"The crew referred to by Mr. Jor
dan as consuming three hours be
I tween Pullman ami Moscow nsnallv
: consumed three hours from arrival at
Pullman to arrival at Moscow the
balance of the time being used by the
crew in eating 30 minutes; running
time between Pullman and' Moscow
50 minutes the balance of the time
being used in setting out train and
picking up another train and station
switching
"Mr. Jordan also stated that the
company had to keep two watchmen
at Moscow who would not do the wip
ing of engines, which is not true.
Ptease ask him the names of the
wipers. The two men who watched
the engines also dried sand and put
on the engines and wiped the engines.
The only Reason that two men Vere
employed was that the engine from
the west local had to be watched 14
hours and 30 minutes when on time
and it was cheaper to hire two men
and pay them eight hours each than
to pay one man for 6 y 2 hours over
time. He also stated that the watch-,
man at Pullman can watch 10 engines
if necessary, which is correct under
certain conditions. So could the
watchmen at Moscow. They all work
under the same schedule. These men
^t $4.22 per day of eight hours. Mr.,
j ordan knows that if the men do not
do their work they will be discharged
the game ag 10 15 years af , 0 . i
trust that you will investigate both
state ments and see who is trying to
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