Show USE BROWN DISCIPLINE Oregon Short Line Makes Important Move r ABOLJSH ALL SUSPENSIONS 1 In Lieu of that Each Employees Full Record is t bo Kept Showing His Service Complete Full Credit is I Likewise Given for Meritorious ConductThe Good Record Can be Used to Wipe Out tho Bad Orders JT Order-s Effective September 1st Rail u road Notes > The Brown system v of discipline will be adopted by the operating department depart-ment of the Oregon Short Line on and Oregon rnd after September 1st General Super inlendcnt Calvin will shortly Issue the I circulars to this effect giving full particulars The announcement will be I heard with the greatest Interest by all I the very largo number of employees allover all-over th6 system for the Brown Idea has not only been tried by the very best railroads In the country but It has In every case been proved a suc cefP after several years trial The I main feature of the system Is discipline 1 I of railway employees without suspension suspen-sion and It is rapidly being adopted by I I Americas leading railroads I Under the old system railroad employees i ployees were reprimanded suspended with loss of pay for stated periods or I dismissed But the suspension with I loss of pay while a punishment to the employee also was a punishment to his dependent ones and It naturally did not add to the employees kindly feeling feel-ing toward his employer Then again the employee by his loss of pay might feel that he had repaid the company com-pany for its loss or damage resulting from the accident for which he was suspended and this state of affairs did not help to perfect the discipline on tIme road I Under the Brown system each employees em-ployees service Is by record only and In the record book is kept his whole service record This la done by a good and bad a debit and credit record as I it were Instead of being suspended for a I I stated period for n violation of rules the matter Is entered In tho record under I un-der tha employees name These entries en-tries may refer to violations of rules damage caused bs carelessness or personal per-sonal matters affecting the good of the service That Is the one record only On the other hand a clear record needs no entries but that does not prevent special spe-cial mention being made on tho record for any acts of bravery or heroism special acts of loyalty or protection of the companys Interest In fact the Brown system Is one that gives full credit to all the employees and the good record may be used to wipe out the bad record for instance on one road a reprimand will be canceled by n perfect record for three months a suspension of ten days will be canceled can-celed by a perfect record of six months Inn I-nn so on Under the present system a division superintendent may be the only one who knows of an employees good acts but under the Brown system his record tells the whole story to the general operating department A continued bad record may be cause for dismissal from the service as may also a violation of rules serious enough to merit tbe extreme punishment The Brown system includes bulletins bulle-tins which are posted to bring to every employees notice certain violations bad breaks carelessness and the like on the bottom o which may be added superintendents warnings G R Brown general superintendent of tho Fall Brook railway Is the originator of the plan and that It has not failed on any road where adopted Is proof of its general excellence |