. The street railway review . ne of the fares belowLine St. going out, these including all fares from the hotel anddepot districts, would be missed by reason of the crowded conditionof the cars. Mr. T. W. Passailaigue, superintendent of the Consolidated com-pany, states that the most annoying feature of handling a tempincrease of traffic of this kind, is that there is a class of men whomake a business of following up Expositions, and other events likely10 draw many visitors, with the view of securing employment onthe street railways. Inasmuch as these men are seeking only tem-porary employment
. The street railway review . ne of the fares belowLine St. going out, these including all fares from the hotel anddepot districts, would be missed by reason of the crowded conditionof the cars. Mr. T. W. Passailaigue, superintendent of the Consolidated com-pany, states that the most annoying feature of handling a tempincrease of traffic of this kind, is that there is a class of men whomake a business of following up Expositions, and other events likely10 draw many visitors, with the view of securing employment onthe street railways. Inasmuch as these men are seeking only tem-porary employment, they lack steadiness and reliability and bytheir carelessness cause serious loss to the company. He finallyadopted the rule of engaging only experienced motormen and onlygreen conductors, and by adhering to this regulation, he avoided agreat deal of trouble. As an extra inducement to good men to applyfor position on the cars, the company arranged to guarantee allextra men at least a half-days pay each day, whether they were. COTTON PALACE AT NIGHT. ■d to a car or not, provided, of course, they reported at thebarn each day. This insured each man at least enough to pay hisboard and necessary incidentals. The volume of Exposition traffic was very erratic, dropping, forinstance, from 50,000 passengers, carried on Presidents Day to12,000 the following day, and the company had to maintain a con-siderable force of extra men to call on in emergencies. The com-pany feels the amount of money paid to the employes when theynot actually working, was well invested, for it provided abody of trained conductors and motormen, who could always becalled to man the cars on short notice. June 20, 1902.] STREET RAILWAY REVIEW. 319 Another department that was directly affected by the increase inbusiness, due to the Exposition, was the auditors. In order toproperly show on the companys hooks certain expenses and re-ceipts directly chargeable to the Exposition business, the generalaccounting scheme
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