. Electric railway journal . lines; so the pick-ing out of typical days with traffic survey systemsother than this is extremely difficult, if not impossible. It is not asserted that the system recommended isas complete as those of our largest engineering or-ganizations, but it is good enough and sufficientlycomprehensive so that a survey which will enable thelocal manager to give the best service with the leastwaste of mileage may be obtained. Aside from this,periodical checking of traffic for changes in turn-backs are necessary in any event. To get these data, the superintendent or managerins
. Electric railway journal . lines; so the pick-ing out of typical days with traffic survey systemsother than this is extremely difficult, if not impossible. It is not asserted that the system recommended isas complete as those of our largest engineering or-ganizations, but it is good enough and sufficientlycomprehensive so that a survey which will enable thelocal manager to give the best service with the leastwaste of mileage may be obtained. Aside from this,periodical checking of traffic for changes in turn-backs are necessary in any event. To get these data, the superintendent or managerinstructs the conductors to count the number of pas-sengers at each point selected, as shown in the instruc-tions on page 28. Each conductor also receives a printed card, Fig. 13,for writing down his figures. This card carries thename of the possible turn-back streets, the line onwhich the data are taken, the date, car number, con-ductors number, conductors name, run number andtrip number. It is necessary to have all these data. Data Helpful tothe Men To turn back or not to turn back should not be left to the varyingjudgment of platform men. to be certain that all cards have been turned in bythe conductors and that all the facts needed for thegraphs are at hand. Such a card should be about thesize of a regular trip card, so that the conductor canfold and place it in his pocket. When orders for the count areissued, the conductors should beinformed that it has absolutelynothing to do with register read-ings; that the management simplywants to secure the most even dis-tribution of passenger loads in all cars at all times,from which it naturally follows that the work of theconductors will also be more evenly distributed whenthe necessary changes are made. It is realized that at certain times of the day the con-ductor will not have the time to make accurate notationsjust at the point where the count should be taken, so heshould be requested to bear this in mind and do the besthe can. O
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