| Show < Southern Pacific Insurance Plan Headed by antagonistic papers of San Francisco much opposition Is I being stirred up ngalnst the houihein Pa clllcs new relief department whereby a G5 a month employee pays In u dlmo and In case I of death his estate gets r from 1000 to OOO and proportionate V t sums for Injuries received Men who rq have carefully studied out the plan de dare that It Is I a good scheme nnd the evidence of mature judgment points to the fact that the railroad is criticised unjustly t In l the first place there is no coercion about It Kmployees in the service of the road prior to March 1st do not have to Join the Insurance society but those why are newly employed after that date i f are compelled to Join p If the men could only see It they are getting a i better and cheaJl Insurance than lifeinsurance concerns or lodges can give Jt Is but an improvement on the hospital plan which most all roads 1 have adopted but which the great body of employees fought for so long A comparison I In this respect can be stated to show what the railroads are doing for their men Imagine that two brothers broth-ers live In Suit Lake one being with the Oregon Short Line and the other with Joness mammoth grocery Both receive I re-ceive 100 per month but the Short Line mans chock calls for S9HCO each month while the grocerymans Is 100 Tin Short Line deducts cents for hospital flea fleaEach Each brother falls elck with appendicitis appendi-citis The grocery man loses his time and has an expense of 500 while the railroader lives at the hospital and has the pick of the best surgeons for as long as ho needs them When he returns re-turns to his desk he owes no hospital surgeons or apothecarys bill Tho i amount ho Is out Is I as many times 10 contii as the months he has been In the cervlce of the road The Southern Paclllc relief plan Is somewhat similar and a good thing for the employees v Idaho Freight Case Argued r The case of Allen Lewis vs the Dregon Jiallway and Navigation company I com-pany and the Oregon Short Line railway rail-way was argued before Judo Bellin ger in the United States court Tuesday and submitted on petition of the Oregon 1 Ore-gon Short Line railway to withdraw appearance and ohm on motion of the I plaintiff to correct the record of tho court In the case The Oregon Short Line having entered appearance In theca the-ca e now wishes to withdraw it Zcra Snow counsel for the defendant argued that the line of the Oregon Short Line Hallway company being outside of this district the court had no Jurisdiction in the case as far as this defendant is concerned |
