. Book of the Royal blue . n Chun-ne-nug-gce . RAILWAY ATHLETICS. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. mHE Baltinioie \- Ohio Railroad Com-pany, wliicli has its headquarters atBaltimore, Md., has a number of in-stitutions for the benefit of its em-ployes, wiiieli, altiioush not intended to bephilanthropic, are in a measure a great up-lift to its employes. Notably among these are its Relief De-partment and its Traveling Library ; theseinstitutions have been in existence formany years, and their benefits are availableto all employes of the system. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Companyhas
. Book of the Royal blue . n Chun-ne-nug-gce . RAILWAY ATHLETICS. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. mHE Baltinioie \- Ohio Railroad Com-pany, wliicli has its headquarters atBaltimore, Md., has a number of in-stitutions for the benefit of its em-ployes, wiiieli, altiioush not intended to bephilanthropic, are in a measure a great up-lift to its employes. Notably among these are its Relief De-partment and its Traveling Library ; theseinstitutions have been in existence formany years, and their benefits are availableto all employes of the system. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Companyhas on its pay rolls, in the city of Balti-more alone, about 8,300 employes, andalmost immediately on the incorporation ofthe athletic association, employes flockedto membership, and at the present timeover 10 ])er cent of the above number ofeni|)loyes are on the membership roll ofthe association. The purposes of the B. & O. Athletic As-sociation are most worthy, having in con-templation not only the physical, but also. B. * (I. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION CLUB HOfSE AND GKOUNOS. The Relief Department has steadilygrown until it is an institution of greatmagnitude, embracing savings, loan, insur-ance and medical features. From the Traveling Library books arecirculated to employes much in the samemanner as in other libraries. A new institution has recently had itsbeginning. It is known as the B. & Association, an organization of theemployes of the railway company, estab-lished and incorporated under the laws ofthe State of Maryland on August 29, liH)t. the mental development of its is not to be considered as exclusivelyathletic: in fact, its spirit is to permit so-ciability by furnishing opportunities for theemployes of the different departments tobecome acquainted [jersonally. On account of their great number, thoseof one department are often unac(|uaintedwith those of another, although they mayhave freipient occasion to address each otherthrough the mail or over the
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