The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-08
Interstate Commerce Com
mission Will Require a
Small Army
EXAMINATIONS ARE
TO BE HELD JULY 21
Railroad Accountants and Men of Ex-
perience Will Have Best Oppor-
tunity as Examinations will
Bring Out Ability
BY C. e. STEWART

Washington, July c.--(Special1-It is go
| ing to take an army of first class men
to carry out the work cut out for the in
terstate commerce commission which is
involved in the physical valuation of rail-
roads. This fact mas been EMPHASIZED il
a recent statement given out by the civil
service commission, which is charged with
Recruiting the army of experts and other
employees required for this vast undertake
ing.
The first examinations in this new fell
of civil service employment will be held in
all the states and in the territories OF
Hawaii and Porto Rico on July 4
and %.
| That there is considerable interes;
among the people seeking employment is
proven by tie fact that something like
10000 inquiries haze been received at civil
service headquarters from all parts of the
country.
This new undertaking of the government
presents very attractive field for enl-
ployment. For not cnly will large force
be required TO complete this work, but il
| is going to take long time to do the
job, and after it has been finally conf
/ pleted it will require considerable force
to keep the data up to date, which is re-
quired under the law. and it will mear
permanent employment TO a large part OF
the force.
| No Estimate of Time
| No estimate as to the time it will take
to complete this task mas been made, +
attempt to do so would be a mere guess
for the various ramifcations of railroad
building and operation must be delved into
| by the commission and is certainly nl
small job.
! The civil service commission is very
anxious to receive application from as
many persons who are qualified as posi-
BILE, because it has reason to believe that
| there will be no very great surplus of mer
| who have the experience and ability to i'll
the places required. Many of the applica
| tions received so tar have come from tel
legraphers, station agents, conductors ant
others whose experience and qualification.
have not fitted them for the work abou
to be started.
The character OF the work, the salaries
land the manner of examinations are ex
part as follows:
Junior and minor positions of architect
mechanical er gineer. and structural engi
neer. railway signal engineer eectrica
| engineer, will be paid from $10S0 to $500
year; similar grades or civil engineer, In
spector of car equipment, and inspector a
motive power from $1200 to $500. Senior
inspectors Of car equipment and senior in
srectors of motive power will receive from
$500 to $4,000 year. There will be two
grades each Of senior structural engineers
senior civil engineers, senior electrical
engineers. senior railway signal engi
neers, senior mechanical engineers am
senior architects. Z he first grade will pay
salaries ranging from $4,000 to s4SOO veal
and the second grade from $500 to s2700.
| There will also be held on July 2S ar
examination for examiner of accounts II
the interstate commerce commission
| These accountants will be paid from $22O
to $1,000 a year for the FIRST grades ans
| from $500 20 $2100 for the second grade
Applicants must have actual experience II
| connection with common carrier account
| ing work in public accounting practice
with state commissions engaged in tn,
regulation of affairs or common carriers
| or with the Interstate commerce com
mission.
'"rhe examinations to be given by TIL:
civil service commission for all these 20
sitions will be strictly practical in char
acter.
THE commission acts upon these appli
cations much as any business institution
would act, except perhaps that the exam
| ination by the commission into the educa
| ton and experience of the applicants i.
more thorough and systematic than is Gus
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