Our country and its resources; . REPLICA OF THE DE WITT CLINTON, POSED BEFORE THE MOVING PICTURECAMERA. THE ORIGINAL WAS THE THIRD LOCOMOTIVE IN AMERICA 156 OUR COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES. A TRAVELING CHAPEL ON WHEELS. CHAPEL CAR ST. PETER rators and dispatchers but $ to well digested statis-tics, in 2 years the pay of engineershas increased 45 per cent, firemen58 per cent, conductors 47 per cent,other trainmen 63 per cent. Theaverage pay per year of railroad em-ployees of all classes is $825, witha road passenger engineer averagingover $2,000, a road passenger fire-man averaging
Our country and its resources; . REPLICA OF THE DE WITT CLINTON, POSED BEFORE THE MOVING PICTURECAMERA. THE ORIGINAL WAS THE THIRD LOCOMOTIVE IN AMERICA 156 OUR COUNTRY AND ITS RESOURCES. A TRAVELING CHAPEL ON WHEELS. CHAPEL CAR ST. PETER rators and dispatchers but $ to well digested statis-tics, in 2 years the pay of engineershas increased 45 per cent, firemen58 per cent, conductors 47 per cent,other trainmen 63 per cent. Theaverage pay per year of railroad em-ployees of all classes is $825, witha road passenger engineer averagingover $2,000, a road passenger fire-man averaging over $1,200, and aroad passenger conductor averagingover $1,700 per annum. Altogethertwenty-two classes of employees re-ceive over $1,000 a year. FOREIGN PAY The question is of intense interestto the general public, because of theeffect upon the public of railroad la-bor dissatisfaction, and the economiceffect of strikes. Without going intoany controversy between employeesand roads or in any way takingsides, it is nevertheless interestingto compare conditions here withthose abroad. In (his country, let itbe noted, the ratio of compensationpaid employees to gross earnings i
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