New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-11
100000 BENEFITS
FOR BELL EMPLOYEES
Plan Devised by President Vail
viii Affect $4,000 Men
and Women.
TO GO IN FORCE JANUARY ]
Sick Will Be Cared For, the old
Retired and at Death OF
amploye Family Will
Get Insurance.

The 10000 employees of the Bell sys-
fem. comprising an industrial army
twice as large as the standing army
of the United States. will, on January
become benehciaries of a Sl0OOooVO
fund for pensions, sick Dement'S anu
life insurance under plan PROVIDED
hy President T. n Vail, which IS saio
n ne the most liberal and comprehen-
sive ever devised. Under IL inc
families and dependents of the en-
Moves come in for their benents'
making altogether more than a quar-
ter of a million beneficiaries.
The S1O.OOOOOO fund will be maze
from year TO year by appropriations
from the American Telephone ana
Telegraph Company and assoclateo
companies. the Western Union Teie-
graph and Western Electric companies
Tho Rel system and associated IN
terests give employment 10 lIo'VVo
,persons. Of this number l3V'oVo arc
employes of the Bell telephone con-
Germs. The total yearly payroll Is
iS115OOOOOO, something more thail
$50 OOOO 600 being paid out to the EN-
ploves of the telephone system alone
Male employees of sixty years or more
who have been twenty years IN inc
service NAV retire on pensions. Inc
company has the option TO retire them
at the age CT fifty-five years II they
have served twenty-five years Inc
mansion age of the females is nVe
wears younger in each case. ANY en-
Move. if he has served thirty years
may be pensioned by the president.
The pension is based on the years Oh
service and the amount OF pay anu
win be l per cent of the average an
nual pay for ten years, multiplied "!
the wears of service. A thirty-yeaf
emplove would get 80 per cent OF inc
average salary received during MS
last ten years OF service. NO pension
will be less than $40 month
For accidents while at work the en-
Move receives for total disability iuil
nav for thirteen weeks and hat pay
until he returns 10 work, up 10 SIN
wears. Temporary disability brings the
same terms. except that half pay is
given until the employe can earn
livelihood, not exceeding six years.
Fun nay for thirteen weeks is pro-
vided for sick employees of ten years
service. together with half pay Tor
thirty-nine weeks. Five to ten years
service brings the same full pay time
with thirteen weeks of half pay. TWO
"a Eve years service brings four weeks
tuu pay and nine weeks half pay
Heads Of departments may pay bene-
fits 10 employees under two years SER
vice.
In case of death due to performance
of work the employe gets insurance
equal TO three years pay, the maxi
mum payment being 5000. Death
from other causes outside Of business
will be met with one years pay for EN-
moves ten years in service and SIX
months pay for FIVE to ten years SER
vice, the maximum being S2,OOO state
laws providing for more liberal com
pensation will prevail. Employees may
have option as to legal rights in acct
dent cases as against the benefit plan
The administration Of the funds will
he i'm the hands Of an employees benefit
committee of FIVE, to be appointed by
the board Of directors of each company
The committee Of each associated COM