New-York tribune., 1909-05-21
SCHOOL FOR MANAGERS
OREN ROOT, JR., PL4NS
TR4INING or YOUNG MEN.
metropolitan Com pany to Girc T1co-
Year Course and Liring Wage
to Technical Students.

New York City is TO have practical street
railway training school that will be the only
of its kind in the country. To Oren Root, H.,
general manager Of the Metropolitan Stree:
Railway Company, belongs the credit for evOlv-
ing the plan The expenses of the school vii
be betrayed by the company and II will b.
open to college and scientific school graduates
The pupils will be paid living wages while TAX
ing the two-year course.
The ditficulty Of obtaining high class men who
are willing TO begin at the bottom and learn the
street railway business what led Mr. Root
10 work the school plan and resolve to try
the experiment which was heartily approved Of
by Adrian H Joline and Douglas Robinson. the
receivers of the Metropolitan Street Railway
Company The prospectus of the school and
application blanks were mailed last night to the
presidents of nineteen colleges and scientific
schools with the request that the plan be
brought to the attention Of those students %
whom il might appeal.
The schools and colleges from which Mr.. Root
expects TO recruit the majority Of his pupils are
follows: Amherst College. Brown University
Cornell University, Cambridge Manual Training
School Dartmouth College Hamilton college,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Purdue
University. Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute. Pratt
Institute, Rensselaer,
Stevens Institute Of Technology. Syracuse Uni
versity, Tufts College Union College. Wesleyan
University Sheffield Scientific School. Worcester
Polytechnic Institute and Williams College.
1t is nv intention" said MT Root last night.
in discussing the project, TO establish a prac-
tical training school for young men, particularly
graduates OF high schools, manual training
schools colleges OF universities. who have had
more or less technical training and who intend
to enter upon the vocation of operating street
railroads 1t is the aim to make the conditions
advantageous TO the young man who has an IN
clnation TO enter upon work Of this character.
Such a man. under the proposed plan, VIII
have an opportunity TO acquaint himself with
the details Of the work. while receiving at the
same time a salary which will, with strict econ
omv. enable him 10 be selfsupporting. He may
thus determine for himself whether he Is htted
and has liking for employment Of this char
acter on the other hand. the Metropolitan
street Railway Company will profit by the eX-
pertinent in that IT will be possible to test the
canacItv ability and adapta bility OF applicants,
who Will constitute a body Of candidates from
whom men may be chosen when IT becomes nee
essar, 70 fill vacancies in the regular operating
staff"
The course will be two years. During the
first year the student will be paid Slj week
The second year man viii receive S2o week
To give him a general idea Of the street rail-
way business he will he assigned To duty In the
maintenance Of way. the electrical. the equip
ment and the transportation departments.
spending three months n each department
In the maintenance Of way department the
student will do field work In connection with
renewal of rails. installing tracks. surveying.
etc and viii study designing and construc-
rton 81 buildings efficient and economical hand
ling of men LAYING Of pavements. hse PROOF
car house constructions time keeping. etc IN
tba electrical department he will famiiiarize
himself with the conduit AMI feeder system the
location and character OF the cables by Which
mower is transmitted from the power station
IN the cars on the streets electrical ana steam
engineering. etc
While in the equipment department '''
student win be assigned TO work IN the car
harms and repair shops. He will study main
tenance Of ear equipment under operating con
dtions. rewinding OF armatures, repairing "i
con,rnutators hIacksmithing. lathe turning, and
metal work in general
In the transportation department he VIII
learn to operate car and VIII become tl"r
oughlv familiar with all IT'S mechanism ne
will act as conductor and motorman for snort
period Then he will have a thorough course
in the details Of regulating the service under
normal emergency conditions He Will also
as time keeping. checking up the cash received
rr,r, conductors making up of accident and
other reports, etc
Mr.. Root calls attention to the fact that the
work is hard as the street cars of New York
CITY are operated twenty-four hours a day
throughout the entire year, including sundays
and holidays and adds that only men physl-
.callv strong and capable of hard work and long
hours ought to apply for admission 20 the train
ing school.
ANY man who feels that he can fill the re-
ourements and who desires 10 enter upon such
an apprenticeship may file his application with |
= T Wood assistant to the general manager !
for receivers, Metropolitan Street Railway Com |
napy No 621 Broadway. Such application, |
however should be filed in person at the above /
mentioned office before June II, or between July
I and July II of the current year Appca- !
tion blanks will be forwarded upon request.
ou.MpocR TIT To THE SCRAP HEAP |