, 1876-01-08
Some Of the Devices Employed for
That Purpose.
Cheobs on Horso and Steam Car Con-
dnctors. Daztenders, Etc.
Enlbozzling Insurance Brokers' aud Tllior.
Ing Kank CLERKS.
An Interesting Chapter on 0rlmo and It's
Prevention In tho Empire City.

religions teachers nnd moraslass 10 general, bns
also tho ingenuity Of inyontora- largo pro-
portion OF Tho Inventions recorded during tho
past year llave bcen tfoeiGncd to provent steal
ing on tho part OF indvllna1g who landio other
peoples money. These dnvicos aud methods
have become 60 humorous md 10 Ingenious Tint
their study ia IN tnteroasthg comu1snsary
OIL tho legal maxim that thsn must
bo deemed inuocout until he IL proved
guilty, iuaamucl aa theBo checks and patent de-
scctors arc ueou upon tl,o assumption that every
man it tt,tef wtlctt1or found ont or not. In
this ctty, nloro than anywldfe o1ao III This coun-
Try. ono ia continually meeting tlioso automatic
pollcc7uen III Tho hands OF cashiers, nsiser1,
drivers, collectors. and others. uuttl It would
aecm llat no employo is honcHt--or, at least,
that no loor-hole Is left for dishonesty. III
some caaea it il o bofe to the customer, who
muat eithar wait until thu teti-tapo proceaa IL
completed, or s,,bnlt to L number Of petty an-
noyancos, ,hccanso ono Individual is trusted in
any largo establishment with tho receipt ot
n,onoy without n haIf-doxcn checks to prevent
liz being Appropriated.
RAILROAD coSDucrons.
Tor eone rcason not explicitly visible to tho
naked eyo, tho earliest and most persistent sf-
fprts toward syBtou Of compulsory honesty
layo boon directed ag8inHt tpi1IoAd cnt1dnctorb.
A rotnon accustomed 10 traye1 cannot fail to
| have noticed In different parts Of the country
| somo Of tho deyiccs used to chcck tho supposed
! dishonesty Of the eo,l1actora. Probably they
| hayo reduced tha thing to nH near Bclence aB
1,oB4be in Virginia, on oue Of tho roads, where
| the conductor is not perMitte0, under my cr-
cnulstanccss to recoivo any monay ut MI. This
| ia accomplished by tito help OF t,otet-agont,
! wlo precedcs the ticket~puncher through the
| train, afsor passing q Rtntton, and Ho!is to
aycry passenger not preriouHly provided with
one tfclsot, which, being takcu from
stub, necessarily represents 4 aim OF 1nonoy
which tho seller rnuat return to tho company
but eycn hero, II tl,ero is coltuBlon betNeo tho
| ticket Agont aud tito conductor, tho 0onpany may
| hc dcfEnuded Probably ITO road has tried moro
earnestly to reduce tho atcal!ngs Of its coudno.
ors tban tho Now York Central, mud tue sations
articles Of Tho duplex tickets, receipts, etc.,
must laro cost tho corporation largo Ru'n. Tho
latest contr1yanco is peculiar tickot giyen for
long distances, by wlici. a percentage OF fare
paid il refunded on application 1t tho t!ckot of.
dec, but Oh faroa collected for short ridoa there
is no poBtlvu c3.eck. Tho Pcnnnylvauia l'oad, on
its Nom Jcrsoy Division, ia allowed By lar to col
iect an ncseaso Of 10 pcr cent above its ticket
rates for farcs aId on tho cara, hut ia compelled
| to return a receipt for tho eScesa, rodoemabo nt
any Of its ticket Offices.
DouprFuL JoEE on a CONDUCTOR.
A stor. IL otton told by travellers which will
boar repeating, although it mnJ have beei
| printed before. d gontlemnu living iu q sub
urban village invariably patd his faro OH tho
cars, anl this too before tho dayH OF retundiug
MI axcoss 20 paid. tho conductor thought II
very strange, and ono Dig roma:kod 10 tho party
that ho would aaso something by buying tckcts
oeio!D eta'IA,s' Io loPleo M 4o''ns' >,
Ny hicna. some years. ago had . aaw.eult
againat this railroad. Thcy beat mo on . tcchni.
cnbty. Iono lin comnn,,y a pr1,dRe. There.
tars ha,o ro.o,v.S ] t,,na XII, ,oSar soo an. ~
"" A",' ..'1a ,' ~ ~. o'' "' -
| MY noncJ-so Pt'5 Me eVf1"elo''
He wnH noTer naked for 1eaaon aftor that.
TIE "yrorrEnr sysrEY AND uE11-ruscu Co,i-
PANT.
| +, Nav Yort t,;,v ~, nj, nm horac.c.+ l,n1,
.ae ,a,t.t,rs at,;ns, roan,ya ,,n,,o,
% .o st"nur.',a 1 n,a,uae 1.n 1ru1as8 1nTuv bu.
d'feet toun 1MssouEota, IH9 summaries nav
nos sne ".suom 10 . 1eM '1eke'a :" Saan.sl's y
rauuceu tato' " tney 60 70 ohcago. 4HeJ
atRua shas ~ IooJ mouo sase ~ .no psosoSs,9
asn'st ~ ~ " fas 'si95 w. 'oa. ro
| iose III tna 4eessne4 1aseh " IA1o, 80 tiey ala
oon.."ey cunH paua ~ n,ossne a,s o"naae. luz
on from sPpsopt's.MX iases 't ~ snn.s omn oso
and probably arc being continually beaten a.. At
ss aaoea IL tns est oy aoas docs
O. p5sn Of tsipaueaes @ backed D., up ss + s b,
detective system tof Watchine INC employoH.
ahese paneneh ale hleH from c"naphuy at
~ cehtA puf NY Gacn. anus ~ conaae.a.
tlon OF shla liberal ieHtai' tne oompaniy
hrees 10 employ upon taa lne OF tae atteat-tMl-
foAa uat:nR tne nay neeI1an uunpe5 ol slot-
tsrs, Or astoeHves, Wno sino up ana aoHa towtl
| coht1p"pusiy, ".tSu!1g nv eonuu9su1 ~ eee
thhs 10 thalAs MeAot WIN Ivy puacn tos svot!
tate ooleetoa Tue eateat pats 9t thaa trieN ~
thAs tue oonductoFs "to h9vlsea tu1t thoy are pe'
in9 conh.any "atca et n.a nens s ats aots tnn
usually cautious. botn mon el'a womea nfe o1'l
nioyeu "a ht'pssefs, 10 'nas tao emnioge aqss no'
anoW ny Wnona r. n nv,ag "aMaoos a1,an 3ae 81.
muhthB ago by the a1reat o. ton conductors 10
ono day, anu thelr ehpse9aent CONVICTION IN Tie
conrts OF uslng oo9ns boll-pu'cheh anu embca-
zloment. ..............
low TIE. no ON TUE KoHrHASp AVENUE LINE.
Thls - Afookiyl, W Hue, e. ana T. employs psstl
i!tr system oi Its o%n-not WIuoat soMe aaioess
ltls true. but In doKioo reducing tho phcn!a
tlons Of ita conductors to minimum. Whon
YOU pty faro on these cars tho conductor
t1l t &