. Electric railway journal . n andItaly Quoted as to TheirValue in Train More Favora-ble in Many Respects inThis Country Than Abroad. By F. W. Brooks President Detroit (Mich.) UnitedRailways women employed in electric railway service is in thenature of a guarantee that they may pursue their em-ployment undisturbed by improper influences. I shall endeavor to refer in their order to the sub-divisions of the topic assigned to me and to have inmind the practice prevailing on the properties withwhich I am connected. In general, and for the purposeof this discussion, the work cons
. Electric railway journal . n andItaly Quoted as to TheirValue in Train More Favora-ble in Many Respects inThis Country Than Abroad. By F. W. Brooks President Detroit (Mich.) UnitedRailways women employed in electric railway service is in thenature of a guarantee that they may pursue their em-ployment undisturbed by improper influences. I shall endeavor to refer in their order to the sub-divisions of the topic assigned to me and to have inmind the practice prevailing on the properties withwhich I am connected. In general, and for the purposeof this discussion, the work constituting electric rail-way operation may be classed and limited to the execu-tive, transportation and maintenance divisions. Positions Outside the Train Service Under normal conditions, women have been employedin offices as secretaries, stenographers and clerks and,to a very limited extent, elsewhere. They have shownthemselves to be apt students when intrusted with re-sponsibilitv and, under proper training, are as efficient. OCTOBER 13, 1917] ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL 659 as young men clerks ordinarily are. Where our officemen so employed are entering military service, we arefilling their places with women, and in that branch ofthe service I know of no reason why they should notbe employed, if necessary, in any position normallyfilled by men clerks. Thus, at the present time, we areemploying women as cashiers in our carhouses, and theyare rendering satisfactory service. We are also be-ginning the employment of women as car washers andstation cleaners. In the mechanical, power, and track departments,women are used extensively as clerks, and it is theopinion of our department heads that they may be sat-isfactorily employed in other occupations, as in coilwinding, controller work, upholstering, painting andglazing, as drill hands, switchboard and dynamo at-tendants, oilers, wipers, and in many like occupationsthat do not involve heavy lifting or severe out-of-dooremployment. There
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