Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-02-24
the statement. He says he has never
been caught.
He's Not RefOrmer

the statement. He says he has never
been caught.
He's Not a RefOrmer
"Not that he is professional
beat who has got religion and wants
to confess. Not that he wants to pass
on the secret to the amateur travellers
and earn their undying gratitude.
He's not refermer, and did these
cute little things to prove they are
being done, and he wants the railroads
10 stop the leaks in the passenger de-
partment-and the other departments
which he feels sure are largely re-
sponsible for the increased cost Of
operation, inadequate service, and at
the present time, grave labor trouble
For instance, the statement was
authorized by the United States Rail-
road administration in 1919 that $40
600 900 of merchandise had been stol-
en- from freight cars at various ter
minals during the year-about S15-
100000 worth in New York City alone.
That went into the cost Of operation
and was one Of the factors In deter
mining the rates.
"But it Is as an efficiency expert on
leaks in the passenger department that
Mr.. Weinfield talks. He believes his
years Of observation experience and
study Justify his claim 80 that title.
though be II understood, he is only on
amateur. That is. he is not profess
sional realroad man. Certainly the
proof Mr. Weinield brings forward Is
as startling as the charges he makes.
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"Such fraud could be stopped by
new ticket form. The printing on this
should give the names of the point of
origin and the point of destination
very conspicuously-e in a differ
ent color ink--so that both names
would hit the conductors eyes with
equal force. Then, instead OF the
punch system, where the passage is
through two or more divisions, there
should be slips, 10 tear off. so that
each conductor would have something
to show for every passenger. And
there should be a tab, to take the
place Of the hat check, attached to
the ticket, which the conductor would
stick in a clamp alongside the pas
senger's seat. and would take up Just
dicated station.
"All of these slips and tabs should
be turned in by the conductor. The
present hat checks are sometimes col
lected sometimes not--and they aren't
turned in. And there Is no means
whereby the auditor can Judge from
the present tickets that are turned in,
whether they were used between the
indicated points or whether they COW
cred transportation hundreds of miles
greater.
New Outfit Needed
"Mr. Weinheld has suggested to the
railroad officials of the country that
they put in such a system. Some have
bgen frankly startled by the evidence
be submitted. and have said something
ought to be done. But the same old
antediluvian methods still prevail.
1--WE would have to put In new ticket
cabinets" said some. 'It would cost
too much TO print tickets in two col
ors," said others. what do a few
million dollars matter to the rail-
roads?' said still others.
Heretofore the railroads have gone
to the government for increased rates.
when they needed more money for the
dividends-melon. Today, they are try
ing to force down wages for the same
reason. But Mr.. Weinfield thinks Il
is time for them to stop passing the
hat and get on the job.
"A penny saved by railroad admin
istration is a penny earned for the
stockholders he reasons"