The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-09-08
AdOTORMENS WAGE x
 UNDER INQUIRY BY i, GOVERNMENT HEADS

z Accouding. to Bulletin 204 just is- Euad by the Bureau of Labor Statis- tfcz IL S Deraxflpsnt of Labor, IL per. cent. Of the regular motormen on surface street railway lines :in the | larger cities of the United States in l1914 carried under "A cents per hour, {. 2A per cent. earned under 26 cents, f4 43 per cent under 28 cents, 61 per cent under 30 cents. s5 per. cent. under 32 cents, and per cent. under 34 cents. s These figures are drawn from a study NoG Q4 companies in 81 cities, Nearly all companies have sliding scale of wages for motornnen and conductors, based on length of ser kvice. The annual increase generally { is about 1 cent an. hour and, some Ecompanies continue such increases flor 1Osor more years.
 ] As a-ru1e, conductors are paid the same gate of lFaees as the motormen. EThe length 0k service for Conductors, however, does not average so high as for Mptormen. Of the regular : conductorsworkfng for the same com npantes IS per cent. earned under 24 cents per hour, 33 per cent. earned under 26tcents, 51 per cent. under 2S cents, 67 per cent. under 30 cents, S8 kper cent under S2 cents, and 99 per Eceut- under S4 cents
 .Txtrz~ motornnen and conductors are thoseshaving no regular runs, and generallysare men new in service who ttake the place of regular men when absent, or take such irregular service as the company may have to offer. fThefT wage rates are lower than the Srates of regular men who have been f1n service a longer, time.
 In addition to the data obtained by special agents the bureau. also col f1ected by correspondence ngures as to wageS-smd hours of labor from more Ethan 300 companies. most of them in icities~snaxler. than the s1 cities spec
 ia1Iy studied. The wage rates of both groups of cities were classified in ] cent groups The bulletin shows the median rate for car employees. By msdianarate is meant the rate of the man having as many men of lower .rate below him as of higher rate tabove hGim- The median rate in. the cities vzsfted by the bureaus agent. 1 were found to be as follows:
 Motorrnen, regular, surface, 28 an6 under %. cents per hot1r. Motormen EextEa. surface, 25 and under 2s cent. Sper hour. Motormen, regular, ele svated and subway. 35 and under st scentssper hour. Motormen, extra, el .evated and subway. 30 and under s1 kcents Der hour. Conductors, regular tsurface, 27 and under 2S cents pei shour. Conductors, regular, surface s2T and under 28 cents per hour. Con. kdmcbors, extra, surface, 24 and under ,s25 cents per hour. Conductors, regu s1ar, .ebevated and subway. 2e and un. sders27 cents per hour. Conductors Lextra,. elevated and subway, 25 and s1rndeF 26 cents per hour. Guards irregular, elevated. and subway 2S an6 Funder z4~ cents per hour. Guards, sex stra. elewated and subway. 21 and un der 22apeutsrp hour.
 Tn f1e group Of cities for whicI
 data were obtained by. correspond
 ence the nnedfan rates were:
 Motormen, regular and extra. sur
 face, 26 and under 26 cents per hour Conductors, regular and extra, sur
 face, 25 and under 2e cents per hour
 In this spcoud group the regular ant
 estra, men were not, reported sep
 arate1N
 fs8< 'S1r@ ahcStFa than are actuall. -i worked The extra man complains
 ofNthe irregu1araty and uncertainty O lfheswork given him and theslength o time he must wait to get a regulaa
 run A few companies guarantee (
 minimum earning to their extrs
 trainmen- The chief complaint O. Ithe regular man is the length of ser
 vice required per day, and more es tpecia11y the long hours over whicf
 the work may be spread bys one ol
 lanore periods off dutyu1n hise day,I