Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-11
WOMEN RALROsDERS.
Large Increase in the Pennsylvania
Service in the Past Year.

4 net gain of ash m the number o
women Cmplovcd On the various DIVISION,
of tho PENNSYLVANIA railroad. eastern
lines. was made during the month nI
June This is shown hy tho daily reports
Of the division superntrndents On
Nav 81 a total of 6S73 women were
cmploycd in the divisional offices while
the report for June 80. which has just been
compiled, shows total II S.354 fcmaic
employees on nj divisions This total
DOES not include the departments IN the
general offices NJ Philadelphia and Pitts
burg, where altogether considerably more
than 900 women an working
The latest compilation for all depart
ments Of the PENNSYLVANIA railroad
Eastern lines including tho general offices.
has boon made as Of June |. 1918 X
shows total II S167 women IN tho
service on All divisions and III All depart
ments at that time One year previously.
on june /. 1917, there were only 1915
women employed, Or an increase IN n wear
Of 6S22
The earliest compilation ever made az
the number Of women at work in An
departments was that of Nav !. 1917.
which showed ,494. making An increase
in Is months of 1913
rarely taken into the service of the Penn
sylvania railroad In tho majority nf the
departments none we're cmplovcd ri III
There were. for many wears, = very limit
I'd number Of women station agents anI
telegraph operators ! few women were
also employed IN such work as cleaning
stations. ears and offices, and IN the
general offices a small number were en-
ploved IN clerical position tIlt the total
If female employees never AZ any tinc eN
ceedcd more than few hundred UntlI war
conditions arose
At present, women arc working IN Gq
classified occupations on the Pcnn~>l-
wanna railroad, and have invaded maul
lines ~ employment some involving
manual labor which were formerly rc-
gardcd rs capable nj beng filled onN D.,
mon
Iod1V ~lX women arC working. IN Nsr)-
ous shops. on car repairs ono is empioNcd /
as caller. her duties being IL summon (
tranmcn for thclr runs. ~ women are /
al work cleaning locomotives: one Is p
crane operator. four arc cmpovcd IS (
locomotive dcsDatchcrs. % ar .lraurht~-
women, ecven are draughtInC apprentices +
tlvc women arc Operating steam hammers
three are gang leaders ouc Is q coal M
spcctor. so arc working aS laborcrs. - /
arC CmpI0Ncd y machine hande. 23t arr
and assistant messengers sIN
Rre mechanics helpers two are oIlcrN. - /
arr classcd aS shop hands r. are employ /
sd - power operators. eight arc lever /
nine are draNhridCc attendants
two arc switch attendants, 3 WarL n.
freight truckers ono Is 8 trackwonan.
two arc furntablc operators. cight are mp .
noIstercrs. two are warchouse women and /
y arr employed u crossing watclW0nor /
In addition there are I.i1 signalu omen /
md assistants, H. bureau of information
p parcel room attendants. !
25N storeroom attendants 611 car clean /
rs; two Pullman space distributors: l. I
elevator operators and II ticket sellers .
In the lines OF work more clstomarlv .
olowed by women. there arc los janItrcG /
es: go telephone operators Pos tclc- I
Taph operators. l2I telegraph operator
Students l. cooks and 4.723 girls and /
women who are classified rs clerks. stem /
,gTa pliers and tvpiSts