Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-25
PENSION FUND FOR
CARMEN PLANNED
BY RAILWAY CO.
TrOlleymen Applaud Speech of
President McCarter at
Annual Smoker.

Good fellowship reigned supreme at
the New Auditorium last night, when
at the third annual smoker of the
North Jersey Street Railway En-
ployees' Association President Thomas
N. McCarter. of the Public Service
speech, in which he expressed a desire
for the promotion Of amicable relations
between the company and the men;
told of his appreciation Of the trials
and tribulations which beset them
every day, and practically promised
hat a pension fund would be estab-
lished.
Mr.. McCarter wa heartily applauded
both before and after his epoch-making
speech by the 1900 trolleymen present,
superintendent of transportation, was
the signal for an outburst of cheering.
After the speech of President McCarter
a huge bouquet of American Beauty
roses was presented to the speaker
with the following inscription:
"To Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas N. Nc
Carter-With best wishes and Easter
greetings from the North Jersey Street
Railway Employees Association and
the employees of the Public Service
Railway Company"
In the course of his speech President
McCarter said:
Fellow men and c~oalaborers, it's a
great inspiration for a president of an
important concern to come to a gather
ing like this and meet his fellow en-
ployees by the thousands. We number
TO- 900 in the various departments of our
company, and / am inclined to believe
that we are all here. All of us, from
o to me, or ~vice-versa, are c%o-labor-
ing day by day for our daily compensa-
ton and the uplifting of public service.
You trolley men have my sympathy.
Don't think for a moment that while
1 sit in my office in my executive
capacity hat L do not appreciate the
trials and tribuations of you men on
the platforms OF our cars. Don't
imagine that I don't appreciate the
great effort it costs you sometimes to
keep your temper when you have to
put up with careless passengers, who
when things go wrong for themselves
seem to take delight in haunting and
insulting the trolley men.
when we Were so fortunate at the
first of the year to introduce an in
creased scale Of wages, we said that
there would also be a benevolent prop
osition coming from the company. Well,
it is coming, but / am not in a position
tonight to divulge just what it is any
more than l was in position al the first
of the year. There may also be a pen
sion fund. which | think Will be intro
duced during the year in which we are
now operating.
"If we have anything that needs
washing, or we think needs washing,
let us do it in our old fashioned wash
tubs and not send it to the laundry en-
gineered by outside men who seem to
disregard the loyalty we want to pro-
mote. 1 want to express my apprecia-
ton to the five divisions represented
here tonight, and especially to those of
III southern division for a statement
or declaration they sent to me this
morning which was signed by every
man in the division with the exception
of four who were i'll, declaring that
come what may, they had nothing to
complain of and would remain loyal to
the Public Service
IF the time comes when you think
you are not getting your just deserts,
see those over you. and If not satisfied
come and see me and If you have first
been through the proper channels /
will be glad to see and listen to you
The night was made further enjoya-
BILE for the carmen by a well selected
entertainment program and also by the
singing CT popular songs by the gath
ering.
The committee of arrangements was;
Peter ORR, Martin Shorter, j. c. Hill,
John McCarty, Edward A. Fuller,
Stephen Smith, Peter Dowd. Elmer
Williams. Joseph Seip. w. G.. War1eld,
w. BoutiIlette, Joseph Winklehofer, II.
Mcclure, J. s. Mcdonald, w. B. Gra-
ham, n. w. Bolan and J. B. Kramer.