative
English railways The annual com
pensa tiOn Of cngincmcn in the United
States, as reported by two rcprcsrn
tative railway companies. now ranges
from 81. 100 in switching service to
over S2.S00 In Passenger service, and
Of tiremrn from $70o in switching
scryit. 10 over SI.7o0 in passenger
scrvi,r
For continental Europe official re-
turns in requisite detail are no,
available for Il later year than 1908.
Tho salarra and allowances of the
tvpicll cn2iIrnan in Germany
amoG itrd for thar year 10 SO SS.
IN Austria 10 $S1o so, oi a fireman
in & rmany 10 $iai.sa. in Austria
Ia So o.. Thr annual rompcnSa-
tion a. rnuincm"n on tAo oi he prin-
cipal railways of France ranged in
l9"S from $50, 80 Ia S2o6 and
OF .i.emnn from S.3.i2i to $aao.oN.
Ia Italy cnginem"n received in 1908
salary and allowances included. from
s,SI 10 10 $SI27U a year. iir"m"n,
from s330.;o 10 Si1,.o, "A year I'm
these continental countries the maxi
mum compensation j. received only
after many years of sertice.
Th,. average annual compensation
OF cnginrm"n in h" United States
in lspS. on AN estimated basis OF
200 dlvS s"rsit". VAS 81 -, oi
iiremrn. s7o. In 'his country the
rate Of rumpensatior 10 these "m
piovos does 10, csprnd on length of
service
In Belgium engin"men received IN
1907 from s23 Ii 10 SIS 90 a month:
fremen. from sl7.37 TO s23l6
month; conductors and station en-
pioyes. from 81 cents TO 90 cents
day. In the United States. in the
same year 1907. cnginemcn averaged.
on the basis of -, days service.
SlO7,0 a month, firemen. $500 a
month: conductors. $3.50 a day, STA
ton employees from si7s % s2.o3
day