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Engines and Men
"We hear a great deal about a living wage," says the Annual Report of that year, "and if any class of workmen have a right to it, it is the men under rules which state that we shall reside where we are required, and shall devote all our time to their service, liable to be called upon night or day, and yet in many instances men are working two or three days weekly. All miles run over 150 by passenger train, and over 120 by goods train, should be paid for at overtime rates. We have also the grievance of lodging away from home, which is itself a moral evil." It is important to note here that the conditions Mr. Sunter referred to respecting mileage payment had been in operation on the L. & N.W. since 1872.
