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RE: (erielack) 1955 Rates of Pay
I'd like somebody to confirm this, but my impression is that the rates shown in the "1955 Rates of
Pay" image are DAILY rates, not hourly.
Yes?
SGL
> -----Original Message-----
> From: erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org
> [mailto:erielack-owner_@_lists.elhts.org] On Behalf Of Robert Stafford
> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 10:38 PM
> To: List ErieLackawannna
> Subject: RE: (erielack) 1955 Rates of Pay
>
> I remember when I worked Morristown. It was a Star rated
> agency, the highest paying on the division. I made somewhere
> between $5.25 and $5.30 per hour, exact figure I do not
> remember. This would have been January 1975. How inflation
> has pushed things up the past 30 years.
> Bob Stafford
>
> --- Philip Martin <martinpl3_@_earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > In 1955 a freight handler on the New York Central got $1.65
> an hour.
> > I know because I was the freight handler. Now, I get nearly $25.00
> > per hour, selling tickets at Morristown. Other ticket agents get a
> > little less.
> > Philip Martin
> >
> >
> >
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