. Electric railway journal . at 6 left at On Saturdays, the hours werefrom 7 to 12 m. and 8 to 1 It Was hoped ington that it was impossible properly to handle thetraffic with but one opening and one closing hour. The joint shop committee of the shipbuilding Com-pany, however, issued a circular letter to the employeesin which the co-operation of the men was were asked to take early cars for the works in themorning, to avoid later congestion which had resultedin about 20 per cent of the employees being late to work;to buy tickets in advance so as t
. Electric railway journal . at 6 left at On Saturdays, the hours werefrom 7 to 12 m. and 8 to 1 It Was hoped ington that it was impossible properly to handle thetraffic with but one opening and one closing hour. The joint shop committee of the shipbuilding Com-pany, however, issued a circular letter to the employeesin which the co-operation of the men was were asked to take early cars for the works in themorning, to avoid later congestion which had resultedin about 20 per cent of the employees being late to work;to buy tickets in advance so as to aid ticket sellers andconductors, and to make way quickly in boarding carsand in moving inside the works gates. A card index was made up of the places of residenceof the employees, showing whether they came by trolley,jitney or private conveyance, or walked to and fromwork. Each rider was assigned to his proper car by theproper routing. The loop at the works, which was oftwo tracks separated by ordinary spacing, was spread. PORE RIVER SHIPYARD WORKERS ENTERING BAY STATE PREPAYMENT STATION, QUINCY, MASS. that this split-shift plan would help to relieve thecongestion at the times of peak load. In the meantime a new rescheduling and reroutingof lines had been effected in Quincy to improve the rush-hour conditions. A new through double-track routefrom Neponset Bridge had been opened, and a specialdepot car service had been established between the plantand the New Haven Railroad station at Quincy. Split-Shift Plan of Operation HadTO Be Advanced Unfortunately the split-shift plan was strenuouslyobjected to by the employees, who deplored the loss ofthe daylight hour in the evening, when they wishedto work in their war gardens. The men, too, weredissatisfied because they believed that the difficulty couldbe met in some other way. On two occasions a strikewas narrowly averted from this cause. The shipbuildingmanagement, moreover, held that the plan caused lossof efficiency through one
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