The San Francisco call., 1907-03-01
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Moreover. the reasoning on page IA. leading TO
THE idea that there is something in the nature
NJ street raiiroading in San Francisco that
makes Tor the ten-hour day, Is - my opinion
calculated a. produce an impression not war
ranted hy tacts nc ins]ority. sS say -, INC ne
are operated can be divided into two ten-hOur
shifts and FOR that reason ten hours has been
made the basis Of all time tables hitherto
lines" But that there is a twenty hour period
divisiDle into two ren-hour shifts in the opera
rion Of the comDany's cars is mere supersti-
ton There is DO such period. Il would be
Just as true 70 say tha there was a twenty
For instance. on page 1899 Of the testimony,
We get the total time worked each OF the
lines before the fre On the Valencia street
line it wss 300 hOurs ~ ia minutes. the Cas-
tro, 30I 80; on the Haight. 822:043a; on the
Hayes. 2fs-23 and 50 on through such figures as
lss.0l. 93.O2 1880. 3lI 80 WIZ any one say
that these hgures are more cleanly divisible by
again. We are dealing here with platform
men, and their work is limited 70 the car Now,
fhe number OF cars varies al every hour Of the
DAY, as may be- seen from the testimony. page
1913 From 10 8 a. m there were before the
IRE 167 cut; from % a. M, f30; from ] to 2
b. m. 3s7: from 8 10 .. ~. COS: from to 10
p. NJ 29s: from y midnight 70 I a m. 1879;
from 70 a. M, 30 With such q varying
% speak Of twenty hour workday divided
into two equal shifts II We were 70 take the
tho cars were IA operation would dud II
Zen between 8 a. "a and p n, period OF
In my opinion the most convincing evidence
that was produced in favor Of the eight-hour
time table was the readiness with which the
union met the demands OF the company and
produced eight-Eour time tables in which the
same number Of cars were operated FOR the same
number Of hours with the same headway, thus
giving the public precisely the same service,
without an additional cent OF cost 70 the COM
Dany. These tables were produced without any
the company must abound. They were produced
hr q
hurry. and beyond few clerical the
skilled men Of the company could not hnd
single Jaw In them ss regards practicability.
III was admitted that they were workable. IL
admitted that they demanded no more cars no
more expense. The only objection the company
did fnd was that the tables would not be agree
able % the men OF course. must always
respect ne smpi0sers soliel5gos Tor the welfare
the Circumstances II would be wei 70 recon-
mend the company % 90 violence TO its feelings
as they asked for it by vote Of 1907 70 u.
PALACES POINTED OUT
As matter Of fact those timetables are
not the tremendously uninteligible things that
they look The problem of making time tables
lnan who sits down TO play solitaire. He has
pack OF cards certain sci OF definite rules
and his end r. TO produce q certain combina-
tion OF the cards. he knows well that the com
binstion is IN the cards, the problem is 70
7e sbufhes and deals and fails, and shufnes
and deals and fails over and over, sometimes
times breaking down almost at the outset. But
II he perseveres the solution is his. II Is
bound 70 come.
To the same way the timetables on street car
lines being continually dealt and shufhed.
arranged and rearranged. Time tables not
ike the laws Of the Nedes and Persians which
might not be changed On the contrary. the
testimony shows that IN San Francisco al least
they have been put up and taken down SO fast
that the had not time pick their runs
The testimony also shows that In street railroad
ing the hours Of the platform men have within
the last two or three decades been reduced 10
sixteen hours 10 twelve, 70 eleven. TO ten and
immediately after the IRE they eight
Where now the sixteen hour time tables and
the restf They gone. like The SHOWS OF last
year. and why should the ten-hOur claim immor-
talityf
The fact that time tables are perfectibie and
are being continually perfected is a sufficient
answer 70 the argument made in the majority
report against the eigbt-hOur day on page -
n = stated. 1T r. true, as has been shown by
fle evidence produced before the board, that
tables car be- framed upon eight-hour basis
which win give the same service TO the public
that Is maintained AZ Dresent-thst is 70 say,