Omaha daily bee., 1905-09-07
REVIVAL OF HOSPITAL FUND
Order Goes Out from UniSn Pacific,
Effective First Of November
EMPLOYEES TAX FIFTY CENTS PER CAPITA
Plans win He Much the same as
Those Governing the system
Before the Receivership
Abandoned IL.

The hospital fund Of the Union Pacific
railroad will be re-established November !,
according 20 General Manager Mohler.
This will be received by many of the EN-
ployes Of the road as most welcome news,
as there has been talk Of re-establshment
for some years, but 1t has not been ac-
eomplished until the present
The scheme win be practically the same
as II was before II was abandoned under
the receivership. Employees OF the road
no matter in what capacity, will be taxed
30 cents per month of their wages and
this will go to establish a hospital fund by
means OF which an employe will be given
free medical attention and free medicine
when needed and the family Of an employe
will be furnished with physicians and
medicine at cost.
when the road went into the hands OF
the receivers it was found there was too
much money in the fund and the receivers
decided, by order OF the court to reappor-
ton the funds in the ratio in which the
money had been paid in This was done in
1897 and the fund abandoned and nothing
Of the sort has been done until now. The
fund had been in operation for fourteen
years before discontinued and was popu-
lar among the employees. II relieved man
of family just at the time when little
help was most welcome, while the 30 cents
which the employe paid each month was
scarcely missed when the benefits that
might be derived were considered.
DR. Jonas, chief surgeon OF the Union
Pacific, will have charge of the operation
Of the department and will look after the
fund. No especial hospitals will be built
but arrangements made all along the line
for the care of emergency cases and for
physicians.
state Fair Trains.
State fair trains from Omaha are
crowded in spite Of the two days rain
and the indications are that the business
will be large anyway. Five extra coaches
were required on the regular morning trair
on the Burlington to Lincoln "Wednesday
morning The Burlington will run a spe
cial state fair train from Omaha Thursday
morning at o'clock.
A telephone has been placed at the serv
ice Of the special cars which are run OF
the special car track at the Union station
A desk phone is kept at the station anC
as soon as a special is run in on the tract
connection is made at the switch unde
| the viaduct. Since the sod has been place.
| around these tracks and the fence bull
! tho appearance is quite different and tn
place very attractive.
| Hundred Miles OF Double Track.
zone hundred additional miles of double
| tracking on the main line of the Unio
Pacific will be started at once" said Gen
eral Manager Mohler OF the Union Pacific
This will be in addition to the .worl
already under way in Kansas and Wyom
/ ing The line will be double-tracked fror
South Omaha to Valley, a distance of thirt
miles, and seventy miles will be built !
wyoming. The Union Pacific is going righ
ahead improving all Of the time, just a
fast as possible and there is never a letu
in the work. New cars have been ordere
and other improvements are incubating an
| will be given out in short time"