. The Street railway journal . the leaving time at terminalsis then arrived at for each car run. With this information thechief dispatcher works out his time schedule for the lineon a blank, 12^2 ins. x i6^4 ins. in size (Fig. 15). If a differ-ent service is put on for Sunday or any other day of the weeka separate sheet is made out for that day. On these or separatesheets are noted the working runs that are necessary to handlethe service on that line. These sheets are numbered and keptin a loose-leaf file, which is known as the chief dispatchersschedule file. As changes are made, of course new
. The Street railway journal . the leaving time at terminalsis then arrived at for each car run. With this information thechief dispatcher works out his time schedule for the lineon a blank, 12^2 ins. x i6^4 ins. in size (Fig. 15). If a differ-ent service is put on for Sunday or any other day of the weeka separate sheet is made out for that day. On these or separatesheets are noted the working runs that are necessary to handlethe service on that line. These sheets are numbered and keptin a loose-leaf file, which is known as the chief dispatchersschedule file. As changes are made, of course new sheets areinserted in the place of the obsolete ones. Each sheet has anindex stamp on one corner, which contains space for the num-ber of the schedule, the date it was put in effect, and blankspaces for indicating the number of the car and the headwayfor each change during the day. An index book is kept of allschedules made out so that they may be quickly referred to. From this chief dispatchers schedule file are made up the. FIG. 20.—TRANSFER AND TRIP SHEET CASES IN CAR HOUSE time schedules that are posted in the car houses for the use ofthe trainmen. These schedules are put on sheets 20J/2 in. x25 ins. in size, Fig. 16, a separate sheet being used for each scheduled time for leaving each terminal, and on longlines, a central point on the line are noted in black ink, andthe time out of the barn and in at night, as well as the numberof the car runs are indicated in red ink. The time underlinedin red ink indicates reliefs at the relief point. From the tabulation of working runs on the chief dispatchersschedule are made up the typewritten working list spoken ofabove. Tf there is room, that part of the list affecting one lineis pasted on the bottom of the time schedule (Fig. 16). Each of the two dispatchers has upon his desk a large sheeton which he records the actual leaving time of every car, asreported by the conductors. For reference he has beneathhis working sheet
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