New Britain herald., 1916-06-16
PAainVille News TRAMWAY C0. RAISES PAY OF TROLLEYMEN
Employes Surprised With An-
 nounCement Of Unexpected Raise ACTION WAS NOT REQUESTED
Company Had Raise the Scale Few Months AgO-MaXimum Wage Now Thirty-twO Cents Per HOur-Funcr- al of Mrs. John Sl1inner-Briefs.

Trolleymen in the employ of the Bristol and Plainville Tramway com pany were given a most agreeable surprise yesterday when the officials announced a voluntary increase in the wages paid to the crews on the various lines. Despite the fact that but a few months ago the mems pay was ad- vanced the company has shown a dis position to keep up with other trolley corporations and of their own volition the officers decided to make the wages paid to their help equal to that se- cured by the union for men in the employ of the Connecticut company.
 Six months ago the scale was from tWenty-three to twenty-eight cents an hour. The men subsequently, asked for raise and the company increased the scale to from tWenty-four to tWenty-nine cents with ten cents per hour extra for overtime. Now the trolleymen are to get the benefit of another raise, the company paying from twenty-six to thirty-two cents per hour.
 The Bristol and Plainville Tram way people keep close to their help and although the men are not organ ized they reap the benefits of the work done by the unions with which other trolleymen are associated.
 Labor troubles have never been eX- perienced in the history of the coad, the men and their employers having succeeded in adjusting all their ditf1- culties without ever resorting to strike.
 The action of the company in rais- ing the scale without having received even a petition was gratifying news to the men on the cars and they ap- peared to be appreciative of the raise.
 Funeral of Mrs. Skinner.
 The funeral of Mrs. John Skinner, who died at her home Bank street yesterday afternoon after long illness, will be held tomorrow morning at o'clock from the Church of Our Lady of Mercy. A high mass of requiem will be celebrated and it is expected that Mrs. Skinner's cousin, Rev. Bernard Mccarthy of Hartford, who is now on retreat at Keyser Island, will officiate. The in- torment will be in St. Joseph's ceme- tery.
 Mrs. Skinner was a highly esteemed resident and her death is loss to the community Besides her husband, her mother and five sons, Bernard. John, Frank, Peter and George Skin ner, mourn her passing.
 Gets Chest of Silver.
 Miss Marguerite Murphy of Bris- tol, who is to wed William E. Kelvie, formerly of this place, on June 27, was presented with a chest of silver yesterday by the officials and employees in the City hall in Bristol. Miss Mur- phy is a stenographer in the office of the Bristol city clerk.
 Yesterday she was called to the court room where she found all her associates in the building gathered together. On their behalf Judge w. J. Malone presented her with their wedding gift. The young lady was most pleasantly surprised, her friends having kept her in ignorance of their plans.
 Odd Fellows to Decorate.
 Plans have been made by Sequassen lodge, l. O. O. F., and Martha Re- bekah lodge for the annual memorial exercises for their deceased members which will be held Sunday afternoon. Members of both organization will