. Electric railway journal . en 198men were on full time and 1439 men on part-time ticketchecking. The usual puncli and ticket boxes supplied to conductorson graduated fare systems are furnished on this under-taking througli garage clerks who are listed as secondassistant operating foremen. There are about twenty-fiveof these men. Their time is charged against the item Running of depot staff and not against the ticket sys-tem since the issuance of ticket boxes is no greater burdenthan handing out transfer pads to conductors in an Ameri-can carhouse. The tickets are put up in advance by the tic
. Electric railway journal . en 198men were on full time and 1439 men on part-time ticketchecking. The usual puncli and ticket boxes supplied to conductorson graduated fare systems are furnished on this under-taking througli garage clerks who are listed as secondassistant operating foremen. There are about twenty-fiveof these men. Their time is charged against the item Running of depot staff and not against the ticket sys-tem since the issuance of ticket boxes is no greater burdenthan handing out transfer pads to conductors in an Ameri-can carhouse. The tickets are put up in advance by the ticket depart-ment according to the estimated needs of each one box is out in service another is being boxes bear the usual identification of conductorsnumber, route number and station(garage) number. Five motor lorriesare required for ticket-box distribution. Conductors turn in their cash butonce a day, not to the second assistantoperating foremen but to depot cashiers 0854 ■«**: ST o —1 CO. K 51 965 .rrr—T - I •if-rrt I \^,( ) ■ ■■■1 %| h ■ ! JF i ■ r 1 i / SlECIMENS OF LONDON BUS TICKETS The tickets are supplied by the Bell Punch & Ticket Com-pany of London. Tlie lower rate tickets are stocked forsix to eight weeks ahead and the higher rate tickets forlonger periods. Advertising on the back of tickets isJiandled directly by the ticket printer. TiCKKT Check WixiiorT axd WithixIt is obvious that in a city like London the enormousfluctuations in traffic and the large number of employeesdemand a greater proportion of supervisory personnel thanin smaller cities where traffic changes are less violent andwhere there closer relationship l)etween the platformemployees and the management. This fact must be takeninto account when it is stated that there are G50 inspectorsfor 3400 conductors. However, only 30 per cent of the time of inspectors ischarged against the ticket check account. These men beginthe days work as timekee]iers a
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