The daily progressive-miner., 1917-04-09
ALASKA ENGINEERING COMM. PREPARED TO
 MEET CONDITIONS
Has Statistics to Meet With Pos sible Difficulties in Future.

c= following copy q 8 cable5raTa received from Nr F. ? Warren. Fl zzs-.-E Representative Of the Com. s@z.5n n Seattle. under date Of Mar
 z-55ls the prevailing rates of
 s- Ssa-.,e and vicinity is pub 5e=5 lr request. as matter o9 gen
 .1-=-es; 10 employees
 co--ac-o-s in this viciniIy pay for
 -5- labor s275 per lo-hour day aaeszms-1s receive s3.-5 per lp-hour EoaE5 ls generally Ss05 psr week Quarters gre furnished but not blank Ls,-,e contract work iz being 
 The prevailing ra,e paid b prom 1- contracting firm at Port Angeles common labor ol construction ot
 tracks ts s558 10 s275 for II ours. vlea a charge of ss.oa for board. -zz1s-se- receive the sane rate.
 House carpenters ii Seattle are
 a. Ss59 per eishg-hour day
 e:=r work Outside -he city Eha
 ra.d are s551 to s4ao per day
 zc1-s Bridze carpenters on
 He5 wc-s las. summer wsre paid
 -1 g. dependent upon ability
 :1- l3 hoars When en- ~ 1T contractors. quarters, with
 blankets Ha-e furnished.
 Machine t-il,e-s o1 tunnel and op- w-z 7=-z paid s35a for Il hours. = sane co-di-.-ions a 10 quarters p,5=5 e thts class as in the case Of 5g= carpenters when employed 'by -----zc,c-s. Al the above received sane -a-= Of pay for overtime.
 P..e5rfr-r men employed by con
 .- -z= c..r work eight hours -5 are now asking an increase Of 5o -= per day after May 1 Time and @ paid for overtime. but oYer-
 $ rare and is to-oidden or mun- pal contract work. The present & z follows. Ground men $4-99: 5- men 2451- engineers $500: tzz ca-pzu-e-s S+f9,
 -2tzc1z-.s-s employed on Seattle instruction and dry-docE work receive 70 s5 csms an hour; eighthour day; = and a half for overtime
 Sea@ shoT=l zen work II hours S=a--,a- with the scale as follows: zgi-ee-z Sl5J per month, cranemen
 pr month; firemen ss5 per ---1- Al the above receive board addition TO salary. Pitmen are paid 5 per day without board After May 1 ths scale will be. for eight -- day, without board. as follows: Engineers &1-5 per month. cranemen e-z5 per month. firsnen s100 month. Train crews on the Cascade DiTis-
 Of tae Great Northern are paid = following per month: Yard engin- average &121: aremen 852 70 S9s: '-=ig- engineers. average $189, fvary- rom s1s9 10 225s. according 10 size ot engina The lower figure cor =Io-ss 70 size ot engines in use on alaska Engineering Commission rail a5-l passenger engineers. average
 lw.-1 maximum Of s21sj. pas 1ger conductors, }1s5 to S187-near- Al as lower figure; passenger 1-aksnsl. Ss5 to $s5; freight conduct
 s12s 70 2lsg. average on steady s1s sl49; freight brakeuen, ss9 10 s-lo.-wi-h average on steady run, work conductors. sIs8 to S1g3.- sa.ly abour sls0: work brakemen, 10 S1z5.-ss1alIy about SIS
 2W.-chf1g crews are paid as fol- ors Day foreman. Al cents an hour. -arerzge SIP per month: day help - g cents an hour.- average s103.s0 1er month: night foreman. 42 cents an sour--average s117.s0 per month. -5-erv little overtime is worked by aa switching crews. The men will sTesage g ten-hour days per month. This Information is secured from ire Chief Clerk Of the superintendent's oTce. Seattle Division of the North