Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-14

ana Pittsburgh, Buffalo and SusQue-
hanna, Central New England, Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey, Chicago,
indianapolis and Louisville. Chicago,
Indiana and Southern. Chicago, Terre
Haute and Southeastern, Cincinnati,
Hamilton and Dayton, Cincinnati
Northern, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chi
cago and Louis, Delaware and Hud-
son, Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western. Detroit, Toledo and Ironton,
Erie, Grand Rapids and Indiana,
Hooking Valley, Kanawha and Michi-
gan. Lake Erie and Western, Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern, Lehigh
and Hudson, Long Island. Maine
Central. Michigan Central, New Jer-
sey and New York, New York Central
and Hudson River, New York. Chi
cago and st. Louis. New York, New
Haven and Hartford, New York. On
| tario and Western. New York, Phila-
| delphia and Norfolk, New York, Sus-
quehanna and Western, Pennsylvania
Line (EasD. Pennsylvania Lines
| tWesb. Philadelphia and Reading,
/ Rutland. Toledo and Ohio Central
Vandalia, Western Maryland. Wheel.
and Lake Erie. GAINESVILLE and Vest
| ern.
Represented by Committee.
| The above railroads are repre-
sented by the conference committee of
managers.
! ELISHA LEE, chairman.
! ut is inconceivable that the conduc-
tors and trainmen on Eastern rail-
roads having received an annual in
crease of $50, 100000 per year in 1870
| n n In, Ysia r,F > L.,
pay they now get-would subject this
! country to the calamity of a strike,
because they cannot eoerce the roads
into granting further annual in
crease of S17,000,ooo
Here is what conductors and train
men receive on the New York Cen
trail Railroad per month: On through
passenger trains running between
New York and Buffalo, requiring
from 165 to 1914 hours per month. the
pay is: Conductors. S16S5S to s1s9.65
per month: trainmen. $9412 to S10S 26
per month; baggagemen working be-
tween New York and Buffalo, from
10 to 19l hours per month"; receive at
the present time from $95 to 1922 per
month.
On Division Passenger Runs.
"On division passenger runs, such
as those between New York and
Albany. Albany and Syracuse, and
Syracuse and Buffalo, requiring from
162 to PSI hours per month. the pay at
present is: Conductors, $3.50 to $3.50 per
month; trainmen. $74 to 500 per month
I'm suburban service, such as that
in the vicinity of New York city with
in the electric territory. requiring
from 1913 to 212 hours per month, the
pay at present is: Conductors, 1925
to 1856 per month; trainmen, $40 to $50
per month.
I'm through freight service, con-
ductors are paid from 800 to $3.50 per
month; brakemen from SIS to 500 per
month
The increases demanded by the
brotherhoods would amount on the
New York Central and Hudson River
railroad alone, to 81 ,52S, O93.4s per an
mum. or 236 per cent.
Have to Employ Unnecessary Men.
1.-THE so-called full crew law passed
at the recent session of the New York
Legislature requires the New York
Central Company to employ unneces-
sary men at an annual cost of $780,,
/ 600 per year, based upon the rates OF
pay now In effect. If the increase re-
quested should be granted, the cost
would be s9o5o per year.
1.-THE railroads desire to call to the
attention of the public the following
utterance contained in the award in
the engineers case:
From the viewpoint of the public
1t is an intolerable situation when
any group of men, whether employees
or employers. whether large or small,
have the power to decide that a great
section of the country as populous as
all of France shall undergo great loss
of life, unspeakable suffering, and loss
of property beyond the power of de-
scription. through the stoppage of a
necessary public service. This, how
ever, is the situation which confronts
us as a nation"