The evening world., 1919-08-27


tractive to walkers will bring pus-
scnEers, Mr.. Mltten has succeeded In
Increasing the number OF passengers
carried In q year from t4s,6ss'oOs IN
iocreased the earnings through traf-
ao, he raised the wages Of the men
from - cents an hour or f622.le a
year IN 1910, 70 ~ cents an hour or
ti.2Ol1a last year. and this year ne
has pushed wages up 70 IS cents an
hour by the increase OF Aug. last
This makes a wage increase OF iba
per cent. since he assumed charge or
the company.
come through an actual Increase OF
free transfer points In the city. Last
year 20 is0.l72.2 26e passengers were
given free transfers AZ $40 functions
This service was equal 10 ~ per cent.
OF ali the passengers. Paid transfers
were issued 10 ~, ,7io passengers AZ
$50 points, or to $40 Dof cent. OF the
passenger. The savings 20 paRsen-
gers by the fare reduction from SIS
cents 70 s.9s cents amounted 70 w.
professional strike agitators here
have not been able 70 gain results
under the Mitten management. 10
organised an employees welfare as
ISOLATION which cost members "
month ana u Is said ho gave them
Tor their dollar more than twice as
much as n labor union could give
them for doublo what Il cost thom
20 retain membership in the em-
pioyees' own Organization. Employees
ara now given a life insurance pol
lev for 81, 900 payable At death or on
permanent disability. There were
elghty-three q these policies cashed
In during the last influenza epidemic
The men get $3.50 a day when on
Ack leave for 100 days In year ana
old age pensions Of l40 month'
After the big strike OF the COM
ranv IN 1910 the shareholders and
p,fbiIc spirited citizens pOttioned -.
n stoteabury, a partner In tho ,. =.
MorRan firm and head OF Droxel q
Co, philadelphia. 70 take charge OF
the mana cement OF the company He
consented upon the condition that he
should receive no pay and that he be
allowed to select the man 70 head the
organization. This was agreed 20 and
Mr. Stotesbury drafted Mr.. Milton
from Chicago, where he was operating
the street railway system.
WAGE FARMERS GET THE FIRST
CONSIDERATION.
MT Mitten laid down the inhexlple
rules that the wage earners shoulo
have hrSt consideration, that the
passengers should come next and the
sharoholders last In his rehabilitation
plans. He set aside ~ cents for
every dollar taken in 10 pay out In
wages and he kept the fare nj Ave
cents. With the men given a salts
actory wage rate he set about to
look after the passengers and even
tually created n greatly improved
service. Then he turned TO the share
holdera. but he was Ave years getting
70 tho point where he could pay
dividend.
The result is that walkers are get
ting preferred attention: passengers
are cared for. wage earners are salts
ned and the shareholders are getting
dividends.
Mr.. Mitten Is now In Maine on
vacation. He is 70 return TO Phila-
delphia to make an address at an out
Ing OF tho employees' welfare organi-
Sation at Willow Grove Park, Sept. 3
ana I. At that time the 1000 en-
pioyees are 90 De taken into the con-
hdence OF Mr.. Mitten, and II is ex-
pected that he viii publicly announce
TO them the offer he has TO leave
Philadelphia for the traction problem
In New York. IL IL also expected that
he will announce whether he has