The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-02-21
RAILROADS
RAILWAY NABOBS
In New Statement X. r. Cite
High Wages Paid Enginemen.
Engineers Called "AristOerats
of the Labor World

Chicago. III. Feb. 2O.-The execu-
tive committee OF the Association Of
Western Railways today made public
the following statement:
Railway engineers have long been
called the "Aristocrats Of the Labor
World"
The reason why many be found in the
following analysis OF the actual pay
rolls Of the Western railroads for a
typical month;
1IsT3 engineers CJ6 per cent Of the total
number employedl earned over S1JO a
..lal engineers ga ger cent? earned over
900 engineers 15 per cent earned over
S-n 2 1aontA ..,s-
41+ engineers earned over $50 a month
141 ga giueers earned over $50 "A month
q engineers earned over 500 "a month .
Il engineers earned over Si25 a month
Here are some specific cases OF
earnings of railway engineers in the
year ended June 80 1914.
! Shuttlcworth- Canadian Northern .
r. W Gibson. international &
Great Northern R. B..-.---.---. 3-194 10
IL. K - -'.,'' ----'.'' s17s5O
St. paul i,y...- 60. 1-., s12oos
santa 'i ne Ry- ,.--.o -oi'.' so5a ~
II NJ Griffith Illinois central r. L a.032 0s
q
a. S1ata Re .-'' -. 3oO4 10
c Il. Derryberry. Denver y Rio -.
vsileT r. - .'-'---v, 2974s7
T $ simmons. III Paso 4 south
western kE-.------ --.---- 1-8ll 70
JOAN seo5t. canadian Northern -
w ne:d Canadian Pacific Ry..... 3,sas 81
sra5.s a1 Te Ty A'.'.i-s.'l' iol'-- esG1o4
santa G Fe Ry A'eni7oD' iopeA'l 2s575a
la n. S 0Giaey T. - R+.,. es111o
Mountain K Southern Z. R. 2-S01 .
While some Of these men were in
passenger service which Is not affect
ed By the demands they indicate the
Cpro-tuuities through promotion
Livery railway fireman is a prospec-
tive --Aristocrat of the Labor World .
Before ne is promoted to that rank
however. he IS pretty well paid by the
railroads. For one month the payrolls
O. oE Western roads show wages actually
earned by firemen as follows
II 80 firemeu ~ per cent Of the total
number Employed earned over 500 a
.n firemen earned over s1a5 month
ia, firemen earned over $40 month ;
~ f.ruu1en errncd over Si7I month ,
- fircmcu carried over 500 month A..
4 firemeu carried from SD to S3'i5'i.
a mouth
Dcka & santa Fe in one month made
S2G4. running SIS hours per day, and
for the year earned So or an
avera Ee of's23 per month
An engineer on the Denver < Rio
Crande working - days in one month
earned S246.S6 in freight service and
$3.50 additional for a round trip one
day ia passenger service. An engineer
on the Chicago Milwaukee & st Paul
ON a run OF 36i miles for which he
wa paid for 100 miles under the min
iuum dcv rule. was paid SS23.65 in
one month for . hours work a day.
His actual mileage for the month was
1887 but he was paid for 5000 miles
Tn the western cng1ncmens arEltra-
ton Gaze testimony was Introduced
rcga riding a fireman on the Gulf Colo
RADIO q santa F. who received SOS. SO
in ore month for firing an oil-burn-
ing locomotive although his position
as compared with the coal fireman $
is d snap" The oil fuel j. FED
through pipes and regulated by a
valve in the cab. the fireman net be
fn- required even to leave his seat ex-
cent three or four times in Il 100 mile
run to pour "a SCOOP of sand into the
f-renox q clean the flues.
The railroads arc not trying TO cut
down the earnings OF their highest
prld employees. but these employees
arc a. ucudir= higher wages. regard
loss Of The rights of employees in other
branches of the service or the rights
OF stoci-holders.