. Electric railway journal . oundaries of the sections being natural, such as ra-vines, hills, etc., or halfway between parallel car section received a key number. Loose-leaf tallysheets were printed for the different sections, andsmall reproductions of the city map, divided into thesesections, were made as recording sheets. With this ma-terial squads of three men were sent to the offices ofemployers where they were permitted to see the em-ployment lists, or in some cases only, lists of the ad-dresses of the employees. The first man read the ad-dress, the second, who had expert know
. Electric railway journal . oundaries of the sections being natural, such as ra-vines, hills, etc., or halfway between parallel car section received a key number. Loose-leaf tallysheets were printed for the different sections, andsmall reproductions of the city map, divided into thesesections, were made as recording sheets. With this ma-terial squads of three men were sent to the offices ofemployers where they were permitted to see the em-ployment lists, or in some cases only, lists of the ad-dresses of the employees. The first man read the ad-dress, the second, who had expert knowledge of thecity map, located the address and called off the sectionnumber, and the third made one tally on the propertally sheet. The Chamber of Commerce had paved theway for this survey and had explained that it would notbe used in any way to injure either the employer or theemployee, as no record of names was to be made. Thisexplanation brought complete co-operation, and in no. 844 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 18. FIG. 4—THE CITY WAS DIVIDED INTO SIXTY-FIVE SECTIONS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL SURVEY—THIS CHART GIVESTHE LOCATION OF THE RESIDENCES OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE INDUSTRIAL PLANTS IN SECTION E-18 case were the requested data refused. Altogether, 274,-000 employees were checked and the following totalswere obtained: TABLE SHOWING DISTANCE TRAVELED BY PERSONS GOING TOEMPLOYMENTData on Travel of Employees: Number of employers 700 Number of employees 274,083 Number traveling from 0 to 1 mile 122,223 or Number traveling from 1 to 2 miles 69,132 or 25. 2% Number traveling from 2 to 3 miles 26,906 or Number traveling from 3 to 4 miles 41,146 or Number traveling from 4 to 5 miles 15,167 or Number traveling from 5 to 6 miles 9,709 or 3. 5% Over 6 miles 9,700 or Average length of ride:Disregarding fare zone: 1- mile walk 2- mile walk Within 5-cent fare zone: 1- mile walk 2. 20 2- mile walk 2. 86 The census of population for the district c
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