The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-31
CARMEN SIGN NEW CONTRACT WITH B. R. |. & P. O.; SCENT
 ARES APPROVED
Street Car Discussions End With Satisfactory Settle ment Reported-C -City's
 Terms of Fare In-
 crease Are Accepted

Six-cent car fares, a wage scale of 40 cents ,45 cents and 50 cents for employees and Q three years contract between the Birmingham Railway, Light and Power company and the employees are the final and def mite results reached in the street car situation, which has been under discussion here for the past 10 days.
 Without the slightest inter- ruption in street car service the entire matter has been settled amicably. Representatives ot the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees signed the new three year contract at 2 o'clock yes terday afternoon, which will become effective September 1
 Six-cent fares will become effective following the granting of the conn service commission to be allowed in. creased fares, which is expected to take place Tuesday when the hearing will he held in Montgomery.
 Judge w. l. Grubb of the federal court yesterday afternoon ordered Re receiver Bradley to accept the terms and conditions of the resolutions adopt ed by the city commission allowing G. cent fares to be collected, following the receiving and consideration of Receiver Bradleys report and recommendations Receiver Bradley immediately notified the commission of the acceptance.
 MT. Bradley yesterday issued a public statement in which he expressed his gratitude that the company's efforts "to meet the immediate emergency un- der the conditions imposed by the city had been successful
 Satisfaction was expressed on every hand yesterday as to the results of the conferences and the outcome of the dis. cussions. The employees of the company declared that they now have the bes, contract in the south, while the com pany officials have expressed them selves as believing that the contract is favorable to all concerned.
 The following are the principal flea. lures of the new contract as outlined yesterday by General Manager J. S Peyear:
 THE NEW CONTRACT
 The contract is for three years. Il provides for continuous operation oi the cars, shops and gns plants and suip- stitutinG, fin place of the strike, pro- disagreement grievance that may arise during that period.
 It provides new wage scale un- der which first year men receive 4( cents per hour, second year men 4s cents. and three year men 50 cents pel hour in place of the present wage scale starting at 31 cents and increasing ] cent per year until the 3S-cent max. imum is attained.
 In the shops there is an increase oi s cents to all men in service less thar one year, 10 cents to all in service more than one year and less than two years and 13 cents to all men in service more than three years.
 In the gas plant increases have been made on a scale of approximately 1C cents per hour.
 In addition to this arrangement Is made for time and one-half compen- sation for overtime, and time and one half compensation for several national holidays, with double time on Christ mas.
 The compensation for instructing students from an extra cents per hour to 10 cents per hour, and the compensation for men operating one- man cars from 2H cents to cents ad- ditional per hour,
 As the result of operation under the previous three-year contract a number of points have arisen, all of which were adjusted under the new contract and proper machinery provided for making practicable the operation of the agree ment
 BRADLEY'S STATEMENT
 MT. Bradley in his public statement said:
 The conferences with the carmen and shopmen have been protracted They covered many details of working con ditions as well as wages. and progress was necessarily slow. The conclusion reached, upon the whole. is I think fair to every interest involved.
 The necessity for applying to the Alabama Public Service Commission in any event has been previously ex-