Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1910-06-06
Makes Ticket
WHILE YOU WHIT
Long Island Railroad Adopts a
Novel Machine.
French Device Turns Out Tickets to
Suit Each Passenger-Prints Rec
ord Slip For tho Auditing Depart.
nent simultaneously.

ord Slip For tho Auditing Depart.
nent simultaneously.
machine the use of which may
revOutioniZe the local passenger bust
ness of the United States. so far as l.
affects the sale of tickets and the op
GRAFTON of the auditing departments ..
railways. has been installed in the
Long Island railroad station in Brook
lyn. A. r.. Biprck. the auditor of the
railroad. who recommended the install
iaiion of the machine. said the other
day that 1t has proved successful. and
he prOphesied the placing OF similar
machines in other stations not only of
the Long Island. but Of other railway
systems of the United States az well.
The machine Is II French invention
and for two years has been used on
the Northern railroad Of France and In
all Of the stations Of the Paris subway.
1t was while in France two years ago
that Mr.. Bierck saw the apparatus for
the first time. and. coming home, he
told the officials Of the Long Island
railroad that u great saving could be
made by the use Of similar machines
In the United States. A few days ago
the first Of the machines ever installed
in the United States was put in the
Flabush avenue terminal In Brooklyn
Great Money Saver.
Not only does the machine record
price. date and destination on the
ticket. but 1t also totals up the days
sales by stations-as, for instance.
Woodhaven. 200: Far Rockaway. 100.
etc.-and the next morning. or within
five minutes after closing If necessary.
the auditing department is In possess
sion Of the figures. which show exact
~ what passenger business every sta
ton on the road has done during the
day. The machine also manufactures
ing in printing Of tickets alone will
amount to thousands of dollars. Last
year the Long Island sold 27,O00,O00
tickets. The regular cost Of printing
tickets is about 81 per thousand. The
cost per thousand as manufactured in
this machine is about Is cents.
Each machine. 1t is asserted. can do
the work of three ticket agents. and
when the agents days work is ended.
instead Of his having to stay behind
from one to three hours in order to get
together his daily report. that report
has already been made out by the
machine. and he can 80 Immediately.
Sells Eighty Tickets a Minute.
Mr. Bierck said that he figured that
the Introduction Of the machine would
mean Il saving of at least 33 1-3 per
cent in both the auditing and ticket
selling offices. The machine sells tick
cts at the rate of eighty IL minute
Mr.. Bierck in describing the working
of the machine said:
THE machine is composed of Il Sc
ries OF printing devices. called. for CON
venicnce. blocks. upon one half OF
which the text to be printed on the
ticket is borne and upon the other the
text to be printed upon the registra
ton strip or report. In addition. by Il
system Of movable type the date is
printed on the reverse side of the
ticket
ITO make ticket is simple. Control
is secured by the dial bearing the
names of the destination stations and
the classes of the tickets. In front of
which movable arrow. controlled by
wheel, is placed. the agent moving
the wheel until the arrow is opposite
the name of the station to which the
ticket is desired, and then by simple
Is started. which causes the ticket to
be printed. cut off and delivered and
at the same time makes the necessary
entry on the registration strip or re-
port"