. The Street railway journal . EMPLOYEES IN BERLIN In the April number of the Zeitschrift fiir Kleinbahnen,Operating Engineer Kindler gives an extended account of themethods employed in engaging and teaching applicants for carservice on the Grosse Berliner Strassenbahn. At the time thelines were electrified, most of the motormen and conductorswere chosen from the old horse car lines, but in more recentyears they have been taken from many professions. The in-struction course covers four weeks of ten hours daily instruc-tion. Successful applicants must be between twenty-one andthirty-five years
. The Street railway journal . EMPLOYEES IN BERLIN In the April number of the Zeitschrift fiir Kleinbahnen,Operating Engineer Kindler gives an extended account of themethods employed in engaging and teaching applicants for carservice on the Grosse Berliner Strassenbahn. At the time thelines were electrified, most of the motormen and conductorswere chosen from the old horse car lines, but in more recentyears they have been taken from many professions. The in-struction course covers four weeks of ten hours daily instruc-tion. Successful applicants must be between twenty-one andthirty-five years of age, of good character and physical con-dition. Preference is given to men who have already been em-ployed as track men or car cleaners. Instruction in the dutiesof motorman or conductor is given under the supervision of atraffic inspector and engineer, and directly by one of the olderemployees, who possesses the ability of conveying his knowl-edge in simple language. The conductors and motormen receive exactlv the same in-.
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