(Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen PARTIES TO DISPUTE:

STATEMENT OF CLAIM: On behalf of the following named members of §ig-
 nal Gang 1412, Houston, for an additional payment of three (3) hours each at time and one-half their respective straight time hourly rate; account work of their assignments was denied them when the Carrier assigned an outside contractor (Fisk Electric) to wire and install a Meter Loop (a part of a Highway Flasher Signal installation) on a pole they had set at 17, 1972, in violation of the Scope Rule of the Signalmen's Agreement..

 Employe Classification S.T. Rate of Pay
 C. L. Kemp Foreman $1129.40 per mo
 A. J. Latiolais Signalman 5.27 per hr
 A. F. Newman Assistant 4.49 per hr
 /General Chairman's file: M 206, Carrier's file:D 225-623/

 OPINION OF BOARD: In Award No. 20532 the Board dismissed a claim which
 alleged a violation of the Scope rule because Car
 rier utilized electricians rather than signal employees to install meter
 loops. The Board dismissed that claim because the Organization failed,
 in the record before the Board, to sustain its burden of proof. The
 same situation prevails here. The Organization has not met its burden
 of proof and the claim must be dismissed.



That the Carrier and the Employes involved in this dispute are respectively Carrier and Employes the Railway Labor Act, as approved June 21, 1934;

 That this Division of the Adjustment Board has jurisdiction over the dispute involved herein; and









ATTEST:

Dated at Chicago, Illinois, this 20th day of June 1975.