Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-13
'KVACK IN MAKING ! | |
new TINE: CARDS.
u,,sv Force is at Work in the
oregon Short Line
Offices.
Il is A TEDIOUS PROCESS i
,,cctiur Tinc, Gradcs and Many Other
Considerations Enter Into
The Problem.

MIC office force working to prepare
~ new time card which goes into eff
& ~. An the Oregon Short Line next
lev Is still busy in the Office OF
& General Sllpt. =. NJ Davis The man
( ~ If making a. time table is an ir-s
.srosttnp and little known process, as
s,r &c tho general public is concerned.
law HE schedule is made UP 50 az to-
mn the myriad number of trains back
~. "a forth over the system without waits
M without accident, Is an art only
rnown to the experienced railroad man
and only a few OF these arrive at the
noint in the conduct or |, railroad where ere
their services arc sought IN the prep
aration OF time cards.
q m room 404 OF the Deseret News
4 huildlng, this process is going on right
X nn,r w. III. Jones', superintendent OF
.he idaho division of the Oregon Short
: ine. is busy directing the construction
arAthe time card for his division; the
Gd,ho division extends from Granger
! Ia huntington. Supt. Jones is being
assisted by J. p. F'olger, inn1aster4
nj the division with headquarters at
Kenlnlercr NVyo. .{. &, .ylf5
FOR the Montana division, which ex-b
+ tends from Pocatello to Silver. Bow
Mont. VIM Ingllng assistant superin-
tsndcnt OF that division is placing the
.njns on the chart The card chart con-
L sists OF a large board which contains
hundreds OF vertical \ and horizontal
+ lines. some in red and some In black.
These lines are to represent hours and
minutes At each end OF the board the
names Of the stations on the division!
j ara printed in their order, and each
nroposed train for the Hchadule Is rep
resented ON the chart by string,
t,,ty 1ofE far.
freight trains The time Of departure
~ each train from each terminal is in
dicated on the time lines, and the time
az arrival at the other terminal Is in-
dicated in like manner by placing a
pin attached to the end of the string at
point next to the terminal. s59 This Is
done with each train from each station.
and the places where the lines cross,
or the nearest station to such places
IS the point Of. meeting OF the Val ious D
trains. Schedules are made from this
general plan deyiations made sreces- 33
sary by variation OF grade or OF her con-
ditions being taken into consideration.
g A. b. stephenson, superintendent OF
& tho Utah division of the Short Line, q
has similar chart In his office at
the depot, where he is solving, the same
problem with reference to his particu-
lar division. and +. C. Manson. super
ntendent of the Salt Lake division Is
figuring out the schedule at his Ogden
q headquarters. t55ss = 81 HI sSi55s3
As each chart is prepared, proofs are
made from the figures and they a re 4
checked for tho first time. Then IN
second proof is taken and the figures
are gone over again. Then individual
proofs are taken and 5S comparisons
made by half a dozen men, and thus
every possible aprecaution as taken
against error. The schedules are then
checked one against the other for the
different divisions, and When perfect
are given to the printer and given to n
the public In the shape of time cards
and folders
SOME CHANGES MADE.
Among the changes made in the time Z
schedule for the coming summer may
be noted the. following; Three trains
daily will be run between this city and
Portland the first Leaving Salt Lake
pm. and the third at Hoo atsniglit.
Returning from Portland. trains will u
arrive each day in this city it in
the morning, 5:45 in the afternoon and
a.l5 in the evening. The train leaving
here at 2:25 IN the afternoon Will con-
meet at Pocatello With the new Chicago
Portland flyer, the big feature improve
ment Of the new service. The Portland
Chicago nyari will bring Salt Lake
passengers who will arrive in this city
at5:45 in the afternoon.
The train leaving Salt Lake at
O'clock in the morning Will provide
service to points on the Cache valley
line, and there will be a, changesot five
minutes in the leaving time on the
Cache valley line. the time changing
from sos to a o'clock in the afternoon
The train now leaving Salt Lake at |
l0:45 in the evening will. beginning
Monday, leave at 11:O5 o'clock.