CB05_0054

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March 27 [187]6

C. M^cArthur Esq foreman

Dear Sir

On Saturday April 1^st the spring pay
will commence. I wish you would see that all whose
names are on your book are notified that there will
be a reduction from the prices paid in 1875, in April.
Any man desiring to know at what rate he will be
paid can inquire at the office of M^r Childs with
whom I will leave a list.

The teamsters pay will be $1.75 per day, all days to be
counted except Sundays, wet or dry, when they are prsent.
This is a much smaller reduction than is made for most
of the men, but I take into consideration that they have to
come early to take care of the horses and that they will be
expected to get to work promptly at 7 o'clock and 10 o'clock &
not leave until the bell rings. I expect they will be on hand
early evenings to give the horses good care, & stay long enough at
night. Teamsters, Engineer, S. Elder so expressed concern from overseer.
That Engineer, firemen ^^{S.W. Hutchings}, Patchett, Day, Rainey, Elder, J. D. Hawe, [?] will
be a [?] for their time in lost wealth when present; the others will be [?]
only for each day as present, when everything is such that they can look