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in locomotive building. The principal
reason assigned is that in Great Britain
each railway company builds it's own
locomotives on its own engineers de-
signs, while in this country the rail
way companies buy their locomotives
from private firms. The American
builders aim is to attain perfection In
locomotive building, and squirting
them on is the stress of competition.
The British plan is not up to the
high standard demanded In this coun-
try. Under the British system there
are no such great works as the Bald
wins for instance, OF 80 enormous q
scale that at every point of time they
are able to produce the latest type of
machine Il Ia true the British
build their locomotives OF better ma
terial, and it is their boast they will last
for forty years.
Blackwood points out that within
this time the best of their engines be-
come obsolete, so there is not only no
gain, bnt it is q bar to progress. In
France and Germany conditions are
better, as there are private locomotive
works, independent of the railroad
companies. When other nations want
the best type of locomotives, from
China to Peru they come to this coun-
try for them. Exchange.
A Beneficial Association Of Rail-
readers.
The Pennsy lvanis Railway company
conducts voluntary relief depart
ment for its employees. While no one
arising from membership in it are 60
pronounced that 1t does not require
any urging or soliciting to get new
employees to join it. The annual repoI
for the division of the road west of
Pittsburg shows an increase in mem
bership of over 1000, with total of
nearly Is, 900 members At the close of
the year.
During the same period the revenues
amounted to 1916 OPS paid In dues from
mem bers, SO, 095 in interest, and $50, PA
by the railway company,
which, with the balance on hand, gave
o total of $6l5, 314 in revenues at the
end of the year. During the same
period 1851 IT'S was pal: out in sick and
death benefits and for accidents. About
Bill ,0O0'wss used in paying benefits to
members who had beer on the benefit
list for ever q year and were under the
bylaws excluded from receiving further
support.
With the pooling of financial inter-
ests and the bringing of the differ ent
HoAl eys0ChS q JULIO ududR6-
ment it is to be hoped that this volun-
tary relief system as now operated on
the Pennsylvania lines will eventually
be extended over sll the trunk lines
aud their branches. 1t is in the inter-
est of the roads to do so, az shown by
the voluntary contributions which the
Pennsylvania corr pany annually makes
to the relief fund. Far better SER
vice will be given by the employees
when they know that in the event of
sickness or accident they will receive
financial aid and support and their
families will bs provided for in case of
death.
While in some countries the govern
ment makes such relief oblig atory on
the employers, 1t has been left to indi-
vidual exertion in the United States.
1t would be we'll, however, il not
only community of fnan cisl interests
could be accomplished among the
railroads, but also q community of
financial aid to the employees such as
Ls now In force on the Pennsy lvania
81 stem.-Denver Post