Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-03-22
PENSION EMPLOYEES.
NEW ORGANIZATION FORMED
AMONG THE EMPLOYEES OF
THE BURLINGTON.
Advocate Pensions for Employees Who
Have Attained Age of sixty-Five
Years and Have Been Thirty Years
or More in the Service.

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Years and Have Been Thirty Years
or More in the Service.
| At a meeting held in Burlington on
March 5 an organization was formed
having for it's object the formulating
OF aspension plan which it is hoped
will be adopted by the Burlington
Railway company. G. H. Emo, engineer
was elected president and R. w. Rob-
inson, conductor, a brother of Train
master M. w. Robinson of this city,
secretary and treasurer.
Regarding the new association the
Burlington Hawk-Eye says:
Two plans were submitted. Ac-
cording to the first, the company is to
donate the funds. According to the
second the employees donate one per
cent per month of their wages and the
company is to donate an equal amount.
Tie plan seems to have been modelled
after the old age pension regulations
In the German empire. The follow
ing details will prove of interest not
merely to railway men but to all good
citizens, who are hopefully looking for
ward to at least partial solution of
the labor problem:
Article 1.
Employees Who Shall Be Pensioned: {:
"Of the employees in the service of
the company, the follinwg classes are
affected:
a All employees who have attain
ed the age of sixty-five years, and who
have been thirty years or more in the
service, shall be retired and pension
ed.
'sB-All employees sixty to sixty-four
years, inclusive, who have been more
than thiry years in the service, and
have become incapacitated, may be
retired and pensioned.
"C.-All employees who have been
more than thiry years in the service,
and have become incapacitated, may
be retired and pensioned.
Article II.
''The monthly allowance paid each
person granted a pension, shall be up
on the following basis:
For each year of service, one and
one-half (11s) per cent of the average
regular monthly pay, for the next ten
years preceding retirement.
| Substitute for Article H.
"The monthly allowance paid each
person pensioned, shall be upon the
following basis:
Persons receiving $100 per month or
less, shall receive one-half, or fifty per
cent of his monthly wages. From SlOO
| fn 91k0 nor month ho raoo;ra A z -
cent. From $3.50 to 5000, shall receive
40aper cent.
| funds for Plan No. to be donated
by the company.
Funds for substitute for Article III,
employees to donate / per cent per
month, the company to donate an equal
amount.
"Any employe in any department may
upon the payment of 25c become a
member Of this association, for we
realize that to get this matter before
the employees and officials, that it will
take funds to do it, so we take this
plan to raise the necessary funds.
"R. w. Robinson,
"Sec'y and Treas"
Officials In City.
w. H. Given, superintendent of the
Des Moines Valley division of the Rock
Island system, and G. L. Brown, train
master, were in the city Saturday on
official business. During their stay in
the city the officials, in company with
Agent j. @. Finesey, were looking after
the company's interests in the city and
determining what changes and i'm
provements would be necessary for
the betterment of the service in this
city. Several sites for the proposed
new depot are being considered but as
yet nothing definite has been deter
mined upon. 1t is also expected that
It Will be necessary to enlarge the
yards and number of sidetracks will
be built to connect with local manu-
factories. On account of the exten-
Isive improvements being made at the
Morrell packing plant the Rock Island
has just built sidetrack into the
packing house yards. Mr.. Given Is
much interested in Ottumwa and in
tends to do everything possible to i'm
prove the facilities to meet the de-
mands of the company's increasing
business in this city.
Railroad Notes.
The Milwaukee is experiencing con-
slderaDle dlmculty with Its water sup
ply as a number of the tanks along the
cutoff have gone dry.
Fireman Garry, of the Milwaukee,
has resigned his position.
Engine No. 1347 is in the round
house at the Milwaukee junction for a
general overhauling.
The Milwaukee is preparing to put
out several work trains as soon as the
weather permits and all trains except
passengers and fast freights will be
run via Marion until contemplated i'm
provements are completed.
Brakeman Injured.
Charles Case. brakeman on the
burlington, while switching at Abba
Saturday evening had his right arm
caught between the bumpers of two
freight cars and severely crushed. 1t
was at first thought that the arm would
have to be amputated but it is now be.
lieved that this will not be necessary
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