Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1901 — Must Obey Eight-Hour Law. [ARTICLE]

Must Obey Eight-Hour Law.

That the eight-hour law must be enforced by contractors for the city of New York was made known in a decision rendered by the appellate division of the Supreme court. It was in the case of Eugene Lentilhen, who made a contract with the city in June, 1899, for removing the Forty-second street reservoir. Comptroller Coler refused to pay the contractor because he had made his men work more than eight hours and had not paid them the prevailing rate of wages.