men and 0.50 francs for women. In case of sickness of injury, men received 1 franc per day and women 0.50 francs per day. Members were entitled to free medical care and medicines. In the event of death, the company was responsible for burial expenses. Workers who did not join the Mutual Aid society paid into a medical fund to cover medical care and medicines. The workers voted to make the medical fund compulsory. On 15 May 1884 Chappee decided to give a pension of 365 francs per year to every worker aged over 60 who had worked for 30 years for the company, and 150 francs per year for every worker aged over 60 who had worked for 20 years. The pension was paid monthly for life after the employee stopped working. The worker had to be a member of the Mutual Aid society to qualify. The workers at Port-Brillet were covered by the decision of 15 May 1884 and at the age of 60 gained the right to a pension if they had worked there for 20 years. When a worker was the victim of a workplace accident that permanently disabled him, a pension was set up for him according to his needs, reduced by a percentage as each of his children reached the age of 18. The pension would be paid to his widow, but stopped as soon as she remarried. The prefect of Sarthe called Chappée a "militant reactionary" in 1889, but there is no question that his paternalism was of benefit to his employees. Other activities Chappée became director of the Sarthe Tramways, Loir-et-Cher Tramways, French Narrow Gauge Railway Company and Genest anthracite mines. He was president of the General Syndicate of Foundry Owners. Alexandre Dreux joined the commercial service of Chappée's company around 1871 at the age of 18, where Chappée spotted his ability and capacity for work. Chappée placed him as accountant at a subsidiary forge he operated in Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine, but soon closed it. In 1877 Chappée recommended Dreux to the leaders of the Lorraine steel industry who were looking for someone to manage their comptoir. Renaud Oscar d'Adelswärd and Jean-Joseph Labbé co-founded the Comptoir Métallurgique de Longwy in 1876, with Alexandre Dreux as the first executive director. The Comptoir de Longwy was the first joint sales organization of the French steel industry. Chappée was a member of the Superior Labour Council