384 History of Inland Transport 



made for the educational, social and recreative needs of the 

 workers and their dependents. 



No fewer than 82,000 persons are included in the industrial 

 army which to-day constitutes the staff of the London and 

 North- Western Railway. Of this total 11,000 are salaried 

 officers and clerks and 71,000 are employed at weekly wages. 

 A company which employs such a multitude as this, and, in- 

 directly, ensures sustenance to a much greater number of 

 persons, incurs obligations that are not met entirely by a 

 stated salary or wage. Hence the company, in addition to 

 their encouragement of schools and educational institutes, 

 support a Superannuation Fund Association and a Widows 

 and Orphans' Fund for the salaried staff, and various funds, on 

 a contributory basis, for the wages staff. Other organisations 

 supported by the company include a savings bank, a literary 

 society, chess, rifle and athletic clubs, a temperance society 

 and numerous coffee taverns for the staff. 



