New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-01-08
NOVEL RAILROAD EXPERIMENTS.

CHANGES IN TRAIN AND PERRY MANAGEMENT OF TIL
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD-CEECKs on THE COM
PANYs SERVANTS.
The proposed changes in the ferry and rail
road management OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
panY into effect yesterday The change IN the Gues
Of conductors of trains and the introduction Of new
ployes. to be known as train agents. have been rem
dered necessary by the fact that conductors fire.
quenty required perform tho duties OF clerks, which
they are often Incompetent TO do. The change viii
eve the auditing department Of pressure OF work,
which will be largely done by the train agents. The
duties of conductors will be entirely changed and they
Will be confined exclusively to the movement Of trains
They VIII collect fares or tickets, but will, at
present have charge OF the timetable OF the
train, and VIII see TO the comfort ana safety
Of their passengers. The train agents will have direct
charge of the accounting department OF the Company.
They VIII take charge Of the check books a present in
the hands of conductors, will collect classify ana
range all tickets aud Will render daily Of the
mileage earnings Of the trains that when they reach
the Auditors Office the work Will be done. At Jersey
City there will be a receiver. chief clerk, who viii
have general superintendent the train agents. and
20 whom they Will account. When the system is in
operation along the whole route, there Will be receivers
at West Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. Superintendent
Barker says that the prevalent impression that the
change reflects the honesty of conductors, and will
ultimately lead to the discharge OF the Old conductors
employed Will be retained the salaries six
Of them will be made train agents. The number OF
train agents 10 begin with Will be about 20. As
the system is entirely experimental II will be
tried at first only 8 10 trains equally
taken from the classes of " through and d" local"
Passengers will be subjected to no inconvenience by the
change. This system has been in operation during the
last f0urOr weeks Northern Central Railroad
but 1t has not sufficiently tested to determine Its
The officers OF the Pennsylvania Railroad are
confident that IL viii prove successful and beneficial
The change In the ferry management will take place
next Monday. Thenew system ID similar idea to the
system of belpunches street cars OF patent boxes
in omnibuses. It's object 10 make one class OF en-
plOyes check upon another In order 20 effect this the
following device adopted At the ates on each
side of the river ticket offices have been erected where
all drivers of teams, not previously supplied, must
purchase tickets before entering the ferry These tick
cts will be taken mp by collectors stationed
bridges The collectors will keep account OF all the
teams admitted according 10 classification furnished
them. The collector the New-YOrK side Will check
side and versa, that the collectors side
OF VIII checks upon other The ac-
counts of the tcketseers aud the collectors Will also
compared. The ferry master having charge Of the
passenger department Will pay out change, which
Is put up III envelopes ike those used on the
Broadway Stage lines, except tnat tue money
contained in the envelopes constitutes the
change after the fare has been deducted.
Each ferrymaster VIII have Two patent boxes 10
celve tickets aad the other money attached underneath
the counters. and guarded by very ingenious means
against tamperinR The Keys wall be kept by agent in
Jersey City Will unlock and empty the boxes every
eight All tickets aud ticket boxes viii De sent 10
Philadelphia % the Auditors office while all money
will be taken In charge IN Jersey City, Is done az
uresenr. The agent wlO sells tickets for will also
nave boxes for "A similar purpose. Carpenters have
nen nufting In the boxes and erecting the new ticket
Offices at team entrances. MI Gwiuner the super
endent of passenger receipts says that the innate
Collectors of tickets will CHECKS another