The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-15
poIITICS AND RAILROADS.
Urn NECESSARY TO ISSUE CIRCU-
ms TO EMPLOYEES IN SAVANNAH.

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,,.,,cr by the Action of the A., t.
+. Company May
,stoblish the Car Pay System.
80, the Railroads Here Pay on
- ,1en-Finances of the l.. and
for The Past Year.
.,r-i,l7r letter recently issued by the
,.,, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad,
IN, with politics In relation to its en-
- has attracted considerable attention
,uro9d circles throughout the coun-
The At,hison, Topeka and Santa Fe
W. - originally a notice forbidding it's
ar,nIayes from taking any part in politics.
.r,'- caused sensation and to show that
doris had been misinterpreted a sec
.fron,ar was issued by the railroad in
which It said:
'r, is not the intention to restrict the
.,.r,isa Of individual rights, and there
-, ,biestion TO the free and full express
st,n Of opinion nor 80 membership in polit-
teal organizations.
of is expected that every officer or en-
,,,oye will act as his reason may dictate in
anr public matter; but the principle does
~, rsouire the acceptance of places of
nroar or honor and the neglect of the COM
ron,.s business on such accounts will not
be tolerated
"rt will not be difficult for an officer or
empIoye to properly draw the line be-
tween his duties to the company and to
his country; he will constantly bear in
mind that his views upon every subject
and his fair expression at the polls, the
primaries or elsewhere. are matters with
which the company has nothing whatever
TODD: but the company rightfully demands
that no officer or employee shall accept any
nubic Office or take such part in the af-
fairs of political organizations as will eth
or Interfere with the performance Of his
particular duties to the company, or tend
"a place the company in the false position
of appearing to be itself engaged IN poll
ties.
INQUIRY at the offices of the railroad sys-
TENS centering in Savannah yesterday
showed that they have never issued any
Instructions or orders relative to the part
their employees may or may not take in
politics In several campaigns In Savan-
nah It will be remembered, railroad en-
poyes organized as railroad clubs in the
interest of one or another candidate for
Office No objection was made to the men
taking as active an interest in politics as
they might desire, some of them were Of
fcers in political organizations or ran for
Office The only way In which any cog
nz3nce has ever been taken of politics by
the railroads here has been an order that
politics must not be discussed in the shops
Or when the men were at work, that being
done to prevent any interruption of work
by personal Wranglngs.
The circular of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad is to my mind a
very good one" said an officer of the Cen
trail There is nothing In it that any one
can object to and 1t voices what every one
charged with the management of a rail-
road must consider as eminently proper
advice to give employees"
There are rumors at Atlanta and other
points that the Southern Railway Compa-
ny proposes to abandon the system of
paying its employees by checks and will re-
establish The old pay cars. One reason
gwen for such change is the additional
expense for stamps, but as this would be
but 500 on checks for 10000 employees, the
number said to work for the Southern,
this is hardly true explanation if such
change is made
The Plant System, which has about $500
employees, has two pay cars in its service
and the men receive their wages or sal
aries in cash. The two paymasters are
Rep, pretty busy in making their rounds
ana attending to other duties. To handle
App employees over such a great length
Of INES as are under the Southern's man.
asemnt, 1t was pointed out by Savannah
IaHoad man yesterday, would take at
Fast six pay cars, and the expense would
pe little short Of $500 a month. The
gnecK system Is decidedly the cheaper I'M
uer such circumstances.
Inc Central, which has in its service
something less than 1900 men, pays off by
meek 1t formerly ran pay cars. Under
Wy present system the checks are sent
pu' 70 the various agents and distributed
NY mem to the hands in their localities.
t ane system is said to work very salts
. ,Seo'Iy ana 1t was stated yesterday that
c casae was hardly a possibility of the pay
M ever being re-esta blished.
Inc Plant System people, though, pre-
Iia lne pay cars. They say that the en-
roses are better satisfied to receive their
teS IN money as 1t is not always easy
cash checks in the country, remote
o o,vln a bank. Country merchants fire.
SaeuLF exact liberal discount for cash
tbe, vlecAs or will only take checks when
are large purchases made.
,, % lee McLendon of Elba, Ala, rep
vas the Southwestern Of Alabama,
III the city yesterday.
Ror5. formal transfer of the stock of the
ing Jqgu AR Brake Company to the West
cbas5 gse Air Brake Company. which pur-
Short Ior about 100000 will take place
issns mn Inc Westinghouse Company will
lis my, oI9 shares Of new stock 10 pay for
purchase of the Boyden patent.
tra@s me beginning of the current month
staasn.o h the Western roads has been
too b ,s declining. Western farmers ere
mate ousy harvesting their wheat crop to
thai any any shipments. 1t is not expected
abon, SeglIpments will be heavy again until
l september /.
leyass ,blt Fish of the Illinois Central be-
will , t"aI The stamp tax on bills of ladlng
goyer1rn ,a a revenue of 100000 for the
Biz Fo1,. CARDS have been abolished by the
Ing r5 SDI ana hereafter employees, on leay-
yoluot 'g service of the company. whether
ceiye t,.Iy or by dismissal, will not re-