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Show ENGINEERS ASK FOR SALARY INCREASES WASHINGTON, March 31. Increases in salaries proportionate to tha wage advances ad-vances granted members of . the four railroad brotherhoods and other organized organ-ized railroad employees was asked of the railroad administration board of wages and working conditions today by representatives of the nearly 40.000 professional pro-fessional engineers employed by the railroads rail-roads of the United States. A schedule of salaries adopted at a recent national conference held in Chicago Chi-cago was presented to the board by C K Drayer, secretary of the American Association Asso-ciation of Kngineers. Representatives i,f other engineering organizations, including includ-ing civil, electrical, nieehan ir-al and ,-ig-nal engineers in their membership appeared ap-peared In support of tho schedule 'l ire portion of the schedulo considered today proposes minimum monthly sal- 4Ss aries of from $200 to $1150 for leading draftsmen and designers; $150 to $200 lor draftsmen; $100 to $120 to tracers; $lo0 to $326 for engineer inspectors; $200 to $225 ior instrument men in surveying; survey-ing; $125 to $150 for rodmen in surveying, survey-ing, and $100 to $130 for surveyors' tape-men. |