. The street railway review . hanging the scheduled meet to another point and thus keeping alltrains moving, overcoming the delays, and enabling the trains de-layed to go to their destinations on time. Accounting. The general system of accounting conforms as nearly as possibleto that outlined by the American Street & Interurban Railway Ac-countants Association, with sufficient changes and additions to admitof u thorough accounting of the different tVes collected and mer- 130 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [Vol. XVI, No. 3. chandise handled. Agents are maintained at all principal stations,where both sin
. The street railway review . hanging the scheduled meet to another point and thus keeping alltrains moving, overcoming the delays, and enabling the trains de-layed to go to their destinations on time. Accounting. The general system of accounting conforms as nearly as possibleto that outlined by the American Street & Interurban Railway Ac-countants Association, with sufficient changes and additions to admitof u thorough accounting of the different tVes collected and mer- 130 STREET RAILWAY REVIEW [Vol. XVI, No. 3. chandise handled. Agents are maintained at all principal stations,where both single and round trip tickets are on sale. Conductorsare provided with round trip tickets for the convenience of patronswho do not have time to buy their tickets at the stations and for of all freight received and forwarded and send it to the auditorsoffice, where one is checked against the other and the agent notifiedof any inaccuracy or failure to report a shipments consigned to points where the company has no. TRAIN OF 12, 30-TON HOPPER CARS EN ROUTE FROM RENTON MINES TO SEATTLE. patrons boarding the trains where agents are not employed. Thisform of ticket is illustrated. Ohmer registers of the 12-fare type are used, and it is the policyto have the conductor register each passenger carried. To this endemployes are given either a trip or quarterly pass. When a quar-terly pass is used the holder thereof is required to sign a receipt,which is taken up and registered as a ticket. This receipt is illus-trated. The company has adopted forms for use in connection with itsfreight business similar to those in use by steam roads. At stationswhere the company has agents the shipper gets a receipt for mer-chandise delivered for shipment. \ way-bill is then made out agent must be prepaid. Shipments from such stations going col-lect are way-billed by the conductors, who, at the end of their run,send all way-bills, whether received from an agent or made out bythemselves, to the a
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