Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-03

miles is not decreased when the men
put in shorter hours on the trip.
Under the mems demand, namely. ten
hours pay for eight hours work, they
will still get the 1904 for the trip: In
der the demands of time and a half for
overtime, if they should eventually be
granted that demand, their overt1mes
".i. pesiu TWO hours earlier imam II
does now. In other words, instead OF
being allowed fourteen hours and thlr-
ty-two minutes to make the trip, tnelr
overtime Will begin at the end OF
twelve hours and thirty 1.-TWO minutes.
Similar on All Roads.
BY obtaining information at time
keeping headquarters for other ran
roads, such as the Baltimore and ONO
at Baltimo ore. the Pennsylvania at Phlia-
uelpha, ETC., other concrete illustrations
could be given specifically as to the lat
ter roads but it is believed that the
Southern railway illustration will suf-
flee to inform the layman as to the
transportation industry. information as
to what the men receive and what they
demand, since conditions generally on
all the roads are similar.
In the railroad yards in and around
Washington ten hours or less const1-
tutes days work, paid for at different
rates. This is practically true of all
York, New Haven and Hartford. The
men demand that a days work shall
constitute eight hours or less. that theT
shall be paid ten hours pay for this
eight hours work, and they have been
demanding until within few days ago
during the conferences held in Wash
ington with the President that they
shall be paid time ard Il half for over
time above eight hours.
\ day conaue.ol ,..rd crews-which
jtTh1 md tff-
receives 81 cents an hour
He works by the necessities of the serr-
Ice from Z O'Clock am to { O'Clock pm.
He gets meal hour without pay). max
ing his actual service eleven hours Under
the present schedule in which ten hours
or less constitutes days work this con-
dactor is paid ten times 81 cents, or 80.
plus 81 cents for the hour he has worked
overtime. as the men do not now receive
time and half for overtime This
makes the days pay S..0l.
Total for Ten Hours Work.
But this same man, under the demand
that he be paid ten hours pay for an
eight hour work day, would receive the
20 for eight hours of his work. This
makes his pay at the rate of 1870 cents
per hour. Under the demanded schedule
ii he had actually worked ten hours he
would be paid cat time and halD for
two hours overtime above the eight hours.
This figures out $3.50 cents an hour
Thus. in addition to the $40, he would
get two hours overtime Cat time and
halO, making S1.3S, or a total OF S5.0S for
a days work
But, again. as the railroad employees are
not now demanding the time and a half
overtime, if the two extra hours over
time are figured out on the basis of the
eight hours work for ten hours pay. these
n RAT
1920 cents per hour. otherwise. practi-
cally. 81 cents, which, added to the 1910,
would make days pay of sac.
only one class o. yard ralrof1 en-
ploye has been used for purposes of
comparison. namely, the day conductor.
Other figures can easily be worked out.
what the other changes would
be- A night conductor is paid SO cents
an hour: day brakeman. "a cents:
night brakeman, Sc cents: an engine
man. AZ cents and a fireman, 81 cents.
These figures are for the Washington
terminal yard. and as to conductors ana
brakemen they are the same as the
figures in the P, w. & B. yard the
Il. K o. yard, the Washington southern
Potomac) yards and the Southern
railway tAlexandriat yard. As to
euSinemen and rremen the figures are
for yards other than those
Of the Washington terminal. In the
p, w. & B. yard enginemen are paid
II and AZ cents an hour. depending on
the class of engine. handled. and fremen
70 and IS cents an hour, depending on
Southern tPotomac) yards enSinemen
and firemen. regularly paid A. cents
and 3S cents an hour, respectively, for
d ten-hour day. are paid 90 cents and
80 cents an hour overtime. There As
q similar provision of so cents over
time in the Southern yard at Alexandria
for enginemen. The firemen are paid
overtime at the pro rata day rate.