Show SHORT LINE CLERKS I ITO TO fiET MORE PAY General Advance in Wages Decided Decided Decided De De- De- De on by Railroad Company NO FIXED SCALE FOLLOWED Proficiency and I clI Length th of or Service Ser Ser- vice Will Be lie Factor ii in ill Determining III ing Amount of or RaIse Oregon son Short Line pa pay checks for Cor practically al ull of the OO or more clerks employed In the tho local offices of ot the company will come In the tIme form Corm of surprise packages The new mien order is the result of a decision of or the company corn corn- pany pan to make a general advance In wages Co for l' l almost all aU of or the minor positions Not ot only will practically 1 every clerk in Iii the general and local offices of or the tho company be favored hut but the tho salaries of or several of the em em- in Iii tho the f freight eight i offices in O Ogden eJen Pocatello anti and other points on the tho line will be advanced ad The rho advances will Coil follow ow no fixed scalo scale but they will average about 10 per cent all through and the exact amounts are arc being fixed fixed fix fix- ed eti b by a committee of oC the tho om officials cia Is of the road Men Ien now receiving 75 to 80 a month will wilt receive 80 to 90 and In Imi some Instances th the pay pUy will be advanced ad to the tho mark Co for I this class The Time 90 and a month men will In most Instances be advanced d to and some somo of oC them will receive e 1 Work orl Has lias Increased The Tho advance is voluntary on the part of or the company although in the thela thelast thelast la last t year there have been many re requests requests re- re quests Co for l' l ral raises es from rom mm clerks clerics In Inthe Inthe inthe the auditors auditor's office and in the freight department Changes In the systems system In use b by the time railroad have ha Increased the thc work in several ceral departments and anti the now mien railroad rate law la has also Increased the duties of man many of the clerks so that the railroad company as well a as the thc reaIl realize realise c that many of the boys bos arc me fling earning more mOIe than their positions have been worth for Cor some time General and length of or service will also enter Into the problem of fixing the now new wage wago scales There e are re some to GO clerks In the employ of oC the company Compan who will be he affected by the thc advance most of oC them ln living in Salt Lake Lale This will mean that tho the monthly pay rolof roll rol rollof of oC the company is to be he Increased I about 1500 a month It Is understood that there 1 will bo bono bono bono no Increase fo for the regul regular salaried officers of the time company compan Tho The station agents agent of oC the company have also re received re- re an un Increase that averages nearly nearly nearly near near- ly 10 per cent jill all along the line lino and they lave have also received the grant of 10 cent of or the time railroads railroad's per pcr commissions com corn missions on Western Vestern Union telegraph business sent from Crom their thell respective e stations v |