New Britain herald., 1919-04-11
$65,O0O,0OO WAGE
 BOOST GRANTED
(ConUnued from First Fage.)

50,000,000, in 1918 at a2,53S,O00. 900, and this year at $222. 100000
 Small Raises for Attendants
 Comparatively small increases in pay are expected soon for dining car and sleeping car attendants.
 Director General Hines, in his an- alysis of the railroad situation under government control, explained that the end of last year employees wages had been raised to a rate which would have added $754, ,000 to the aggre- gate railroad payroll if it had been effective throughout the entire year. He added to this the sum of S67,5o0 900 to cover increases for the brother hood mon in the order today and for dining car and sleeping car and po- lice employees. The aggregate for the latter three classes is estimated at about $2,50o,00O leaving approxi- mately s65,OOo,oO0 for the brother hood men.
 $53s, s,O00,O0 Actually Paid.
 The actual payment under increased wage orders last year was $53S, 000- 900. according to MT. Hines calcula- tion. Railroad companies estimate the wage increases at nearly $100- 900, 900 more than the Railroad ad- ministration.
 Railroad accountants calculate that about $1, 900, 900 a year will be forthcoming from the great increases last year. The Railroad administra- tion's figures today on wage condi- tions indicate that more than 80 per cent of this is eaten up in wages.
 Wage Effect on Costs.
 Discussing the effect of wages on operating costs this year, MT. Hines said, in making public the order, that through the elimination of overtime, which will be unnecessary under peace conditions, and through ability to regain experienced employees who were lost during the war, the total increase in wages would be substan- tially less on the same volume of buS~ mess than the foregoing based on the calendar year 1918 would indicate, and, of course, the increase will be less if the volume of business is less.
 Explaining the unsettled contro- versy over time and half for over time for road men, the director-gen- i erals statement said:
 Insist On Overtime
 '"The train and enginemen earnestly insist that they should be paid time and q half for overtime in road serv- ice (instead of pro rata overtime), for any excess time due to a fault to maintain a speed of 20 miles per hour in passenger service, and 12 1-2 miles an hour in road service, claiming that this is strictly in the allowance of overtime after eight hours in work ; and is paid exclusively by the hour
 Arrangements Disagree.
 The railroad manageme strenu- ously insist that there is no such an- ology because they say that work on the road is in the nature of peace work, also that the higher speed in freight service is frequently not eco homie and hence the failure to make it ought not to be penalized, and that the employees while on the road can not be under strict supervision, and ] can largely influence the time con- sumed and the speed of their trains. 1
 ''The board of railroad wages and 1 working conditions recOmm ended that this question be submitted to board 1, of eight, i. C., four representatives Of 1 the magnates and four representative of labor for a thorough study and ! report on this question. This course will be pursued, and the question will be sub4 ! mitted to railwa% board of adjustment ] number one, which is made up or four l of the homogeneous and four representatives of labor. Elf l fective steps will be taken to secure i the promptest action possible oS shis l matter"