. Electric railway journal . etM* ^^^I^^Ione-hnJl mill •outh*o?Cc«V line Mghtof ^ly UP°n prlV*l° 6. UonvlUe At Junction or Cumberland and Meadon Roods. FIG. 4—SAMPLE PAGES FROM BOOKLET ENTITLED PAY-ING FARES BY THE ZONE SYSTEM, ISSUEDBY THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY the stubs at the beginning and end of the run, multiplythis by the rate of fare and subtract 5 cents for eachtransfer, to give him his total. The maximum numberof pads required on any one route is eight and the con-ductors readily handle this number. The amount oftime now required for accounting purposes by the con-ductors is negligible
. Electric railway journal . etM* ^^^I^^Ione-hnJl mill •outh*o?Cc«V line Mghtof ^ly UP°n prlV*l° 6. UonvlUe At Junction or Cumberland and Meadon Roods. FIG. 4—SAMPLE PAGES FROM BOOKLET ENTITLED PAY-ING FARES BY THE ZONE SYSTEM, ISSUEDBY THE RHODE ISLAND COMPANY the stubs at the beginning and end of the run, multiplythis by the rate of fare and subtract 5 cents for eachtransfer, to give him his total. The maximum numberof pads required on any one route is eight and the con-ductors readily handle this number. The amount oftime now required for accounting purposes by the con-ductors is deciding upon themethods of fare col-lection the companyhas had in mind thatthese must be suchas to be easily under-stood by the em-ployees and the pub-lic, there must be aminimum of clericallabor, particularlyfor the conductors,and the system mustnot lend itself to in-tentional or unin-tentional mistakes. The dan now in FIG- fare register remod-ine now eled for use in zone use seems to meet fare collection. the requirements in these particulars, but may be im-proved still, as more experience is had with the system. An element of very great importance in an innovationof this kind is the attitude of the public, and the in-telligence with which the public co-operates with thecompany management in putting the new scheme inoperation. In this case there had been so much agita-tion in regard to an increase in fares for the RhodeIsland Company that the public was on the qui vive andwas very curious to see how the company was going tohandle the rather difficult situation. The whole matterwas explained in advance by means of newspaper ad-vertising, but it was not found necessary to continuethis very long. A booklet was prepared, however, withthe title Paying Fares by the Zone System for dis-tribution through the take one boxes in the pages from the booklet are reproduced in Fig. booklet contains diagrams similar to those repro-duced on page 572 of the
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