| Show Pay on the Union Pacific Last Thursday so the Omaha Bee says was welcome to Union Pacific brakemen and conductors because they received their wages for the past month Some of them left the paymasters office feeling as happy as kings Joe Burns one of the freight conductors was particularly parti-cularly pleased He had pocketed the largest salary he ever earned on the road Under the old regime the regular salary of a freight conductor was 90 per month Under the new the conductor and train men are paid by the mile Burns has run during the last thirty days 4600 miles and including two days which he was held up by an accident to another train his pay amounted to 13115 T P Robb will probably receive the same amount These are the largest wages ever paid conductors by the Union Pacific Pa-cific and excel those of the passenger conductors who receive about 125 per month |
