The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-03-24
MEN WANTED!

| MEN WANTED!
United States Government Needs
| Mechanics and Helpers.
Owing to the increased construc-
| tion being carried out by the govern
ment, there will be large Increase
in the number of employees at navy
yards and ordnance establishments.
At present the following-named kindsS
and numbers of employees are need
ed:
Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia,
Pa.-73 machinists, 1st grade, $4.24
to SIS per diem; SO machinists, End
grade, 1882 to 50; 81 machinists,
1924 to SIS; % assistant machinists,
$2.24 to $500; 50 toolmakers, lst
grade, $4.24 to $5; % toolmakers,
End grade, $3.52 to Sd; 20 toolmak-
ers, 1924 to SIS; 21 instrument MAX
ers, 1st grade, Optical instruments),
$4.24 to SIS; instrument makers,
End grade, (optical instruments),
$3.52 to Sd; II hand screw makers,
$3.16; a brass molders, $3.76; 2
naolders' helpers, $2.52; 4 black
smiths, $3.76; blacksmiths' helpers,
$2.40; 80 skilled lahorers, male, $2.-
"a; "a skilled laborers, female, 81
SO, with earnings on piecework,
$2.76 to $3.24 per diem) 8 skilled
workmen, $2.76 to 1924; s machine
operators, graduating work, $2.b2;
as machine operators, male, $2.24;
Sc machine operators, female, $1.SG,
with earnings on pieceWork, 81 to
1924 per diem) 20 sewing-maehine
operators. female, $1.36, with earn
ings on piecework, So to 1924 per
diem).
Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, N. y
8 assistant foremen, for handling
outside labor, construction, upkeep,
and for handling various stores; 8
gang bosses; 100 to $50 laborers; 20
skilled laborer boys; 10 seWing-ma-
chine operators; 15 hand sewers, fe-
male.
The wages paid at Picatinny ar
senal are the prevailing wages paid
for the same or similar work in the vi
cinity.
Watertown Arsenal, WatertoWn,
Mass. p inspectors, $12O per month;
l2 rate settlers, $3.50; 4 engineer, To- ]
comotive crane, 500; / foreman,
$3.50; Q gang bosses, s120 and $l26; i
10 skilled laborers, $2.32 to $2.4O
per diem; SO laborers, $2.16 to ST.
AZ; 3 eranemen, s2.72 to $3.50; 81
machinists, $3.04 to $4.24; is ma
chinists' helpers, $2.16 to $2.56;
toolmakers, $3.52 to $3.50; core
maker, 81; i pattern maker, $3.52;
Ia clippers, $2.32 to $3.50; rigger,
$2.72; machine operators, $3.50 to
$3.50; molders, Sd; 2 nolders' help
ers, $2.32; / electrician, $3.52;
electricians helper, $2.32; 2 black
smiths, $3.2s to 1882; 5 black
smiths helpers, $2.16; 2 tool grind
ers. $2.s2 to $3.50; / oiler, $2.s2;
/ furnace helper, $2.48.
Watervliet, Arsenal, Wateryliet,
N. Y-9O machinists, 1912 to $4.72
per diem.
Navy Yard, Boston, Mass.-75
boiler makers, s4.24 to $500 per
diem. Steady employment for three
months, with possibility Of overtime.
Navy Yard, New York, N. Y.--5O
riveters, $3.76 to $2.88 per diem;
S holders on, $3.12 to $2.08; rs rivet
heaters,$2 to $1.28; anglesmiths, s A.
40 to 1928; shipsmiths, $4.48 to
1928; sailmakers, 81 to $3.50;
punehers and shearers, $3.76 to
S2.88; seamstresses, $2.32 to $1.b2.
Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa.--50
common laborers, $2.24 to Sits per
diem; Is sewing g-machine operators,
male, $3.0A to 1924; mattress max
ers, 1920 to $3.50; coppersmiths,
I$4.24 to 1928; coppersmiths' help
ers, $2.48 to So; general helpers,
I$2.48 to So; boat builders, $4 to
Is3.04; shipsmiths' helpers, $2.48 to
So; wharf builders, $3.76 to $2.88.
| Navy Yard. Norfolk, Va.Sailmak-
ers, 81 to S264 per diem; 100 la
borers, $1.84 to S1.60.
Navy Yard, Washington, .. c.
| Machinists, toolmaker, $4.56 to 3d.
so per diem; maehinists, all-around,
l$4.56 to $3.50; s blacksmiths, $4.48
to 1928; 10 pattern makers, $4.84
to 1893.
No educational examination is re-
quired, but applicants viii be rated
upon the evidence Of their experience
and physical ability.
| Applicants should at once apply
for application form to the board Of
examiners at the ordnance establish
ment or labor board at the navy yard
at which employment is desired, or
to the Civil Service Commission,
Washington, p. G.; the postmaster,
Donaldsonville, La, or the secretary
of the Tenth Civil Service District
Customhouse, New Orleans, La.
/ Applications should be properly ex.
| ecuted, including the medical certifi
Icate, and filed with the board of ex
aminers at the ordnance establish
ment or labor board at the navy yart
| at which employment is desired.
!. According to the 1917 edition o
the Official Catholi Directory, pub
lished in New YorF .1ty, there are II,
022,S79 Catholiof in the Unite,
States. New Yo1.r state leads wit
I2,962,o71, Penns.s lvania is secon
3 with 1,s65,oo0, Illinois and Massa
Ol chusetts being third and fourth wit
over 100000 each. Louisiana
ninth in the list. with Catholic poi
0 lulation Of 549,700.