The St. Louis Republic., 1904-12-18

Many Superiority arcII.uta! c!Tcum-
Stances cause great reHks and dcDfess!ons
10 appear in the contours ot the trafnc
curves.
Look over the sheets from university
city. Tor EXAMPLE, and YOU vii! note how
Gi. Il single day AL the autumn months the
Telephone load VIII Ieip to Il point eA-
eeedins even tina, oi THANKSGIVING ai.G
CHI struu~.
lueNul!,Ab.e: No. indeed, Tina; means
that :; : The day vi u football game and
1 l:i.!; rhr -Nrlt"I mana ScEI,nt Is nU=t ii
the morning answering telephone ,Lll>
IRON. graduate "hu have neglected Up
10 'i:. las; I.laIi.!It - Set tnelT = hrtsf'
and iast. IN Ihr afternoon. itew$pG'!"F 'u' r.
respondents are ieleuhOnins to tnr- eaIt"rs
Of -wSp.tf.E.s !u distant -ltie> The details
VI the progress vt ,he Dig game
again. "heE@ter L great GohNehtl,@M =
he!G-such as that Of ole OF the r"liiiEa!
parties or religious demcns;Iati"I'-
there is always an Immediate upward
jump IN The curve Of the exchanges near
winch the gathering Is IL session.
Certain fluctuations az stated intervals
can always oc predicted hr the trz:!.''
I engineer On Sundays throughout The
year there - necessarily a great dropping
of and on most holidays. On the other
hand. en- he day before any holiday there
IS regularly a marked increase Thus lust
; nhi"re Memorial Day peonie are ordering
their Tiaes and bunting and holiday ain
ners. Again. the third Of July invariably
presents the highest point Of the summer
months.
In various WIS the telephone cures
are ar, tn,l,4y Of an. ,iistoTne ,. the psople
IN differsnt corpnn-,,.ies T,hr dnfi,, ,,lrI-
tine OF business men IN ,ifr.r,rt cities
is revealed by telephone charts The be
riod of .:nsximl.ri load" rs the engineers
call It. varies considerably throughout the
country In fua West II is ordinarily he
tween g and 10. In such an eastern city
as Boston perhaps from half past 9 10
half past 10 would best express il. while
in New York It is between 10 and il.
INTERESTING COMPARISONS.
IN iact. examination OF the plotted curves
OF n number of characteristic cities Yields
material for in,a-.e,,re cornrarteo,,s
III, ~. no.. -. -.
h-as' o'iiefS oEoadiE ifom the west
III that business men arrive at their oti-
ces latc-. take less time for lunch .t
,oo,, .,,a 40. -. It; = -.
iooi. StucN OF an average daily curve
Of the Broad street Office. New York ir.
the center of the banking district. proves
that business begins 10 Srow about s
o'clock. but Increases very slowly ans
does not reach Its maximum until a littie
after 10. Ii STAYS up at high peak until
shortly after -. when it drops 10 its low
eat midway point a- exactly
Then II rises again very rapidly 20 an
other point. though not nearly so high as
the former shortly after , o'clock in the
afternoon.
The curve signifies that New Workers do
! the larger bulk of their business IN the
morning hours. ana mat a great many
men do not come back 10 their offices at
ali in the afternoon
The curve OF Boston almost exactly fol-
lows that OF N-w York. with the single
exception that the line IN its upward trend
begins to mount al least an hour Garlic;
and stays longer at it, maximum In the
forenoon The lunch hour is apparently
a little later in Boston than In New Yoilt.
men finishing their rUoulIv meal a Rbuut .