. Electric railway journal . September 30, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 151. 152 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [September 30, 1916 ROORE TO THINK STRAIGHT on this fare collectionproblem you must either agree or disagree with uson two basic considerations, i e.,—■ (a) THE INITIATIVE IN FARE PAYMENTshould not be left to the passenger; (b) THE INITIATIVE IN REGISTRATIONshould not be left to the conductor. Generally speaking, passengers will not seek out yourconductor or some mute, open-hopper fare box. Col-lections should not be made on the wait-on-yourself,cafeteria basis. Passengers instinctively
. Electric railway journal . September 30, 1916] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 151. 152 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [September 30, 1916 ROORE TO THINK STRAIGHT on this fare collectionproblem you must either agree or disagree with uson two basic considerations, i e.,—■ (a) THE INITIATIVE IN FARE PAYMENTshould not be left to the passenger; (b) THE INITIATIVE IN REGISTRATIONshould not be left to the conductor. Generally speaking, passengers will not seek out yourconductor or some mute, open-hopper fare box. Col-lections should not be made on the wait-on-yourself,cafeteria basis. Passengers instinctively expect to beand should be singled out and served. The registeringdevice should be conveniently brought to the passen-ger. The passenger, not the conductor, should oper-ate this register. The register to serve that simple butfundamentally sound idea must be small, portable, andhave unusual mechanical functions. Did you ever trya ROOKE register and note its human-like zeal in reaching for, gripping and instantly registering thecoin you but slightly insert into it ? It is
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