. Electric railway journal . ed by each emergencywagon, while at the right-hand side is the fire alarm ticker, ice or run off the line. The plan was finally adopted of usinga clock with a mechanical stamping device to indicate on theday cards the hour when the men took the cars and the timewhen they left them. The advantages of this plan have beenfound to be as follows: The establishment of a closer check on the platform menaround the depot. A more accurate record of the actual time spent on the carsis obtained, with corresponding greater accuracy in the pay-ment of the men. There is a closer
. Electric railway journal . ed by each emergencywagon, while at the right-hand side is the fire alarm ticker, ice or run off the line. The plan was finally adopted of usinga clock with a mechanical stamping device to indicate on theday cards the hour when the men took the cars and the timewhen they left them. The advantages of this plan have beenfound to be as follows: The establishment of a closer check on the platform menaround the depot. A more accurate record of the actual time spent on the carsis obtained, with corresponding greater accuracy in the pay-ment of the men. There is a closer check on the efficiency of the starters intheir handling of the men around the depot and the length ofthe swings allowed. A marked improvement in the efficiency of the starters issecured because there is more time at their disposal for theperformance of their other duties. Greater accuracy and rapidity in the performance of work bythe pay-roll clerks is also secured. Notwithstanding the fact that the time stamping system has. Metropolitan Street Railway—One of the Shower Baths at the Ninth Avenue and Fifty-fourth Street Car House which records the sounding of alarms simultaneously withtheir receipt at the city fire headquarters. The various filesof delay and accident reports, emergency wagon calls, arealso shown. HEATER REGULATION Another of the duties of the report clerk is to send out in-structions by telephone in the winter in regard to the positionof the heater switch controlling the heat supplied in the assist him in intelligently regulating this matter a recordingthermometer is installed in his office, indicating the variationsof the outside temperature as soon as they occur. TIME CLOCK FOR STARTERS Formerly it was the custom for the depot starters in chargeof dispatching the crews to sign the day cards of the men whenthe latter were commencing or finishing their work. This wasan undesirable arrangement because it distracted the startersattention from the
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