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Show PAYROLL GROWTH OP ROAD SHOWN Pennsylvania Lines' Figures Cited By Executive to Labor Board , CHU'AGO, Feb. 5 W. W. Atter- bury, president of the Pennsylvania railway Thursday supplemented hia statement before the labor board Mon-j da) by a message to President Wilson Wil-son showing the Increase In number of I employes and in payrolls during the I IV i "!' (ri.iv ernmenl i nitt rol "In the year of 1917, Mr. Atterbury's message said, "before government operation op-eration was adopted, the railway employed em-ployed 302,828 machinists, bollermak-ers bollermak-ers blacksmiths, electricians, airbrake-men, airbrake-men, car inspectors, car repuirers. other oth-er skilled shop employes and ma chin-1 iiiv helpers and apprentices. In !!:'n when the number of locomotives und cars to be maintained was only slightly larger, than In 1917. they had 443.774. an increase of 140.945, or 47 per cent. The total waites paid to these employes em-ployes In 1917 was S3 1 7. s 7 '. J '. v hlle In 1H20. after the advance In wages granted by the railroad labor board last Jills, their wngcn wer,. r.innlnc at' the rate of approximately $890,000,000 I a year, an Increase over 1917 of 180 per cent. im KE ISE in I i RKS 'Another class of enuployt-s Included In one i.f the national ogrei menti la th0 clerks. In 1917 the railway employed em-ployed 184.063 clerks, while in 1920 when business was normal, they were employing 238,693 c!crk. an increase at 29 per cent. The total wages paid I lo clerks In 1917 Was 1119, '506. After the wage award made by the railroad labor board the wagSI of the clerks were running, as near at call bu estimated, at the rute of $399,300,000 a year, an Increase of 112 per cent." |