The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1916-06-29
HAVE GOOD Wages
AND SHORT HOUR,
Some Interesting Figures A.
uai Earnings OF Men On IN Act
Southeastern Roads

Washington, D. C.-Tn oo
with the movement of train anS
CINE employees for increased e.
frank statement of the earninaesss,
men employed in freight servia' 81
! the southeastern territorv win NC Ii
less be of interest. O0uOt
For engineers the PREVAILING
mum rate in through freight sor tuF
! ranges from $5.15 to S5.G5 nov NE
for engines of ordinary types IN ,N Wy
freight service from 1925 to sG % "a
engines of ordinary types, in ha sU
through and local freisht Son. "14
from $6.25 to $500 for MaIIet wv
engines. "%
For white firemen on engines :,
ordinary types the minimum 49,. -"
ranges from 1915 to $3.50 Der dav "
through freight service, from ~ m ~
$3.50 in local service; on Mou"'
engines in both through and local 90,
vice from $500 to $425.
For conductors the standard min;
mum rate in through freight servio.
is $4.1O, per day, in local service s450
per day.
For white brakemen the stando,,
rate in through freight service i
$2.75 per, in local service So per dav
The foregoing are the minimum
daily rates that must be made by tbo
railways to each employee in tbo
classes named who does any work a.
all in day, irrespective of how few
hours he may be on duty or of how
few miles he may actually run. These
rates are paid for any work up fl
100 miles with additional pay for
overtime if the run is not completed
in the specified number of hours.
On the other hand, the earnings NJ
employees frequently exceed these
figures as the actual earnings depend
upon the numleer of miles run and in
the case of fast freight runs, the
earnings are much higher for com.
paratively short hours.
Taking as an illustration fast
freight train running over a division
$50 miles long where the run
can be made in hours and 80 min.
utes, the engineer would receive for
this IL hours on duty the sum Of
$S.10s the fireman $40, the conduc.
tor Sc. Is, and the white brakeman $4.lC
Thus while the first figures show
the minimum that can be paid an
engineer, - fireman, conductor, or
brakeman for days work, the lat.
ter figures show the wages that can
be and are being made by train and
engine employees on fast freights on
long divisions, such as are being run
every day in regular service by
number of roads in the southeast for
live stock, perishables, and
other freight which it is necessary
to move on expedited schedules.
In yard service the standard rates
for white employees vary from $500
to $3.50 per day for day switchmen
and from $500 to 1910 for night
switchmen, and from $3.50 to $3.50
for day foremen, and from 1910 to
$500 for night foremen. These are
the minimum rates that can be paid
for a day or any part of a day up to
10 hours, after 10 hours pro rata over
time is paid.
Under the mems proposals the low
est yard employees who now receive
$500 for a 10 hour day would re-
ceive $500 for an hour day, or
$4.12 for the work at present per-
formed in 10 hours, and the night
yard conductor now receiving $4W
for his 10 hour day would recelye
this $500 for his hour day, or Sou
for the work at present performed Id
10 hours.