1 During 3 months, 5 hours on Saturday, 45 hours a week.

: During nine months, 8 hours on two days, 48 hours a week; during 3 months 8 hours on 5 days, 4 hours on Saturday, 44 hours a week.

* Paid according to floor space; minimum rate, $12.90.

4 Employed by the Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board. Strictly speaking these are State employees, not employees of any municipality.

2 During 9 months, 8 hours on two days, 48 hours a week; during 3 months, 8 hours on 5 days, 4 hours on Saturday, 44 hours a week.

3 Includes wood block paving, brick paving on streets and sidewalks, granite paving, edgestone setting and flag laying.

4 Seven days a week.

4 During 9 months, 8 hours on two days, 48 hours a week; during 3 months, 8 hours on 5 days, 4 hours on Saturday, 44 hours a week.

TABLE 16. STEAM RAILROAD EMPLOYEES.

Introductory. The information presented in the following table (Table 16) has reference to those occupations only which are peculiar to railroad service and which relate primarily to the operation of trains. Considerable information relative to rates of wages and hours of labor in railway maintenance and construction work has been reserved for a later bulletin.

It is the custom of the steam railroad companies operating within this Commonwealth to issue from time to time printed "Rules" applicable to employees in the several branches of service showing the rates of pay, hours of labor, and other conditions of employment. These printed rules virtually constitute written agreements between the companies and their employees. Owing to the varying nature of the several branches of service it is exceedingly difficult to present in one uniform tabular statement the essential items of information contained in these schedules. Thus, conductors, trainmen, locomotive engineers, and locomotive firemen receive compensation based on mileage covered, but certain minimum rates of wages an hour, day, or month are guaranteed. For employees engaged in station and other local service the rates of pay and hours of labor vary according to local conditions. The hours of labor of those who are actually employed in the movement of trains, including conductors, locomotive engineers, locomotive firemen, trainmen, and telegraph operators are regulated by the Federal Law applicable to that class of service. In view of the above considerations it was deemed advisable to present the information in a series of tabular statements, each of which has been so devised as to bring out the essential facts with reference to the several occupations considered therein. It will be observed that the rates of pay and hours of labor applicable to employees in train and yard service are quite uniform for three of the railroad systems considered. Attention is called to the fact that the rates of pay and hours of labor applicable to railroad employees are not confined merely to those portions of the several railroad systems which are within the confines of the Commonwealth, but are applicable likewise throughout the entire systems.