Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Eastern Region. Labor and Wage Bureau.

The Eastern Region was created upon adoption of the regional system on March 1, 1920. It comprised that portion of the PRR lying east of Altoona and Renovo, Pa., with a headquarters at Philadelphia. The Eastern Region was abolished in the reorganization of November 1, 1955, and divided among the New York, Philadelphia, Chesapeake, Pittsburgh and Northern Regions.

The Labor & Wage Bureau grew out of the office of the Examiner of Wages & Working Conditions established in the General Manager's Office in 1916 in response to Progressive Era legislation governing wages and hours. The first Examiner of Wages & Working Conditions was H. A. Enochs, a former brakeman, conductor and union official, who had represented the four operating brotherhoods on the eight-hour day committee in 1915-1916. During the period of federal control (1918-1920), when the USRA made concessions and recognized the non-operating unions, the office was expanded into the Wage Bureau with Enochs as Supervisor.

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