Arizona republican., 1913-07-05
EXPERT ARMY ID FIX VALUATIONS
 IF RAILROADS
Over 10000 Inquiries Have Already Been Received by Applicants for Posi- tions in New Civil Ser vice Field
TAssoCIATED PRESS DISPATCH

VI n 4-'
 in the physical valuation Of railroads
 by the interstate commerce commis
 sion is emphasized in a statement is
 sued tonight by the civil service com
 cruiting the vast army of experts and
 other employees required for the un-
 Gertaking. The first of the eXamira-
 tions in this new field of civil service
 employment will be held in all of the
 states and in the territories of Hawaii
 and Porto Rico on July 21 and g. So
 great is the interest among those seek
 ing employment that already about 20.-
 GOO inquiries have been received at civil service headquarters From all
 parts of the country, letters have poured in at the rate of from 500 to
 1000 daily since the announcement on
 June Ii of the first examination. Not only will a large force required to complete the initial work of apprais- ing the valuation of all of the railroads of the country, but after the final fig
 ures are obtained it is probable that q considerable number will be required to keep the information up to date. Thus is will be seen that the work about to be undertaken will be perma- nent for q great number of employees under the civil service. Those who are appointed when the work starts and make good naturally will have the best chance for advancement. AS the un- dertaking is entirely in its infancy, it is impossible to tell how long a task it will be. but it is estimated that it win require about five years. It will be started as soon as the employees can qualify
 While the civil service commission is anxious to receive applications from as many qualified persons as possible, be- cause it believes that there will be ma great surplus of such men, it has been found necessary to emphasize the re- quirement of experience in the differ ent lines of work covered by the sev- enteen examinations to be held. Many of the applications for examination blanks thus far have come from tel egrap phers, station agents. conductors and others, whose qualifications are
 not of the kind required for the work about to be started
 The character of the work. the sal aries and the manner of the eXamina tions is explained by the civil service commission as follows:
 Junior and minor positions of archi- tect, mechanical engineer railway sig nal engineer. electrical engineer and structural engineer win be paid from $1O8O to $500 a year: similar grades of civil engineer, inspector of car equip ment. and inspector of motive power. from $1200 to $500. Senior inspectors of car equipment and senior inspectors 1 of motive power will receive from $500 to $3600 a year. There will be two grades each of senior structural en- l gineers. senior civil engineers. senior | electrical engineers, senior railway sig | nal engineers, senior mechanical en- | gineers, and senior architects. The first grade will play salaries ranging | from $3O00 to $4800 a year, and the
 second grade from $500 to $27O0.
 There will also be held on July 28 l an examination for examiner of ac 1 counts in the interstate commerce com 1 mission. These accountants will be paid from S2220 to s3O00 a year for the l first grade and from $186O to $210O for 1 the second grade. Applicants must
 have had actual experience in connec-
 ton with common carrier accounting work in public accounting practice. with l state commissions engaged in the regu- 1 lation of affairs of common carriers, or l with the interstate commerce commis- I sion. Seven years such experience is required for the first grade, while five years experience is sufficient for the
 second grade.
 l "The examinations to be given by the civil service commission for all these positions will be strictly practical in character For the senor positions and l for examiners of accounts the appli-
 cants will not be expected to come to- gether in a room and sit at desks for the purpose of answering questions on
 how to appraise the value of railroad
 property, but they will be required to
 fill out an application and examination
 form prepared for the purpose, giving
 a statement of their general educa-
 tiOn and technical training, courses of
 | study pursued, and where so pursued,
 also q detailed statement of their pro-
 fessional and technical experience 1, along the lines of the duties of the po- {, sition for which they apply, giving the , names of their employers. with dates } pay and kinds of work they have done
 They must make these statements un-
 der oath, and must give the names of witnesses who can corroborate their statements.
 "The commission acts upon these ap- plications much as any business insti- | tptiOn would act, except perhaps thai the examination by the commission in to the education and experience of the applicants is more thorough and syste- matic than is customary with conner cial houses. Specific inquiries are ad- dressed to the references given by the applicants, and when all the evidence possible to obtain in regard to the edu- cation, training, experience and fitness l of the applicants is obtained the papers are placed before a board of experts 1 accustomed to weigh such evidence men who have a knowledge of tho l qualifications required in the position 1 to be filled-and a percentage rating is l assigned to each applicant according | to the boards judgment as to the value of his experience and training for the position as compared with that of al