El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-27
The Plan Of Thea Southern
Pacific Posted To-
day
BENEFITS THE MEN GIT
If Sick Or Suffering From Ac-
cidents And How Their
Families Are Pro-
vided For

Are you going to insure with Uacis
Collis?"
This is the question tn st is agitating
all the Southern Pacific men In III
Paso today.
| Not in a long time has any thing
| created as much comment among the
| railroad men as the great big sheet Of
card board posted in the hall way
leading to the chief despatcher's ONCE,
and headed. in big black type "South-
ern Pacific Relief Department"
THE NEW PLAN,
In brief, the new plan is this.
All employees of the road are, for the
purpose of this department., divided in
TO six classes.
The first class includes all these re-
ceiving under S35 per month.
The second class includes those re-
ceiving between $35 aud $50 per
month.
The third includes those receiving
between fifty and seventy-five per
month.
The fourth class includes these re-
ceiving between seventy-five and q
hundred per month.
The fifth cla.s includes those receiv-
ing between . hundred and q hundred
and fifty a month.
The sixth class includes those re-
ceiving more than hundred and fifty
a month.
In1each instance, it is estimated now
much a man receives each day, and
this amount is multiplied by twenty-
six, the average number of working
days in a month.
WHAT THE MEN GET OUT OF IT.
With this division into classes, the
men are required to pay in the follow
ing proportion, and receive the follow
ing benefits:
A mau in the first class receiving
S35 month, pays to the company 80
cents a month. For this he benefits Is
follows: If he meets with an accid ent
he receives so cents a day, including
Sundays, for the first twenty weeks.
If he is i'll for longer period he re-
ty-six weeks. 1.-The is sick from natur-
al causes he receives As cents day. in
including Sundays, after the first six
days of his sickness.
If he dies as the result of an acci-
dent his family or bene6ciaries receive
$500. If he dies from natural causes
they receive $3.50.
THE SECOND CLASS.
The second class men, receiving 6fty
dollars or less, pay in S1.8O a month,
receive dollar day, If injured by
sccident for the first twenty-six
weeks, and half that amount for the
second twenty ty-six weeks, aud they re-
ceive eighty cents day, after the fret
six days. during sickness from natural
causes.
Accidental death brings thousand
dollars to their benefciaries, and
natural death five hundred.
THIRD CLASS
Receive seventy five dollars and lees
} month. and pay to the department
'2.7O. They receive in case of accident
81 so day, aud half that amount after
he fret twenty-six weeks. iu sick-
less, they receive Sl.2O q day. At
leath, $500 If from accident, and half
hat If from natural causes.
THE FOURTH CLASS.
Receive 500 and less q month; pay
'ut $3.50 for insurance, receive s2 90 Q
lay, first 26 weeks, for accident, bali
hat for the next 26 weeks, and 81. l.60a
ay for sickness from natural causes.
At death, the pay yment for this class is
1000, If from accidental, aud $1,000 il
rom natural causes.
THE FIFTH CLASS.
The men included in the fifth class
eceive $3.50, or less each month, and
ay in $4. so insurance. In case of &C.
ident they receive So so a dsv first 26