. Electric railway journal . orkis done by the register checkers in connection withtheir regular work. In Springfield the work is done byspare crews using part of their time. The type ofrecorders used on these systems require winding andthis is done twice each week. The same man does thewinding that replaces the filled-out record cards withnew ones. All record cards removed are sent to the office of thepower-saving department at Worcester, where they are 682 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 16 checked and cut up. Each mans record is filed awayuntil the end of a period covering two weeks s
. Electric railway journal . orkis done by the register checkers in connection withtheir regular work. In Springfield the work is done byspare crews using part of their time. The type ofrecorders used on these systems require winding andthis is done twice each week. The same man does thewinding that replaces the filled-out record cards withnew ones. All record cards removed are sent to the office of thepower-saving department at Worcester, where they are 682 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 58, No. 16 checked and cut up. Each mans record is filed awayuntil the end of a period covering two weeks service,then each mans card is figured and a statement is madeup showing the various records. A copy of this state-ment is presented to each man. Six weeks time is desig-nated as a prize period, and at the end of this timeeach mans record for the previous six weeks is figuredand a prize statement is drawn up. Men are compared per Car Mile,Base and Actual at Bus, Saving Shaded Saving per Car Mile at DC Bus. .... 7 1 :::::::::::::::::::::d P—1 b_: •— ) W O ^ ^ j ^ g — _ ^ O O _H -3 u :TuiZT55-)W2-)55-nnz -)25-)WZ->55-jWZ 1919 1920 1921 1920 1921 Saving in Dollars, Cost of System, and Net Saving (shaded) Power Saving Graphs for the Worcester Consolidated StreetRailway and for the Springfield Street Railway with each other only when they operate on the samelines and under the same general conditions. The prizesgiven range from $ to $1, $ being for the manwith the best average record for his individual line,$ for the next best record, and $1 for all thosewhose records have been as good or better than theaverage of the line. Work Done by Power-Saving Inspectors A power-saving inspector is employed by each com-pany whose duties consist of instructing the motormenas to how to operate properly and also making smallrepairs and adjustments as they are necessary to therecorder. The results obtained depend to a large extenton the ability of this ma
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