Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-01-03
THREATS OF RIVAL.
SYSTEM Is ANSWER
TO CUT IN WAGES

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it. they would quit their jobs and go
into the transportation business.
Statements of MIR Wilcox and Of
.tcials OF the car mems local in Rich.
mond indicate that the employees are
not going into the operation OF tho
bus line in blind or haphazard
manner" The Capitol Transit Cor
roration has been chartered and will
direct the operation OF the 'inc. \
charter was granted the corporation
in April. 1921. ana II is headed by
George l.. WILCOX. president; Roscoe
l.. Grceuway is vice president. ana
Raymond o. Tillcr, secretary and
treasurer. Only members of the car
mems union here and members of
other labor unions in Richmond are
stockholders in the company. ac-
Cording To MIR. Tiller.
:00 Autos Rcndy.
News Of the decision Of the men
10 enter the transportation business
spread rapidly and officials of the
Capitol Transit Corporation were APP
preached with an offer for cars yes
tcrday afternoon. y representative
Of "A Richmond concern announced
that his organization had 200 auto
mobiles of the passenger type
which could be turned over to tho
corporation Prompt delivery Of
these cars is assured. declared the
representative. The corporation has
this offer under adviscmcnt.
Mctormcn and conductors on the
Richmond lines now are being paid
from - cents To Al. cents an hour.
and the reductions proposed by the
power company would result I'm one
class OF employee receiving 30 cents
an hour, union officials here assert
They declare it would be impossit lc
for the men to live under the agree
mcnt posted by the company Sunday
morning.
In Other Cities.
X. .. Tllcr when asked in regard
To reduction OF Garments salaries
IL other cities, admitted that the
wages of employees in four Southern
cities had been reduced. These cities
are: Lynchburg. Roanoke, Charleston,
:. G., and Mobile, Ala. The rcduc-
tion in the two Virginia cities
amounted to > cents on tn. hour, but
reduced the salaries To a shade be-
low the present scale i'm Richmond.
Mr.. Thlcr stated that both Roa-
nokc and Lynchburg have "a 5-ocnt
fare and declared that jtney COM
petition Is strong in each oi the
cities. Car men in Charleston and
Mobile receive wages higher than
the present scale in Richmond, de-
spite the fact that they hnv. suf-
fcrcd a cut, lie stated the proposal
Of the Virginia Railway and Power
Company here would place the
wages OF the Richmond men way be-
low that OF any OF the four cities
Ton,orr rows Meeting Important.
While the conference between the
union leaders anh officials OF the
company on January II is regarded
as highly Important, a meeting to-
morrow in this city also is declared
TO he Significant. Representatives
OF the union in Richmond. Peters
burg. Norfolk. ana Portsmouth will
meet here. The session in this city
viii follow Il regular meeting to u:
held At noon in Petersburg. There
VIII be fourteen representatives. In
ihc conference here and the proposed
agreement and the coming confer
cncc with the company officials will
he debated AT length. as the agree
mCnt affects employees on all lines
operated 10y the Virginia Railway
and Power Company In Virginia
Information received here ycstcr-
day was that heads Of the union in
the other cities are with the Rich
momd members. Mr.. Tillcr AN
| nounccd that the agreement Will AZ
feet 1860 men. lie denied reports
that tho total number of men nj
fcctcd e only 200. Mr.. Tillcr stated
Richmond alone has 700 union men.
Norfolk. 500; Portsmouth. 100. and
Petersburg, a.
Eject IN Jitn~ys probIrmntirnI.
lust what effect the intended bus
line viii have upon the jitncys now
operating In Richmond is profile
uatical. officials OF the corporation
announce that In. travelling public
will b" hauled ns cheaply as pos
slhlc
While the officials Of the transit
corporation realize that ON paper
the COS, OF operating "a single bus
appears high, they are confident the
car mon can at least make living.
Purchase of automobiles in large
lots viii reduce the initial cost TO
! a minimum and the corporation Will
I be able To purchase accessories at