. The Street railway journal . of the kind who imagines he holds his superiorposition by virtue of the ignorance of those under him, some ofwhom might show more ability than himself if they shouldonce be given a chance to learn more. Narrow-minded fore-men of this kind are usually officially short lived and give wayultimately to men of broader views. The best foremen are themen who can produce the best results for a given expenditure,and the only way on earth to do this is to have a force of menworking at the highest degree of efficiency, discipline and in-telligence, and by encouraging and re
. The Street railway journal . of the kind who imagines he holds his superiorposition by virtue of the ignorance of those under him, some ofwhom might show more ability than himself if they shouldonce be given a chance to learn more. Narrow-minded fore-men of this kind are usually officially short lived and give wayultimately to men of broader views. The best foremen are themen who can produce the best results for a given expenditure,and the only way on earth to do this is to have a force of menworking at the highest degree of efficiency, discipline and in-telligence, and by encouraging and requiring the men to learnall they can. 1056 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXV. No. 24. A MOTORMANS SCHOOL SYSTEM IN BROOKLYN An interesting system for instructing new motormen for ser-vice upon surface lines has recently been inaugurated upon thesurface division of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Theplan followed is primarily to teach the student how properlyto operate the controller, cut-out either motor, insert a fuse and. INSTRUCTING A CLASS IN THE MANIPULATION OF THE CONTROLLERAND BRAKE HANDLES cut-in a circuit breaker. The company does not believe thatit is practicable or necessary to instruct the motormen of alarge city system very much in regard to the details of the carwiring, and that any attempt to explain the mechanical or elec-trical construction of a car, beyond that required to performintelligently the duties described above, only tends to confusea green man in the performance of his regularwork. For this reason diagrams of car wir-ings are not shown the students as on someroads. Especial attention is given to impressupon the students the desirability of runningon the safe points of the controller. Thereare so many congested districts in Brooklynthat a considerable part of the operation hasto be on the resistance points. This naturallyhas a bad influence on the men, and it is onereason why so much trouble is taken to em-phasize the economical positions of the c
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