. Electric railway journal . observer movesthe paper so that the time unitsappearing along the media lineof the record pass the edge ofthe graduated scale to corre-spond with the actual line asshown by a watch carried on thewrist. As a car approaches theknown seating capacity is re-corded by moving the largerdiameter punch to proper posi-tion on the graduated scale and«£3ft depressing for perforation. As Efficiency in Brooklyn— the car Passes the observer theTabulating Device Used load carned 1S corded in ain Counts of Passen- similar manner by setting andgers depressing the smaller punch. The
. Electric railway journal . observer movesthe paper so that the time unitsappearing along the media lineof the record pass the edge ofthe graduated scale to corre-spond with the actual line asshown by a watch carried on thewrist. As a car approaches theknown seating capacity is re-corded by moving the largerdiameter punch to proper posi-tion on the graduated scale and«£3ft depressing for perforation. As Efficiency in Brooklyn— the car Passes the observer theTabulating Device Used load carned 1S corded in ain Counts of Passen- similar manner by setting andgers depressing the smaller punch. The section of the recordpublished herewith is a typical one taken from the recordsfurnished by an observer to the chief dispatcher. Abovethe media line, reading from this line up, is the record ofeast-bound service, while the corresponding west-boundservice, read from the bottom of the sheet, appears vertical intervals on the record correspond to five seatsor passengers and agree with the graduation on the .« Jt „ .. JL. • jl „•„,«... a. « . . —-H-n* —■ >jtq .J! «,. «♦ * ...» • • I » I Efficiency in Brooklyn—Actual Record of Passengers Made by Tabulating Device a more prompt use of such trains in the direction of theheavy movement. Short-line service has been installedwherever practicable, with increased comfort to the greatmajority of patrons served. Travel conditions are kept under constant supervisionin order that increasing needs or changing requirementsmay be met with modified schedules. The horizontal intervals correspond to two minutes of time,each ten-minute interval being represented by the heavierline. The perforations are read in pairs, an overload beingindicated when the smaller circle appears above the larger,and an underload when the converse appears. The amountof overload or underload is the vertical distance between 1270 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXXVIII, No. 26. the larger and the smaller circle, commu
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