1914 GT Rules and Wages for Telegraphers
From page 35 of this little booklet (page 19 of the PDF) we learn that the Grand Trunk agent at the Ainsworth depot earned $60.00 a month (about $1,308.34 in today's dollars). It wasn't as much as the Sedley agent made, and look — Sedley had two operators besides, just like Valparaiso. I had no idea Sedley was such a big operation.
The railroad did not provide the Ainsworth agent with a house, fuel or light. I gather the agent (and his family, if he had one) rented rooms with some local family; e.g., we've already seen Agent P.H. Swain rooming with the Dotzers and then the Chesters.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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