. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . or fear of rust, the man whoruns that machine must not be allowedto live in conditions which tend to de-grade his physical and moral sensi-bilities. That a great railroad corpora-tion is inaugurating a system of club-houses in which its employees may restand recreate themselves while off duty,and is finding the expenditure to be anegligible quantity in comparison to thereturns in increased efficiency and alengthened average period of service, isa conclusive refutation of the oldtheories and a
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . or fear of rust, the man whoruns that machine must not be allowedto live in conditions which tend to de-grade his physical and moral sensi-bilities. That a great railroad corpora-tion is inaugurating a system of club-houses in which its employees may restand recreate themselves while off duty,and is finding the expenditure to be anegligible quantity in comparison to thereturns in increased efficiency and alengthened average period of service, isa conclusive refutation of the oldtheories and a promise of better thingsto come. The engineer and fireman of a pas-senger train have as much dependingon them as any other two workmenin tin; world. The machine which theyhandle has been brought to its presentstate of perfection only through yearsof study and experiment. It is con-stantly guarded and kept in the pinkof condition. Not a part of its mech-anism but receives the inspection ofexperts and grooms are constantly inattendance to see that it lacks for noth-ing. Yet when the men who operate. l-IC. 5. SIDE DOOR IN C.\H. lliis giant leave it at the roundliouscto be nursed and cared for till its nexttrip, they, the engineer and fireman, areusually turned over to the tendermercies of the saloon and its adjunctsor the alternative of a dirty room anda foul bed. What wonder if occasion-ally, one of these human engines slipsa cog and some of the sons of Marjarc hurled to death. It is the purpose of the SouthernPacific to inaugurate a system that shallcare for its men in the same efficientway that its rolling stock is idea was of slow growth, and it re-quired actual demonstration to convincehard-headed railroad business men thatthe scheme, if carried out, would savethousands of dollars. Mr. F. G. At-hearn. superintendent of railway clubsfor the Southern Pacific, has under-taken the task of overcoming the skep-ticism on this point, and he has beenallowed to proceed with
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