Arizona republican., 1899-09-04
MNKlNG A THE TABLE
If Takes Lots os Time and Care and
 Is an ArduOuS Task.

Eyery4ody is more or less acquaint-
 cd with the general working of the
 railroad business, but there are 2
 number of details which, though Of
 great importance. are not quite so fla
 niliar The construction Of railroad
 time table may be taken as an ex-
 ample. The time table familiar 10
 every patr1n Of 9 railroad is not at all
 a complete one, fer only small pro
 portion of the trains that are run Cn
 any road are indicated upon the fold5r
 for distribution. There are many
 trains running at all times that the
 traveller knows or cares nothing about,
 but these, like the passenger troins. must have thsir scheduled running slime. Every railroad division has a
 special iinle table for the use Of is
 engineers and trainmen and this con
 sists Of a large card Of pe1 haps four feet in length and two in width Up-
 on this card IS given all the informa- Tion necessary regarding the move
 me1ts of every engine and train so ar
 ranged as E-o be seen aU q glance
 The work Ot getting up a iime t7ble requires some time and i5 s not ex-
 actly the work Of any enc man. Al
 the head Of every IailrOad division there is 9 passenger agent, who has charge of all through trains and all
 trains running through OItO roads not in his division. He knows when these trains are to start. when they should reach their destinations and what con nection they will make upon h.s own or other sfiy isiols. This E the begin hing Of the Lime tabls. 4 schedule is made of this data, and as soon as it is found that all is in working order the schedule, which contains only IT, formation about the regular and more important trains. is given t0 the tran masser, who at once proceeds to make it complete
 This iS an aTdUOus tpsk and requires considerable time. The train master takes large board. seven or eight f5el long and about four feet wide. and i tacks 9 sheet Of paper over 1t. The sheet Of paper is then ruled of into squares with heavy lines. The spaces ] between the vertical lines represent 1 eacI five minutes Of the running day ] Of twelty-four hours; those between | fhe horizontal lines represent the sta | Tions at which any Erain may stop. l Tn the operations which follow, the | train master must work with a thor Ough knowledge of the road. Ha must be intimately acquainted with every inch of 1t, it's roadbed, grades, switches, stations; and. in fact, every thing that has any possible relation to the speed or safety Of train. The purpose he has in view in making his time table s to so arrange the runs of each engine and Erain On the road that there will be no waste of time and 10 confusion. ell knows from his sched- \ uIe received from the passenger agents that certain trains must be given the \ right Of way over all ether trains.
 4 train is ito kaye station A. for Y example, at 12:05 o'clock, to arrive at | station x at 1 o'clock. The train mas |, ter takes a thread and tacks ore end Of it in the space at rhe upper part Of the sheet which is marked i1a large fig uTes, 12:05, and on a line with station 4. The other end he draws along to the side Of the sheet and attaches t In the space under Che figure 4 and on 2 line with the station marked X. All intermediate stations touched by the passing train also are designated by a |;