Transportation Pursuits 



107 



§2. Specific Pursuits 



Almost 50 per cent of all transportation workers were employed 

 in pursuits incident to operating steam railroads. The occupa- 

 tions represented and number in each in 1910 were as follows : 



Steam railroad laborers 15,834 



Locomotive engineers 



Brakemen 



Switchmen and flagmen (steam) 



Locomotive firemen 



Foremen and overseers (railroad) 



Conductors (steam railroad) 



Steam road (inspectors) 



Steam railroad (semiskilled) 



Ticket and station agents 



Boiler washers and engine hostlers 



Baggagemen 



Yardmen (steam railroad) 



Freight agents 



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2.979 



2 



2,981 



2,727 





2,727 



2 427 



13 



2 440 



2,339 





2,339 



1,068 



5 



1,073 



711 



9 



720 



704 



35 



739 



364 





364 



354 





354 



319 





319 



175 



1 



176 



36,832 



107 



36,939 



Total 36,832 



Ex'press Employees 



Draymen and teamsters comprise the greater number of express 

 employees. 



Males Females Total 



Draymen, teamsters, and expressmen 10,802 3 10,805 



Agents (express companies) 218 7 225 



Express messengers 183 183 



Total 11,203 10 11,213 



Boad and Street Transportation 



The number of workers in road and street transportation is here 

 shown: 



Males Females Total 



Road and street building and repair (laborers) . 3,278 3,278 



Hostlers and stable hands... 2,215 2,215 



Livery stable keepers and managers 1,365 4 1,369 



Carriage and hack drivers 601 1 602 



Chauffeurs 600 600 



Street cleaning (laborers) 189 189 



Road and street building and repairing (foremen 



and overseers) 142 142 



Total 8,390 5 8,395 



