. Electric railway journal . and subway to the establishment of the school the trainingof operators was left to the various substation foremen. In some cases this plan gave good results, yet while aforeman may have been an excellent operator it did notalways follow that he had the ability to instruct greenmen in the operation of substations. Before a manwas certified as an operator he would be placed underseveral foremen so as to get as much information aspossible. If reports on the progress of the man weresatisfactory, and if he was found to be competent, hewas made an operator
. Electric railway journal . and subway to the establishment of the school the trainingof operators was left to the various substation foremen. In some cases this plan gave good results, yet while aforeman may have been an excellent operator it did notalways follow that he had the ability to instruct greenmen in the operation of substations. Before a manwas certified as an operator he would be placed underseveral foremen so as to get as much information aspossible. If reports on the progress of the man weresatisfactory, and if he was found to be competent, hewas made an operator. Naturally this method of instruction was slow, andwhen men began to leave the substations in rather largenumbers to enter military service and war industries,it was found necessary to change the method of instruc-tion. As a result a class of six rotary men was started,and they received instruction in a course lasting sixdays. At the end of this time three men were qualifiedas operators and two others were qualified a week. TIMING ROTARY CONVERTERSON THE LIN1 )R CUTTING IN STUDENTS TESTING HIGH TENSION FEEDERS UNDERSUPERVISION OF THE INSTRUCTOR 920 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 53, No. 19 later. The first few classes demonstrated the value ofsuch a course of training, and this substation school foroperators has now been made permanent. The course as at present arranged for green menlasts about fifteen days. After the operators have beenqualified, in order to maintain a high standard of effi-ciency they are occasionally recalled to the school forfurther instruction. The courses for operators recalledto the school are naturally much shorter and deal withspecific phases for operating. The hours for the schoolare from 8 oclock in the morning until 4 oclock in theafternoon, for five days a week. The men are chosenfor the school according to their seniority, providedthey have served at least two months as rotary menand have had previous experience in the electrical line. There are T
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