. The Street railway journal . companying engravings show a new departure in car fareregisters. The Ames Register Company, of Boston, Mass., has per-fected a register that has all the commendable features of a breast regis-ter, bell punch register and stationary register combined, furnishingthe conductor with a register for his entire days work, no matter howoften he changes cars during that day. When changing from one carto another he alsochanges the portableregister which is madeinterchangeable, andfits any stationary orcar register. After alittle study of the illus-trations herewithshown, r
. The Street railway journal . companying engravings show a new departure in car fareregisters. The Ames Register Company, of Boston, Mass., has per-fected a register that has all the commendable features of a breast regis-ter, bell punch register and stationary register combined, furnishingthe conductor with a register for his entire days work, no matter howoften he changes cars during that day. When changing from one carto another he alsochanges the portableregister which is madeinterchangeable, andfits any stationary orcar register. After alittle study of the illus-trations herewithshown, railroad com-panies will readilyunderstand the mani-fold advantages pos-sessed by this 1 shows the regis-ter ready for opera-tion. Fig. 2 showsthe portable registerprojected and partial-ly in place. Fig. 3shows the portableregister. The method ofmanipulating the port-able portion of thisregister is as follows:At the beginning of p|Q ]the conductors dayswork he is furnishedwith the portable registeror car register,. .-REGISTER READY FOR OPERATION. which he inserts into the stationaryBefore operating the register, he records upon his daycard the figures that appear on the portable register. At the close ofhis days work he turns in the portable register with his money and daycard. In computing the conductors work, the manager simply refersto the portable register to ascertain the number of fares taken duringthe day. By the use of this register it is unnecessary to assign an employeto the duty of recording the state of the register, either before the regis-
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