They were also paid their full wages during sickness, and at their death Bianconi educated their children, who grew up to manhood, and afterwards filled the situations held by their deceased parents.
Every workman had thus a special interest in his own good conduct.
They knew that nothing but misbehaviour could deprive them of the benefits they enjoyed; and hence their endeavours to maintain their positions by observing the strict discipline enjoined by their employer.
Sobriety was, of course, indispensable--a drunken car-driver being amongst the most dangerous of servants.

The drivers must also be truthful, and the man found telling a lie, however venial, was instantly dismissed.

Honesty was also strongly enforced, not only for the sake of the public, but for the sake of the men themselves.

Hence he never allowed his men to carry letters.

If they did so, he fined them in the first instance very severely, and in the second instance dismissed them.