The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1916-12-28
SHORT LINE
SANTA CLAUS
Two Items that Brought
Joy to a Lot OF Homes
In fhe West.

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of Directors of the Union Pacific a
special meeting today authorized
the payment of one months extrt
pay to all employees without any dis
elimination, Of the Union Pacific
railroad company, oregon Short Linz
railroad company, Oregon-Washing
ton Railroad & Navigation compan!
who had been in the service since
Jan. l, 1916, and whose compensa
lion does not exceed $500 per an
mum. This is not a Christmas pres
ant, but is an extra payment 70.
services made because of the mos
exceptional conditions which while
argely increasing the earnings of tn,
company have also increased the
cost of living to the point OF hard
nip upon the lower paid employe.
I the company.
That helped some, but here is wher
ne Short Line becomrs real benefActo.
Il cosmopolitan race;
New York, Dec. 21.-The boar
( directors of he Union Pacific, a
special meeting held today, ap
roved, effective Jan. l, 1917, pla,
at has long been under consider
on, whereby every employe of tn
Union Pacific Railroad Company
oregon Short Line Railroad Con
any, and Oregon Washington Raj
Dad and Navigation Company, VII
as been, shall be one year in tt
ervice, and whose compensate
Ioes not exceed $4,000 per annuT
egardless of age or condition c
ealth, and without any discrimins
on, shall be provided at the ez
ense of the company and free
ost to the employe, the followin
lsurance so long as he remains
he service, subject to the defnitI
equations to be issued, viz:
First, life insurance to th
mount of one years full wage
it'll a minimum of $500 and
laximum of s2,5oO, the benefits O.
his insurance to include those re
ired after Jan. /, 2917, upon pen
ion.
Second, accident insurance GOV
ring total disability resulting fror
INJURIES in the performance of tn
mployes' occupation, consisting 0
alf pay during disability, with E
minimum of IS per week, and 2
laximum period of two years, an6
T certain permanent injuries re
ulting from such o6cupational acct
ents, such as loss of leg or arm, the
alf pay indemnity to continue il
ny event for periods definitel,
ixed the maximum indemnity TO,
any accident to be $500.
Third, sickness insurance cover
ng both illness of at least one
yeek's duration and also injurie'
esulting from accidents not occur
ing in the performance Of the du
les of the employees occupation
onsisting of half pay while the en-
7loye is disabled and confined a.
lome with a minimum Of s5 per
week. and a maximum period of 50
weeks and with an additional indem-
nifty of half wages for a further
3eriod OF So weeks il it appears
hat the employe has become totallF
md permanently disabled for life
subject to a maximum disbursement
# s2,500 on account OF any on
illness or any one accident. All thc
foregoing insurance and benefits VII
be payable in monthly installments
The life insurance will be pay
bile to benefciaries designated b
he employees. The plan contem
plates an arrangement with a re
'ponsibie insurance company to is
'ue life and accident policies caller
or by this plan, until and unles
he railroad companies shall here
lfter conclude to issue certificate
# insurance themselves to their en-
,loyes. Circulars giving fuli partic
liars with forms for names, age
'enef1ciaries, etc, will be issued
he information of all employees a
Don as the necessary details can b
worked out, but In the meantime
he insurance will become effectiT
an. /, 1917, whether the indiyiduc
olicies can be issued by that dat
r not, and the life insurance will b
ayable to legal representatives
cath should occur before the benz
ciaries are designated by the EN-
loyes. While the power to amen
r annul entirely the insurance pla
necessarily reserved by the boar
directors. since it is a new de
arturo, yet We are confident in tn,
Dinion that it will never be neces |
Try to discontinue it.
The object which the director
,pect and hope to accomplish b
is insurance is to afford employees
the Union Pacific system the sat
faction of knowing that, so long }
ey are in the service, some fnan
al provision, although comparative
small in some cases, has been
!umBJ IIsql puR meql IoJ spsm /
.ainst the misfortune of death, in
~ and illness. It is a measure L
ompted by good will toward the |
lployes and their families whose