The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1913-07-07
Owing to Taking Physical
Valuation of llFoads
by the Government.

I WASHINGTON July Tile stu
pendous character Of the work In.
volyed in the physical valuation OF
railroads By the Interstate Commerce
Commission is emphasized In state
ment just issued by the Civil Service,
Commission. which 10 charged With
recruiting the vast army OF experts
and other employees required for the
undertaking. The first o. the exam
| nations In this new field Of civil SER
vice employment. will be held In alt
the states and in the territories Of
Hawaii ana Porto Rico, on July 2I
and 20. So great is the interest
among those seeking employment that
already about 10000 Inquiries have
been received at Civil Service head
quarters. From all parts OF the
country letters have poured In at the
rate of from 600 to 1000 daily since
the announcement on June u OF the
first examination.
Not only will large force be re-
I quired to complete the initial work Of
lappraising the valuation of all of the
railroads of the country, but after the
anal figures are obtained 1t Is prob
able that a considerable number win
be required to keep the information
up to date. Thus it viii be seen that.
the work about to be undertaken will.
be permanent for a 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 adj
vancement. AS the undertaking is'
entirely in its infancy. 1t is impossible
to tell how long task It will be, but
It is estimated that it win require
about Ave years. 1t win be. started
as soon as the employees can qualify.
Experience Desired. !.
While the Civil Service Commission
is anxious to receive applications
from as many qualified. persons as
possible, because 1t believes that there
will be no great surplus OF such men,
1t has been found necessary to em-
phasize the requirement. of experience
in the different lines of work covered
by the seventeen examinations to be
held. Many OF the applications for
examination blanks thus far have
come from telegraphers. station
agents, conductors and hothers, whose
qualifications are not OF the kind re-
quired for the work about to be start
ed. =
The character OF the work. the sal
aries and the manner OF the examina-
lions is explained by the Civn Service
Commission as follows:
Junior and minor positions OF ar
chitects, mechanical engineer. rail-
!. way signal engineer, electrical, engi-
neer. and structural engineer will be
paid from 81 $50 to 81 500 year. sim
EiIar grades OF civil engineer. inspector
of car equipment, and inspector of
motive power. from 1920 to $500.
Senior inspectors OF car equipment
and senior inspectors OF motive power
will receive from $1,000 to $500 a
jyear. There will be two grades each
of senior structural engineers. senior
/ civil engineers, senior electrical en-
| gineers, senior railway signal engi-
.neers, senior mechanical engineers.
and senior architects. The first grade
viii nay salaries ranging from $4,000
/ to $4,000 a year, and the second grade
/ from $500 to $2.7Oo.
4 Examiners Examination.
\ There will also be held on July
% an examination for examiner OF
! accounts in thezInterstate Commerce
H Commission. These accountants viii
be paid from 1920 to $4,000 a year
H for the first grade, and from 81 $50 to
81. 100 for the second grade. Appll-
/ cants must have had actual expers
fence in connection with common car
rier accounting work in public ac-
\ counting practice. with state commits
-sions engaged in the regulation OF
AFFAIRS OF common carriers, or with
the Interstate Commerce Commission.
seven years such. experience is re-
ouired for the first grade, while five
years experience is sufficient for the
second grade.
Practical Questions.
THE examinations to be given by
the Civil Service Commission for al
these positions will be strictly prae-
teal In character. For the senior
positions and for examiners OF ae-
counts the applicants will not be ex-
pected to come together in a room
and sit at desks for the purpose Of
IEanswering questions on how to APP
praise the value OF railroad property,
but they will be required to NIL out
Il 49, 81 awarnfuaffou form