Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1911-08-03


Wave. The city is entered between
two heads called North and South,
which are one mile apart. When the
American Fleet visited this port there
were 100000 people out on these heads
to welcome them. Sydney is an up to
date city. 1t has American ideas and
inventions here, computing scales,
cash registers, automobiles, automatic
telephones, windmills in the country,
controllers and air brakes and motors
on the street cars. They are called
trans in this part of the world. They
even use the products from America
such as Old Dutch Cleanser, Post
ToasJies, and all California canned
fruits. Sydney, Australia, has one of
the best tram systems in the world
for surface car system. 1t is the
New South Wales Government Tram
way, and the entire system in New
South Wales is owned by the govern
inent. The entire system is run by
the trolley wire. Only those in New
Castle are run by steam formerly used
here until eight years ago. Every sys-
tenn in the world was studied and pat
termed after. There are six depot
sheds,or car, barns as we call them in
America-Rozelle, Newtown, DawI-
ing Street, Waverly, Fort Macquarie
and Rushcutters Bay. This is in
South Sydney. North Sydney is a
smaller place. They employ 26OO con-
ductors and over 1000 cars running.
They are run in sections, one penny a
section, and every passenger must be
given ticket. Tickets are collected
from the foot board. cars are entered
from either side. The shortest line
in the city is the William ST. line.
penny section, ride of u minutes.
The longest line is the La Perause
line Of five sections, and ride of 50
minutes. passed the examination
after / had been here two months sue
cessfully. The examination was not
hard. 1t was in eyesight, hearing,
passing the medical examiner, addi-
tion, subtraction, multiplication, di-
vision and dietation. The money is
little awkard at first. You are put on
at once and given casual work which
is very good here now'as worked full
time eight hours a day. After you
have been on month you are made
permanent-tha is, you have the
same driver each day, and are given
forenoon shifts one week, and after.
noon shifts the next. From perma-
nency you go to casual driving and
then to permanent driving. Seniority
rules here in this government service,
every man is given his turn by the
staff committee. There are uniform.
ed men throughout the city, traffic
inspectors, Sub-inSpectors' and ticket
examiners to watch the traffic and
to examine the tickets. AS soon as a
conductor signs on at his depot he is
given his ticket case containing 10
books of tickets, $50 ticketsin each
book. These cases are entered up and
checked by the revenue clerk at the
depot and are taken down by you on
your running journal signed by astart-
er at the depot when you depart to
pick up your run. Number of tickets
are entered again and signed by an
other starter at the terminus and
time you depart. Each day there is
different series out. For instance A
today, b tomorrow, G next day, etc.
These ticket examiners who were ad-
vanced from permanent driver are
liable to board your car any time and
take your running journal and exam
inc your car to see you have all your
fares collected and you are using no
bogus tickets and no person is riding
past the station they have paid for.
The first fare you miss you get eau
tion, second warning, third repri-
mand, fourth fine of one shilling,
fifth fine Of one-half crown, after
that you are brought under the ac-
tion of the superintendent. The depot
am at now is Rushcutters Bay across
from the Stadium where johnson and
Burns fought-all large matches are
held here. Papke, Bronson, Clabby
and Cyclone, Thompson and Lester
Lang had their fights here. l was
sent to this place after / had done my
training at Waverly depot and receiv-
ed instruction. The line l work on is
called Watson Bay Line, and running
through the city. Thirty minutes
after you leave King and George
streets you are in the suburbs running
along the bays and cliffs: now only %
minutes until you can look down upon
the city and South Pacific Ocean.
This is said to be the greatest ride in
the world for four pence. The coors