Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-05-22
|PAY IS INCREASED;
| PENSIONS GRANTED
Washington-V Virginia Railway
Company Notifies Its En-
ployes of the Grant.
| NEW SCALE OF WAGES
is EFFECTIVE JULY |
Pensions to Be on Sliding Scale
for Men Long in the Com
pany's Service.

! Following an announcement posted IN
the Office of the company several weeks
ago that the trainmen employed on the
| lines of the Washing tonN Virginia Rail-
way. Company would be given adj
| vance in wages General Manager r. w.
| King has notified the men that after
| July ! the scale of wages Will be
brought up to that paid by the street
! railways of the city. During the first
| year of service motormen and conduc-
| tors will receive 23l2 cents an hour,
| from the second to the fifth year. - =
cents an hour, from the sixth to the
ninth year 2512 cents an hour, and
ten years and over - cents an hour.
The pay of the trolleymen is advanced
! to is cents an hour.
In addition to this the Washington
f, Virginia company has arranged to put
| into effect from the same date a pen
sion system for it's employees. embrace
| ing not only trainmen, but Office force
| and those in shops and other branches
of the system. The plan for the pen
| sion system as announced divides the
| employees into Ave classes, as follows:
Plans for Pension System.
| ia) Employees who shall have attain
| ed the age of seventy years and who
| have been continuously for fifteen
wears or more in the service of the
| company.
| ,b) Employees over tifty-five years of
age who have been continuously for
| fifteen years or more in the service of
the company, and who shall, in the
opinion of the pension board. become
for
| lc, EMPLOYEES who have been con-
1inuouslv for fifteen years or more in
the service of the company and shall
have. in the opinion of the pension
board become physically disquailhed
by reason of injury received Whlie IN
the discharge of their duties. for which,
i'm the opinion of the pension board.
they are neither wholly nor in part TO
blame.
(d) Employees under fifty-five years
! of age who have been continuously for
| fifteen years more in the service OF
| the company, who shall. in the opinion
| of the pension board, become physical
! II DISQUALIFIED for such service. may ne
| granted special pensions for limited
| period within the discretion of the pen
| sion board.
, te) Employees who have been in the
| service of the company less than ntteeh
| wears and shall have, in the opinion
of the pension board, become physically
/ DISQUALIFIED by reason of INJURY re-
| ceived while in the discharge of their
| duties. for which, in the opinion OF the
nor in part to blame. may be granted
| special pensions for a limited period.
within the discretion of the pension
| board.
Sliding Scale of Pensions.
The amount of the pension to be paid
is based on length of service of the
! n
cent of the amount they received
| monthly for ten years previous to re-
| tirement. 1t is provided, however tina
the amount paid the retiring employees
shall not be less than $40 or more than
$50 1t is further provided that 800
in addition will be paid the family of
an employee on the pension roll upon his
death.
A pension board to pass upon all appli-
cations for retirement will be appointed
| by the general manager of the Washing
| ton Virginia Railway Company and this
| board will have authority, subject to ap-
prevail by the railway company, to make
| and enforce rules and regulations for its
mana cement: to determine the eligibility
| of employees to receive pension allow
ances, and to prescribe the conditions
| under which such allowances may be paid
land under which they may be revoked. The
acceptance of the pension by an employe
| does not debar him from engaging in
| some other business.
/ 1t is stated that the Washington-Eir-
ginia line is the only electric railway in
| this section of the country that has a
| pension system for its employees Recent
~ strike was called on the line. but the
| Alexandria division stuck to the company
almost to a man and enough of the men
| Of the Falls Church Fairfax division re-
1 sv,al yryffI 10 m -
trains without interruption The employees
| of the company have received with much
pleasure the notice Of the proposed adj
vance in wages and the establishment Of