Show pensioning MEN the pennsylvania railroad company baa adopted a system 0 halt pay for its old and incapacitated employed emp loyes an 1 it at the beginning of the year by placing about 1000 such persons on its pension list strange to aay somo of them are objecting to being retired from active duty on pleas which are positively humorous and partially pathetic ono old baggage man who has reached the mature ago of 91 years but is still hale and hearty and vho aho was running on one of the limited trains desired to continue on duty until next september when he would have completed just fifty years of a live service in the companas comp anys em plo many protests and requests were of this nature in commendation of the pension system of the road the denver news says it is proper to commend this action ol 01 the pennsylvania companas comp anys directors it is in line with their usual policy toward their employed emp loyes if the road ever had any labor troubles it as so many years ago that the memory of them is fading away it is par careful in hiring men it is epry strict as to their personal con due i and habits its influence for tern cc total abstinence even has been more potent than all other reform agencies combined along the line oi the road A capable man of good habits and character who attends strictly to his duties can remain in the companas comp anys employ or a lifetime naturally untie such a system men would become or from ono cause or another and for such of its employed emp loyes who hao been a certain number of years in the companas comp anys service it has created this half pay or pension list the wisdom and justice 0 this action will not fall to attract public attention and command public approval judged by the character of the service given the pennsylvania company and by its freedom from labor troubles and the loyalty of the net to the company at pays to arcu men with fairness to manage them as guinan beings and not as mere slaves and to insure them against want in their old age |