. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . nal waybill, arepunched out, for audit purposes. TheX in the upper ix)rtion of the card iskej^-punched so as to insure the properomission of information not required. These key-punches are o])erated bythe Touch System, the numbers ap-pearmg on the keys being obliterated byconstant use (Figure 4 is photo of an un- of one per cent, of the total number ofcards punched during the month. Ashigh as 57,()()() ciirds have been punchedby one o])erator without a single error,and as many iis 400,000 are punchedmonthly by eight oi^erators with only150 errors. The
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . nal waybill, arepunched out, for audit purposes. TheX in the upper ix)rtion of the card iskej^-punched so as to insure the properomission of information not required. These key-punches are o])erated bythe Touch System, the numbers ap-pearmg on the keys being obliterated byconstant use (Figure 4 is photo of an un- of one per cent, of the total number ofcards punched during the month. Ashigh as 57,()()() ciirds have been punchedby one o])erator without a single error,and as many iis 400,000 are punchedmonthly by eight oi^erators with only150 errors. The Tabulating Card is shown in Fig-ure 3, and it will be noted carries twelve(12) fields, as follows: 1st.—Month in which waybill is —Date of month rej)—Receiving or reporting —Forwarding or V)illing —Month waybill is —Date of month waybill is —Waybill ———Freight —Advance —Pre])aid FIGURE J used machine, showing how keys arenumbered). Each operator punchesfrom 2,500 to 3,500 cards per day, on•piece-work basis. The percentage oferrors made are usuall} one-twentieth The Tabulating Card in the illustration(Figure 3) covers East St. Louis, 111., toEast Norwood, O., waybill 1911, Sep-tember 8, 1914, as shown in Figure 5. The card is key-punched from left to 12 THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO EMPLOYES MAGAZINE /\2 / Mo11 10 1 2 IS 3 i 4 • 56 78• Rec i am it s Z•< 1«1 •• 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 8 9 9«9 9
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