The policy is carried by
the order if the engineer becomes sick or is otherwise disabled,
but if he fails to pay assessments when he is in full health, he
gives grounds for expulsion. There is a pension roll of three
hundred disabled engineers, each of whom receives $25 a month;
and the four railroad brotherhoods together maintain a Home for
Disabled Railroad Men at Highland Park, Illinois.
* The following figures show the status of the Insurance
Association in 1918. The total amount of life insurance in force
was $161,805,500.00. The total amount of claims paid from 1868 to
1918 was $41,085,183.04. The claims paid in 1918 amounted to
$3,014,540.22. The total amount of indemnity insurance in force
in 1918 was $12,486,397.50. The total claims paid up to 1918 were
$1,624,537.61; and during 1918, $241,780.08.
The technical side of engine driving is emphasized by the
"Locomotive Engineers' Journal" which goes to every member, and
in discussions in the stated meetings of the Brotherhood.
Intellectual and social interests are maintained also by lecture
courses, study clubs, and women's auxiliaries. Attendance upon
the lodge meetings has been made compulsory with the intention of
insuring the order from falling prey to a designing minority--a
condition which has proved the cause of the downfall of more than
one labor union.
The Brotherhood of Engineers is virtually a large and prosperous
business concern: Its management has been enterprising and
provident; its treasury is full; its insurance policies aggregate
many millions; it owns a modern skyscraper in Cleveland which
cost $1,250,000 and which yields a substantial revenue besides
housing the Brotherhood offices.
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