. Railroad and street transportation . ccupation Rate per hour Press feeders, lithographic presses Auto van driver Warehouse men Machinists, specialists Building laborers Street Railway Conductors and Motormen .). Dividing the amount expended for wages in1914, by the number of motormen and conduc-tors employed gives an average yearly wage ofabout $ Data submitted by the union inthe 1914 arbitration indicate that about 35 percent of the men earn $ or over per day dur-ing their second year of service, 40 per cent from$ to $, 15 per cent from $
. Railroad and street transportation . ccupation Rate per hour Press feeders, lithographic presses Auto van driver Warehouse men Machinists, specialists Building laborers Street Railway Conductors and Motormen .). Dividing the amount expended for wages in1914, by the number of motormen and conduc-tors employed gives an average yearly wage ofabout $ Data submitted by the union inthe 1914 arbitration indicate that about 35 percent of the men earn $ or over per day dur-ing their second year of service, 40 per cent from$ to $, 15 per cent from $ to $,and the remainder less than $ These fig-ures do not include Sunday work. Hours of LaborFigures compiled by the union and giving theworking time of 851 men employed as motormenand conductors in Cleveland are presented inTable 10. If the traffic were uniform throughout the day,the total time on duty, which is greatly in excessof the actual time paid for, would be consider-ably reduced. Diagram 2 indicates the hours 72. of the day when traffic is at its heaviest on atypical Cleveland run. TABLE 10.—PER CENT OF MEN WORKING SPECIFIED NUMBEROF HOURS PER DAY Hours Per cent 10 or over9 to 108 to 97 to 8Less than 7 354013210 On the Superior Avenue line the cars leavingthe Public Square range from two to 30 an diagram shows that two peak loads,or heavy traffic periods, occur each day; onein the morning from seven to eight oclock, anda still heavier one in the evening from five tosix oclock, when traffic reaches its morning peak, however, shades off grad-ually, dropping from 27 cars per hour betweenseven and eight oclock to 23 cars between eightand nine, with 12 cars per hour from then onuntil three oclock. The evening peak reaches30 cars per hour between five and six oclock,but falls sharply to 16 cars between six andseven oclock and continues to decline slowlyuntil one a. m. A service which is called upon to meet suchvarying demands necessarily
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