New-York tribune., 1910-06-21
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT.
USE OF TYPEW RITERS
Plays a Bag Part In Modern Ral-
1Cag Practice.


problems, the transportation problem and the
clerical problem. Several factors have entered
into the solution Of each OF these problems. but
in sach case one factor has overshadcwed al
others. The modern transportation problem
has been solved by the railroads. It's attend
ant problem the clerical problem has been
solved by the writing machine.
This whole subject Of the needs Of modern
commerce and the way in which these needs
have been met by modern inventive genus Is a
most absorbing one, viewed from whatever
angle The service which both the railroads
and the writing machine have rendered to the
world of modern business is an indispensable
service, and at the same time a universal SER
vice The same may be said OF the service
which each renders to the other, for The rail-
roads are obviously indispensable TO Inc ex-
tended use of the writing machine and the
writing machine is proving Itself equally essen
tIal in all of the details of railroad W0Tk
The requirements of railroads in the matter
Of typewriter service are general, and at tx
same time they are special RalroaCs nus
use typewriterS for the same purpose fOr WHICH
everybody else uses them. and IN addition tne'
have special needs of their own, needs lnV0y
ing special requirements which only the rat
road man can understand. and the e0mpe'
way in which these special requirements nag'
been met constitutes one or the greatest uf
umphs of the writing machine.
The best of all concrete examples or the ser
vice which the typewriter has rendered to tns
railroads 5 afforded in the case or way DihHs
1t is in this department that the first and eve
the first maxim Of the writing machine, 10
Save Time Is to Lengthen Life" the mann
which expresses in single short sentence ne
whole giSt of typewriter achievement, mas Oa'
of it's most forceful illustrations. To 1IuslIsa'
the full extent of this service. let us deseTss
the way in which this work was done I'D us
old days now passing, of the hand written "dy'
bill, and the way in which it is done oy u'
up-to-date railroad of to-day.
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pen written and with very thick, heavy COPY,
ing ink which compelled slow writing. After
was Written, the work was not nnlshee-lss.
from it. The principal labor still renaalnel
that of press copying Many copies OF the SaHe
waybi1 were of course required, and they Tefs tss
made in the copying press by the damp ee'a
process. In this press the WayolIl ana 'hs M
copies remained for. perhaps. a quarter ot - :.
hour to insure legible Impressions. linen ealnV
the tedious work of separating and assortns
the damp tissue sheets II a slow pr0Cesa
so slow that the actual work OF writing I Is
way bills was of necessity discontinued long 70 -
fore actual train time in order to allow tlIe y.
the making of the copies. Nor was this all ~
the haste of making the copies OverVe1 ei0.s
would be uSed-the result blurred ops
Freight conductors, warehouse men ana IN y,
destination freight bill clerks ofttlnieS- eo.ss, e,
not read the copies and more frequently rllss Ss'
to read them accurately: hence mistakes soI ss
made, mistakes which cost time and m0nes.
Such was the system which all ra1lroads vh.. ns
everywhere is passing before the advent Oh "'
writing machine.
Contrast the condition IN the up-to-dats moS 2.
ern local freight Office, where the ayblhhs :
press-a relic of other days-has vanished u ~
stead is heard only the click OF the Wli1as
machine. There is no separate cOpyInS, ioi :. =
typewriter waybilling writing and c0pJme ~
one. The advantages OF the Typewriter s.a sss
bill are first the superior speed OF the nlaea.s nlns
second its superior legibility and third IT'S nD-
folding capacity. 1t is this last quality nAi... -
the capacity of the machine TO make a -:t. a.
number of perfectly legible copies at one VIZ
ing, which has established the superloriy - =
the typewriter for waybilling work. Tne enl1 as
nation CT the copying press and the eIiniiha-sS. a..
of the tedious work of sorting the wei Ws IsNf
(for the interviewing of dry tissues ana ealsSa esa
paper is comparatively the work of H0he
all represent a gain in time and laooi s'r 49,
greater than the typewriter has achieved y -,
dinary correspondence work No Webu''
typewriter waybiIl has come to stay .~,
Nor does this sum Up the list OF adVanssfbA ipssbA
of the typewriter waybilL Perfectly Isessl
typewriter waybills can be read and @a h@,' ,ss
much faster by the freight conductor en- ~ ne
receiving freight office. Time Is saveu N a
elimination of errors and in the lo0kihs ~ .aa
references to freight shipments fTsEn fT... sts
be checked out of the ear at the reeeislI sS,agv
ton with much greater raPidity ana a., =. ssy-
In short. the advantages OF the typeNti.t's unta
bill begin when il is written and eontlh"ss ss~sirh.
1t has accomplished its mission ana '''
bill is sent TO the customer. ,.,sugh
Advantages of equal importance q 60 ne
somewhat different in character. eNiSu" .ss 0l
typewriter freight or expense bill bS s;ass
method these bills were not press COPIED Tss, Tss
only three or four copies were neeuee hssgJ
were written with indelible psncii o eaaesasns
manifolding pen. and the steady, l-sery %
order to produce @ the carbon copies eOnsiIssTs iGss
a strain which made prolonged WITHIN, n I'd tbs
and the work correspOndingly slow. H.aonifoi-