. Railway mechanical engineer . rimmers and repairers and locomotive carpenters;painters (letterers, etc.); painters (plain painting); car in-spectors, and freight car builders and repairers. Wood andsteel car repairers are carried on separate seniority lists. Lehigh Valley Agreement The Lehigh Valley agreement with the newly formedAssociation of Maintenance of Equipment Emplojees of theLehigh Valley provides for three separate classifications,viz., craftsmen, promoted helpers and helpers. The rates ofcraftsmen van,- from 72 cents to 80 cents per hour; of pro-moted helpers from 53 cents to 63
. Railway mechanical engineer . rimmers and repairers and locomotive carpenters;painters (letterers, etc.); painters (plain painting); car in-spectors, and freight car builders and repairers. Wood andsteel car repairers are carried on separate seniority lists. Lehigh Valley Agreement The Lehigh Valley agreement with the newly formedAssociation of Maintenance of Equipment Emplojees of theLehigh Valley provides for three separate classifications,viz., craftsmen, promoted helpers and helpers. The rates ofcraftsmen van,- from 72 cents to 80 cents per hour; of pro-moted helpers from 53 cents to 63 cents an hour; helpersreceive 47 cents the first year and 49 cents thereafter. Pas-senger carmen, gang leaders on freight car repairs, etc.,receive regular craftsmens wages, but freight carmen andinspectors are rated from 63 cents to 65 cents an hour. Pro-moted helpers in the car department are rated at from 53cents to 60 cents and car cleaners at 37 cents. Regularapprentices begin at 27 cents and helper apprentices at Home Made Car Wheel Grinder FHE recently increased use of autogenous welding methods■*• for building up flat spots in car wheels has focused atten-tion on the need of some device or method for finishing thewheels to a smooth, true circumference after the weldingoperation. It is practically impossible to apply just enoughwelded material to the flat spots so as to leave a smoothcontour the same as the original tread. The way in which this problem has been met at oneprominent Eastern railroad shop is shown in the method consists of building up the flat spots in car
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