The morning call., 1894-12-02

though only a train master or local super
lntendent, has every possibility of ad-
vancement before him.
The Pennsylvania Railroad prints and
distributes each year 1000, 900 time bies.
before this vast number of "paper-guides"
can De given 10 the public however, the
neads OF the operating departments are
compelled TO do an amount of thinking of
which the public can only family conceive
ms great corporation is at present repre-
Sented In the American Railway Associa-
uon Dv tour OF its most experienced Off
Gals, who Invariably attend the associa-
ton meetings. The work of the heads of
departments begins when the date for a
general change of time in the through
service has heen fixed. l. is only in the
question OF through service that the
pennsylvania cOnsults with any one. Its
immense volume of suburban and local
trathe Is. of course, handled upon an en-
tlrely independent basis. and solely with a
view To its own resources and profits and
the public convenience.
badly no class of men are compelled
10 watch the details of their business more
closely than the managers of successful
railroads. The running of every train, its
approximate cost and profit, the loss of an
experimental departure from the regular
or old schedule and the effects of its addi-
ton to the new, have all 10 be considered
before the change can be made. Then
comes the question of how through train
which pays slightly can be made TO show
still better results. Experiences has fire.
quently demonstrated that change OF an
hour or even half an hour in the leaving
time of train VIII make that train losing
or a profitable venture, as the change is
| eXpedient OF wise. Very often the expert
| ence obtained by the companies as whole
| serves as guide TO each and becomes the
| basis upon which all unite with satlsfac-
| tory results.
After the meeting in New York the rep
| resentatives of the Pennsylvania hold still
! another meeting with the representatives
! Of so-called foreign companies. These
| foreign companies may or may not be
! members of the American Railway Union,
/ Just as they viii. They are companies,
| however, that turn over more or less
! traffic TO the Pennsylvania, and who, as
| such, are entitled to be consulted in new
! arrangements affecting that traffic. Then
| the division work begins. The general
manager calls a meeting of the general
| and division superintendents in the Broad
street station. at which il is decided what
! new trains, il any, are 20 be run aud what
/ old ones abandoned. The division superin-
tendents are notified what they must dc
| ia the matter of through service, and al
| the same meeting make such recommends.
TONS as their recent experience has proved
! TO be timely or wise.
! 1"0 VI sioiOn supoi lHtonuouto Iueh Nv
! home and call meeting of their train.
masters or dispatchers. A division
! schedule Is the result of this conference
and it is usually mplete when forwarded
to the general division superintendent Ii
| approved by him it is forwarded to the
general superintendent of transportation
for final scrutiny and approval. This
scrutiny, being the last, is extremely
severe. No detail is overlooked. The
running time, the changes, their effect oil
the other trains, every possible incident o.
! the runs-all are noted. although pre-
| viously considered by the division Superin
| tendentS. How far-reachiug and severe
this work really is becomes partially com
| pTshensl0le in the light of the fact that
even after the schedules have been ar
ranged, it becomes the duty of the passen
! ger department to make up from the offica
! proofs eighty five different forms of time
! tables for distribution 10 the public.