The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-06-15
Resi- FOR RAILROADBRS
Play and Recreation Rooms
at the P. R. R.
Depot.
LIBRARY AND DORMITORYs
And q Post Office That Girculates
Fifteen Thousand Let
ters a Day

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
knows the value Of having good en-
ployes, and when they have been secured
knows how to keep Them The company
does not believe that this can be done BY
giFing them nothing but WORK to do. and
for this reason it has devoted to the use
Of the train men suite Of rooms in the
depot in this city as a place where. when
tired from the toll of the day, ths con
ductors and brakemen may enjoy tie
recreation afforded BY most club rooms.
Here they have the advantages or
complete toilet room and bath Their
clothing may be changed, and from
wardrobe SET aside for each man other
clothing may be taken ont and tlonnsa,
and their uniforms laid away until the
time for duty rolls around once more.
There are more than one hundred of
these wardrobes for the use Of the train
the unmarried employees make the most
use OF the accommodations provided by
the company, but the Benedicts more or
less enjoy them.
BOOKS AND GAMES.
After passing through the large and
WuEIE
robes are one enters a spacious apartm emit
which the boys cab the library It Is q
delightful room about fifty feet square
and is finished in hard woods. Il is aE
the entrance OF the Adams Express Conn
pany's dock and commands delightful
view OF the river. Every vessel passing
up or down the river can be observed
from the large windows that face the
water, and large part Of New York city
is visible
Other windows open on a less pleasant
view, but afford plenty of fresh air and
peted and the walls have many pictures
on them.
Four large book cases contain q care
fully selected library OF nearly two thou
sand volumes which are at the exclusive
disposal Of the employees. Two long ta-
bles are in the centre of the room to en-
aole those who desire TO write and other
smaller tables are neatly arranged for
games.
All games that can be played on tables
are in the room. but under no consi dHra-
ton is gambling, loud or bois1erous lam
guage or profanity allowed. The best Of
d6corum Is expected and exacted. ard d
single failure II this respect forever bars
the offender from the use of the rooms
Inc chairs are heavy walnut, and the
sofas are in rich leather
THE LIBRARIAN.
john Freed, the librarian, Is in at
tendance here day and night. He is an
old railroad man and lost leg IN the
employ OF the company. To take care of
him in his time of need the company
plnced him in charge Of the rooms st
salary Of SEQ a month. Access to eclnb
room can be had at any hour Of the day
or night By any one entitled to it. It Is
lighted by electricity
AND 4 DoRMIToRT.
Separate from this room a short dis
lance is the sleeping apartment. IN it
are about twenty beds and toilet room.
These beds are for the use only of theem.
ployes who prefer to sleep there than 60
home.
A man is in charge Of the rooms all
night, and the employee who sleeps there
is only admitted after receiving a ticket
from The station agent and presenting il
to the attendant The engineer and ire
men have similar accommodations at the
roundhouse.
These beds are carefully aired each
mornin 6 and clean linen placed on Them
All the comforts of home are afforded,
and If an enploye does not want TO go 10
his home for his breakfast, he can get it
in the depot for a moderate price.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND LETTERS A DAY.
In addition 10 this there is a post Office
that receives and transmits on an aver
age 5000 letters a day free of postage
OF course these letters only go alon the
line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, but
mail is received and forwarded from there
through the government Offices all over
the world. Each department of the COM
pany has certain number of lock
boxes, and the letters to the employees arc
placed in the boxes Of these departments
and then given TO the employees
This post Office occupies as much room
nearly as the Hoboken post Office. It is
IN charge OF Charles W Nathan Through
IL all the letters Of the heads OF the de-
partments are sent 10 other officials. So
complete are the arrangements and faciii-
ties for their accommodation. that some
Of the employees make the depot their
home.