The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-15
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How Oae Railway Company Does IL.
The Philadelphia Press translates from
the German Democrat an account OF the
manner 10 which the Austrian State
Railway Company cOntrlves to preserve
friendly relations between the managers
and the employees and 10 make every
man, from the chief OF the line down to
the lowest employe, feel all interest in
the welfare of the company.
The main line Of the compsnys road
extends from Bazins, on the boundary
line between Hungary and Servia, to
Bodenbach, on the confines Of Bohemia
and Saxony, and is over Il thousand
German miles long. The number of en-
ploves was in 1875 about $500 exclu-
siye Of the workingmen on properties in
hungary and Bohemia. The line OF the
road traverses wide tract OF thinly set
tied country and u great number of its
working men are drawn from distant To-
caltes. For the benefit of such en-
ploves the company has built large
houses for whole colonies, besides num-
Der of smaller dwellings In 1876 there
were six hundred and sxty-two of these
smaller houses, some of which were rent
ed by the workmen and others purchased,
heir average Value beng seven hun.
bred dollar, in paper money To those
who wish 90 build their houses the COM
pauy makes advances for building and
sells lois At the lowest possible rates.
For the convenience of the employees, in
Sire rcmOter localities, large merchandise
/, pots have been established, at which
furniture, clothing, and provisions can
be had ut cost. Articles may be bought
on credit TO the amount of one,third or
,wo.thlrds of the months wages. In this
way u saving is made in all cases OF iii
teen to twenty per cent. In Pesth.
Prague, etc, eating establishments are
y part of the same system. The COM
uany also looks after the education of
the children OF its employees building and
maintaining school houses and supplying
education gratuitously. In the Bsnat il
has thirty-three good schools at which
four thousand children were gratul-
tously educated in 1875, and in the
same year it gave sixteen thousand
dollars for the support Of thirty eight
priests.
A detailed account is given of M in
teresting feature the organization n the
shape of a pension'socIety, founded uR-
der the lead Of the company. The crest
er part of this we give IN the words OF
the Translation. The officers and the
wOrkmen form two different associations,
OF which every ore who enters the serv-
ice under thirty-fve years OF age must
bc member The conditions are:
First, the members must pay three per
cent. Of their monthly wages which are
advanced by the compsnyi second, new
members must pay twenty per cent. Of
their first years salary and wages in
Lwenty-t ur monthly payments; third,
on rise of wages, fifty per cent OF the
fist wears increased wages must be paid
within twelve months; fourth the com
pany yearly pays into the general fund
sum equal to three per cent. of the
whole amount O! the payments; fifth,
/ lines 60 into the pension fund. Mem
| bers who after ten years become incsps-
] D4F bl ANl kltA SCI ~ ANNNANN ANskN pc.
cent of the last drawn pay; for every
subsequent service year two per cent; y
/ hundred per cent is the highest. \ pen
sion of NJ least forty per cent. Is paid TO
every member who by any accident be-
comes invaded. Members who after
ten wears are discharged from employ
ment receive back sill their payments
/ with four per cent. added. The pension
| Is los; by voluntary withdrawal or
| through condemnation for n criminal Of
/ fence. 4 members widow gets two
. thirds OF the uru,iou OF her husband; If
/ be- was not entitled To "a pension she re-
crives ouc-tOurth of the pay f her hus-
, band aS long ~ he Was member. a
separated or divorced widow, II she Is
/ the guilty party, or /. she Is an immoral
/ person, loses her right to u pension. The
! children of deceased member receive
pension 10 their eighteenth year, which,
/ with tina. o. their mother, amounts to
seventy five per cent. of the wages Of
theiI tather. Should both parents be
dead. then the children have their
mothers share in addition TO their own.
+ Every pension association is managed
by five OF It's members. In 1875 the
Pension Union OF the higher officers had
2,Ol9 paying members, l63 pensioned
and 1872 widows aud thirty-two orphans
on the pension list. The yearly receipts
amount to about fifty thousand dollars
ana the expenses to about thlrty.three
thousand dollars. In pensions about
seveuty-dve thousand dollars were paid
out. The capital fund amounts to about
two million dollars, OF which three
fourths were invested in real estate in
Vienna The Pension Union OF the I'M
der-otficers and workmen Is divided into
two classes; those in permanent employ
ment, who paid six per cent OF their
wages, and have right TO pensions, and
those temporarily engaged, who pay two
per cent. Of their earnings and are en-
titled only to aid in cases of need. After
ten wears member has right to thirty
per cent of his wages as pension, and
every wear after 10 two per cent more,
but never to more than seventy tive per
cent. Widows get two.thirds OF their
husbands pensions, and also children