The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-25

s.S M plest In the world. 1T Is a particularly
= big job ina rnairuf aoturing plant where
81 for purposes Of accounting, II Is neces-S
sary to handle the time Of workmen In sew.
5eral forms. To getseach mans pay receipt
to hhn at the proper time and the mount 9 &
pay correct in each Gaze calls for pretty care-
1 full organization and system. Yet the thing
Is done Iii q great many fact cries, week after
week, and the feat does not excite comment
even among I hose In closest touch. FS.s Is
y There are few big shops nowadays that
4 do not keep a pretty close scrutiny on the
time 81 the individual W Q rkman n. # The time
rs past when d man can step Into the shop,
work nll day ut his bench or machine, and
\ 20 out at night leaving only record OF the
total hours worked .is$ For shop work Is now
pretty generally conducted on specific shop
orders Nh 1s58 ri i E3 FIG 3g;
Results Must Be Recorded.
This makes it imperative for every work.
man to leave behind. at the end OF his days
work. a record Of what he has done as we'll
as the total hours he has worked. Many
schemes have been devised 10 do this. Of
which the most practical has proved to be
through system Of time tickets. These
tickets form tho basis Of pay roll work In
such a factory. iii K, i55 ~ AZ. sSf
time registers have been installed for the
establishment and check Of the employes'
time. Through the system OF time tickets
this time Is divided into ns many parts as the.
workmen spend on different classes ofworls.{
9Inithe big plant where a variety Of manufac-a
#ture Is carried on the number OF tlclce is will
be necessarily large. In factories where from
Is, 900 TO 10000 report for work from 10000
to 40 900 OF these tickets will be used each
week. Each ticket has to be handled indi-
fvdually In the pas roll department, for |!
constitutes the basis upon which the work
man IS paid. i4 q 3.ss ms ;$ss
Pay Roll Requires nuch Work. 6
Il Tho gathering OF data and getting them Into
convenient form for use Is the biggest part OF
the work connected with arrapgin e the pay
roll. The starting and checking Of the /" day
work |" time records. the rating. checking,
extending, and entering OF the ''piece work y.
credits. tho adjusting Of accounts OF new en-
ployes. and the scrutiny Of the clock records
to prevent shortages in pay, are the things
which occupy tho bulk Of the time Of the
clerks OF the pay roll depar tnlent r his part
OF the work having been done, the actual
work OF figuring the roll is simple ntter,
3 The pay roll depar tment, above all others
is place where things must be kept moving.
Work must not be allowed to pile up on any
clerk. He must finish today's work today,
for with tomorrow will come fresh lot of
business Just as important
n Whore employee are paid every week 1t has
been found most practicable, in the larger
Arms not to pay all on the same day, Tho
task OF handing out 10 600 pay envelopes. one
by one, would alone be too much for ono day,
Tho roll Is divided into sections, usually ono.
for each day, or. better still, to suit the con-
ditons OF the factory and convenience OF the
pay roll department and paymasters Inthls
way the work Ii made TO run smoothly, It'll
Files Must BE Up to Date.
In addition to the work OF arranging for
the payment of wages, the modern pay roll
department must maintain a great mass or
records This department Is Official keeper
OF nearly every record which the firm ma!n-
tains in connection with Its employees, And
upon the successful keeping of these rec
ords depends. to a great extent. the genera!
efficiency Of the department as a whole,
One Of the biggest jobs In connection with
pay roll records and ono which calls for a
cool head is keeping the list OF employees
up 10 date. The taking out of names ar
employees who have left and tho entering
Of new ones Is OF the utmost Importance,
slackness In this work soon causes an over
crowding and 10 sure to work havoc IN the
system II may DO Interesting TO know
that actual observation In a plant where
5000 employee are registered has shown
i that an average OF thirty to fit, leave every
day, This, Of course, 10 a, small pereenta Sc,
. and IL only III indication Of thogconditlpns
/! In eyery Arm Of the size, but when we con-
sider that Ia order to maintain the shop
i to Its fun capacity g new employe must be
taken on for every one that leaves y IS ca Wy
- Aal}|2 49,: