. The Street railway journal . r No. i, spread it out on a table, and from the stock infront of him figure out on a bar stock record what was soldthe day before without knowing how much money thecashier of that particular bar had turned in. After this herefills all bottles. The bar stock record is brought to thetreasurer, who on comparing it with the cash report turnedin separately from the same bar can easily tell that the barin question either has a poor bartender or that he is gettingless money. The treasurer, after noting the continuance of this sort of trouble for several days, reports to
. The Street railway journal . r No. i, spread it out on a table, and from the stock infront of him figure out on a bar stock record what was soldthe day before without knowing how much money thecashier of that particular bar had turned in. After this herefills all bottles. The bar stock record is brought to thetreasurer, who on comparing it with the cash report turnedin separately from the same bar can easily tell that the barin question either has a poor bartender or that he is gettingless money. The treasurer, after noting the continuance of this sort of trouble for several days, reports to the man-ager that a certain bar is running behind. The managerthen takes the matter up with the head barman, who soonlocates the trouble. Experience appears to indicate that the best way to treatwaiters is to pay them on a percentage basis. In ElectricPark it is customary to sell $5 in checks for $, thus giv-ing the waiters 15 per cent on all sales. If they have anytickets left they keep them for use next day. The waiters. JAPANESE BALL GAME—A TYPICAL MINOR ATTRACTION work by the week but seldom draw all their cash before theend of the season. This system is extremely simple, theonly labor arising from keeping track of the number of brasschecks given to the cashier. One source of loss which should be avoided relates todelivery of supplies at the park. Most goods are deliveredearly in the morning, before the arrival of the manager,who usually remains on the grounds until long after mid-night. Consequently it is very easy for a dishonest subor-dinate to agree with the iceman or other teamster to signa receipt for a larger quantity than he actually receives,the two afterward pocketing the cost of the difference. Thesame scheme can be worked with other articles, but ice isthe easiest, as it is used in large quantities and naturallyhas diminished considerably by the time the manager ar-rives, so that detection is difficult. The receiving clerkshould be on the ground by 6 or 6
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