Working on the Railways 100 years ago

     The following table gives details for the period shown of the hours actually worked and the wages paid to 141 NSWGR employees at Eveleigh Locomotive Workshops.

Employee Number in Time Book	Surname	First Name(s)	Occupation	Fortnight Ended	Hours Worked	Equals Days:Hours	Daily Rate	Wages Paid £  s.  d.	Notes
49	Allan	David	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
37	Andrews	Samuel	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.04	6.04.00
7	Arnold	William	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.08	7.00.00
91	Austin	George	Driller	2-8-1900	83.25	10.25:01.25	8.02	4.05.00
124	Ballhouse	Roy	Laborer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.00	4.04.00
61	Bennett	Joseph	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
164	Beveridge	William	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
36	Brigden	Sydney	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.06	6.06.00
77	Brisbane	Charles	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.00	5.08.00
151	Brown	Frank P.	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
168	Brown	Frederick D.	Apprentice	2-8-1900	95.75	11.75:01.75	0.10	0.09.11
144	Brown	Lindsay L.	Shop Boy	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	5.00	3.00.00
134	Brown	William	Laborer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.00	4.04.00
74	Browne	Samuel	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.06	5.02.00
82	Burchmore	George	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
86	Burdett	Charles	Machinist	2-8-1900	60.75	07.50:00.75	8.00	3.00.09
125	Burns	James	Shop Boy	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	3.00	1.16.00
128	Burt	Alfred George	Shop Boy	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	3.00	1.16.00
64	Butler	William	Fitter	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.08	7.00.00
104	Cahill	Thomas	Driller	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.00	4.16.00
171	Cameron	Angus	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	2.00	1.04.00
177	Cape	Arthur E.	Fitter	2-8-1900	91.5	11.25:01.50	7.00	4.00.01
121	Childs	Charles	Overhead Crane Attendant	2-8-1900	87.25	10.75:01.25	7.06	4.01.10
48	Christie	James	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
1	Church	Robert	Storekeeper	2-8-1900	12 days	12.00:00.00	8.00	4.16.00
66	Clark	George	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
75	Clarke	William	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.06	5.14.00
8	Clayborough	John	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	74.5	09.25:00.50	11.02	5.04.00
112	Cleary	Edward	Driller	2-8-1900	85.75	10.50:01.75	7.06	4.00.04
71	Clowes	Archer	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
92	Crombie	Peter	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.00	5.08.00
12	Danneford	Frederick	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.00	6.12.00
42	Day	Vincent	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
160	Dean	Charles	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
56	Derbyshire	Lindsay	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
79	Dickinson	Charles	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.04	5.12.00
57	Donald	Robert	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.04	5.12.00
51	Eckersley	Isaac	General Turner	2-8-1900	95.75	11.75:01.75	10.00	5.19.08
5	Edwards	Frederick	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	91.75	11.25:01.75	11.00	6.06.02
62	Edwards	James	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
84	Elliott	William	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.06	5.02.00
130	Erekson	Charles	Laborer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.06	4.10.00
40	Ewart	Archibald	General Turner	2-8-1900	60.5	07.50:00.50	10.00	3.15.07	Transferred to Ultimo Power House 28/7
3	Eyre	Stephen	In Charge of Fire Appliances	2-8-1900	14 days	14.00:00.00	8.00	5.12.00
100	Felix	Alfred	Driller	2-8-1900	95	11.75:01.00	8.00	4.15.00
89	Ferguson	Alexander	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	6.06	3.18.00
81	Ferguson	William	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.04	5.12.00
19	Fitzpatrick	John	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.06	6.06.00
136	Freckelton	Bert	Laborer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	6.06	3.18.00
4	Glocott	Marcus	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	92	11.50:00.00	12.08	7.05.08
65	Goodyear	Richard	Fitter	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.06	6.18.00
103	Gough	Joseph	Driller	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.00	4.16.00
70	Graham	William	Striker	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.06	4.10.00
58	Hands	John E.	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
68	Hanson	William W.	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
98	Harvey	Henry	Screwer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.00	4.16.00
53	Henderson	Alexander	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
27	Henson	Samuel	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.00	6.12.00
41	Hickey	James	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
9	Holland	William	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	74.5	09.25:00.50	11.00	5.02.05
18	Housley	Thomas	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
33	Howieson	Thomas	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.06	6.06.00
115	Hudson	Albert	Stationary Engine Driver	2-8-1900	100.75	12.50:00.75	8.08	5.09.02	Worked 4.75 hours overtime
142	Hunt	William	Laborer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.00	4.04.00
116	Jenkins	Meshach	Stationary Engine Fireman	2-8-1900	121.25	15.00:00.25	8.00	6.01.03	Worked 2 hours overtime and 23.25 hours Sundays
39	Johnstone	William	General Turner	2-8-1900	95.75	11.75:01.75	10.04	6.03.08
15	Jorgensen	Carl	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
97	Joy	Alfred	Driller	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.00	4.16.00
25	Kay	Richard	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.08	7.00.00
30	Kershaw	John	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.08	6.08.00
161	Koch	Hendrich F.	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
11	Lake	Robert	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.00	6.12.00
72	Lake	Robert	Machinist	2-8-1900	95.5	11.75:01.50	10.00	5.19.04
135	Lawler	Alfred	Laborer	2-8-1900	91.5	11.25:01.50	6.06	3.14.04
17	Lees	William	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	91.5	11.25:01.50	10.00	5.14.04
176	Lessels	Thomas M.	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
170	Levett	Walter	Fitter	2-8-1900	87.25	10.75:01.25	8.00	4.07.03
101	Liggett	William	Driller	2-8-1900	48	06.00:00.00	8.00	2.08.00
169	Lloyd	Arthur	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	3.00	1.16.00
52	Locke	Daniel	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
67	Lyons	John	Assistant in Tool Shop	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.00	4.16.00
47	Macnamara	Joseph	General Turner	2-8-1900	91.25	11.25:01.25	10.04	5.17.10
	Maloney	Mrs	Office Cleaner	2-8-1900	2 weeks		1.00.00 p.w.	2.00.00
99	Manson	John H.	Driller	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.00	4.16.00
80	Marland	Caleb	Machinist	2-8-1900	95.5	11.75:01.50	9.00	5.07.05
123	McCarthy	John	Laborer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	6.06	3.18.00
23	McKnight	George	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.08	7.00.00
166	McNamara	William	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	5.00	3.00.00
90	Miles	Samuel	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.06	5.02.00
45	Mills	Albert	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.04	6.04.00
2	Morcom	Frederick	Gatekeeper	2-8-1900	12 days	12.00:00.00	7.06	4.10.00	Gate at Chief Mech. Engineer's Office
106	Neave	William	Belt Repairer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.00	5.08.00
87	Neill	James	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.06	5.02.00
126	Newton	George	Laborer	2-8-1900	91.75	11.25:01.75	7.06	4.06.00
165	Norris	Frederick C.	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
172	Northcott	Julian	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
44	Nuttall	Thomas	General Turner	2-8-1900	95.75	11.75:01.75	10.00	5.19.08
34	Partridge	Stephen	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.06	6.06.00
132	Patterson	john	Laborer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.06	4.10.00
162	Patterson	Walter	Apprentice	2-8-1900	95.75	11.75:01.75	3.00	1.15.11
78	Pearson	John	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.00	5.08.00
73	Pickard	William	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
43	Poole	Harry	General Turner	2-8-1900	95	11.75:01.00	10.00	5.18.09
119	Powys	Alfred	Store Laborer	2-8-1900	87.25	10.75:01.25	7.00	3.16.04
95	Proctor	William G.	Driller	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.00	4.16.00
110	Robinson	Benjamin	Wheel Riveter	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.00	5.08.00
32	Rock	Richard	General Turner	2-8-1900	95	11.75:01.00	10.06	6.04.09
13	Rose	Henry	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	95.75	11.75:01.75	11.00	6.11.08
83	Ross	William	Machinist	2-8-1900	80	10.00:00.00	9.00	4.10.00
85	Simpson	Robert	Machinist	2-8-1900	95	11.75:01.00	9.04	5.10.10
31	Slade	William	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.06	6.06.00
54	Slattery	William	General Turner	2-8-1900	65.5	08.00:01.50	10.00	4.01.10
14	Smith	Charles	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.00	6.12.00
55	Smith	Henry	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
24	Smith	John	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.08	7.16.06	Back payment for 6 Day's at 2.09 p.d. for extra duties
35	Sneddon	Robert	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.06	6.06.00
180	Soutter	Sydney J.	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
29	Stedman	John	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.00	6.12.00
178	Stedman	Leslie	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.00	4.04.00
59	Stride	Sydney	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.04	5.12.00
50	Stuart	John	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
88	Sullivan	Francis	Screwer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.06	5.14.00
38	Sutton	Thomas	General Turner	2-8-1900	95.75	11.75:01.75	10.04	6.03.08
163	Swift	Rogan	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	2.00	1.04.00
26	Taylor	George	General Turner	2-8-1900	87	10.75.01.00	11.02	6.01.06
118	Thompson	George	Machinist	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	8.06	5.02.00
108	Turner	Henry	Wheel Marker	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.00	5.08.00
173	Tuting	George	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	1.03	0.15.00
60	Vaughan	John	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	9.04	5.12.00
63	Vercoe	Frederick W.	General Turner	2-8-1900	35.25	04.25:01.25	10.00	2.04.01
167	Vernon	Alexis	Apprentice	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	0.10	0.10.00
6	Weatherburn	Henry	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.08	7.00.00
175	Weatherburn	Percy	Apprentice	2-8-1900	95.5	11.75:01.50	1.03	0.14.10
127	Webb	Thomas	Laborer	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.06	4.10.00
69	White	James	Toolsmith	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.08	6.08.00
133	Williams	James	Assistant Wheel Riveter	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	7.06	4.10.00
76	Williams	Samuel	Machinist	2-8-1900	91.25	11.25:01.25	9.00	5.02.08
10	Wilson	James	Wheel Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	11.00	6.12.00
46	Wilson	James	General Turner	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	10.00	6.00.00
131	Wolf	William	Shop Boy	2-8-1900	96	12.00:00.00	4.00	4.08.00
96	Wright	Isaac	Driller	2-8-1900	91.75	11.25:01.75	8.00	4.11.09

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