La Junta tribune., 1913-12-20

Mzchinists. IL to II cents :
per hour. sl.lt to sl.4s per {
day.
Biacksmiths. ~ to c9,,
cents per hour. 3l.sS to sass :
per day. I
Boilermakers anu toolmxkers {
e5i. to 2ehs cents per hour. I
s2.ee to 3..5s per day.
Carpenters and coach build :
-rs. 81 to 25ls cents per hour. :
1l.ss to se.eo per day.
Filters. Il to 25h cents per Z
hour. &i.s3 to $220 per day. :
Turner's, 81 to - cents per {
hour. Sl.s3 to $e.05 per day.
Car repairers. l3 to II cents
per hour, sl.lt to Sl.+s per
- day.
Engineers. freight. sS3 to :
$50 per month,
Engineers. passenger. $50 to :
$40, per month.
Conductors. freight. 3;2.5o :
to $ae.5o per month.
Firemen. freight. s;s?5 to :
stS.15 per month.
Firemen. passenger. S5i to :
ssl per month.
Brakemen. $3.50 to ss5 per :
month
Clerks and bookkeep.rs, :
$3.50 to SOS per month.
Foremen, SIS to sl5s per :
month.
Those who work steadily re- =
ceive a bonus OF one months .
pay per annum.
Track Is five feet. six and one :
half inches wide. q
Rails. as pounds; few are .
100 pound. .
shops commence work at :
a. m. quit at ll:A5. then l .. Z
IN. TO p. m.-eight and three :
quarters hours.
r. W. Patterson. president OF tn.
First National Bank OF this city. In
q recent letter to +. NJ Bisb~.
chief engineer OF the western grand
division OF the Santa Fe. gives noms
interesting information concerning
railroads In South America. from
which We have been permitted e
max. extracts. The letter was writ.
ten In Montevid-o. Uruguay. No
vember 9TH. and Mr.. Patterson says:
Il visited the shops In Panama
Peru. Chill twhere the state own,
the railroads mostly. Argentina
and Paraguay. | enclose you u pho
tc I took In the yards OF the Pacific
railroad which runs across the rtvei
Plate 1.-THE ocean, To the Ande'
mountains. There Is scarcely = cut
or y grade ON this line. II run,
over the smooth pampos. with q
very SLOW up grade to the foot OF the
mountains.
In Argentina there are three
xuaGex OF railroads vide. five
feet. ak and one-hxlf inches: the
standard. four feet. SIX inches and
II. narrow Euage. thirsy-nine snd
on--fourth inches. 10 you sre -v
erything has to b~ trsnshipp.d from
one OF these lines 10 the other. u
chiM there are state railroads. five
feet. SIX sud On~-haif In
ch-s wide. and In Northern Chill
ther. is the AnofagSsta and Ia Pia,
railroad Of two and on~-hsif f~el
gsag- have ridden on all Of thes.
roads. On the Andes mountain
there IL \ combination Of reGulsI
rail and rack and pinion or cog rail
When the grade IL very steep ths
cog rails are used. The change
from the one 10 the other is made
without stopping. The sam@ sys
tenn II used In the Alps.
Everything IL behind the time,
In these countries. Most Of the rail
roads Of ArK~ntina-is.ooo miles ri
told In the country-b~lonE to th'
IN nsiinh: hence almost all the en-
xtr.s come from England. Thej
buiid raiirosds all over South Amer
lea With pick. shower aud wheel bar
rv~. operated by human muscle
What you would build In thrst
rnonths. takes them from one to tw'
ysAra. They need somr one at th'
head of these railroads for system
business snd service. aud then Their
would b. profits. They need = iiv'
American In the center to press th'
button. could write \ ut more OF
these railroads. Just nov the Eng
iisA are scared out Of their wits. fo1
. typical American. = man nsmes
pafauhaR. II NJ the head Of Q BOW