. The street railway review . ion ofcash, transfers and tickets collected. The report blanks are issuedto conductors in blocks and arc consecutively numbered. Theyare charged to the conductors when issued and credited as re-turned. They are used by the conductors in consecutive order. Tliepurpose of this is to insure a return to the office of the report aswritten upon the car and leads the men to be careful in making upreports to avoid erasures and corrections. If they make mistakesthey are, in consequence, particular to call our attention to themand make explanation. In computing the reports
. The street railway review . ion ofcash, transfers and tickets collected. The report blanks are issuedto conductors in blocks and arc consecutively numbered. Theyare charged to the conductors when issued and credited as re-turned. They are used by the conductors in consecutive order. Tliepurpose of this is to insure a return to the office of the report aswritten upon the car and leads the men to be careful in making upreports to avoid erasures and corrections. If they make mistakesthey are, in consequence, particular to call our attention to themand make explanation. In computing the reports we charge for the total cash readingat 5 cents each and the total number of checks issued at 5 centseach. If the total of the transfer registration exceeds the numberof checks issued and transfers and tickets accepted, we charge forsuch excess at 5 cents each. In case the total transfer registrationis less we charge the conductor for the nimiber of checks report is a complete analysis of the business, showing total. F. 15. BROWN. niuujjcr of passengers, number paying each denominatioit of fare,number riding upon transfers, tickets or passes and munber ofpassengers in each fare limit; thus giving data in regard to thevolume of business over each section of the road. The reports are easily examined and checked, owing to thesystem of stubs and consecutive numbering. In addition to the re-port wc have what are known as register cards, one daily for eachcar, which furnish a complete record of the readings of the registersfrom the time they go into use until they go into the junk heap. ICrich conductor is provided with a ticket punch, the die of whichcorresponds with his munber. I le is required to cancel all tickets,checks and transfers with this punch at the lime of colleclion. 212 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. [Vol. XIV, No. 4. Kciuarlu. This system has been in operation since Aug. 11, 1902. In es-tablishing it, we tried to look at the passengers .side as well as ours,and to i
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