The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-08-11
GENE HOLDS A FIGHTER SHOULDN'T
MARRY But HOW HIS VIEWS ON LOVE
DID CHANGE WHEN HE SAW JOSEPHINE
penses and the legislative appropria-
ton limiting them is meaningless"

Tabulatlon Is Expensive
Paying his respects to the tabulat-
ing machine, Lund said, 1T II costing
about $500 per month to do work
that can be done more satisfactorily
at SIS per month"
The machine in question 10 . tab
machine which operates by
Cards which have been
punched by another machine in nc
cordance with nm indexed schedule,
are passed through the tabulator and
any particular item of information
desired can be obtained by proper
manipulation Of the tabulator.
Lund's comment on the machine
follows: 1.-THE distribution of mainte-
nance costs is now kept on a Holler-
it'll tabulating machine by punched
holes in cards according to q pre-
scribed code. To check such records
accurately without passing them
through the machine is impossible
and we made no attempt to do so.
This 10 undoubtedly . wonderful ma
chine for the purpose for which it
il intended. provided there is sui
ficient volume Of one class Of BUSH
ness to justify the support of the
machine. In the case Of the high
way commission the volume is so
small compared to the work this ma
chine 10 designed to do. that it is
costing several times the amount to
secure the desired information with
this machine that it would cost to do
the same work by ordinary methods,
and the ordinary booking methods
would give the information at all
times in plain figures that could be
checked. instead Of leaving it in
code.
1.-THE machine is leased by the com.
mission at . rental Of 1912 per
month. It requires the services Of
an expert from Minneapolis at times
at the cost Of from SIS to 500 per
trip to keep it in order. It then re-
quires one clerk to punch the cards
and one to operate the machine. This
machine has been in use for five
months. January l to May 81. for
distributing the road maintenance
costs and the amount paid for rental
and services Of experts from INSTALL
alton to May 81, 1928, exclusive Of
department clerk hire, Is $2,6O5. A"
Wants Bookkeeper
These figures were followed by
Lund's observation that it would be
cheaper to dispense with the ma
chine and do the work by standard
bookkeeping methods.
During the year covered by the
audit the average cost of operating
highway department automobiles
waa 6.6S cents per mile, the audit
showed, this being the figure for
SS2,l74 miles which highway COM
mission automobiles travelled on
state business.
Commenting on the automobiles
owned by the commission. Lund said:
"The misuse Of state automobiles
by the highway commission that was
80 apparent in prior years, seems ia
have been we'll eliminated the past
year, with the exception Of the pur.
chase Of one Chrysler royal sedan in
June, 1927, at the cost Of $18O5. This
car was assigned to the secretary Of
the commission and has been held BY
him for his use during the past year,
The duties Of the secretary Of. the
commission, as provided by law, be.
ing confined to the office of the
commission, there would naturally be
no value accruinR to the state from
the use Of this car during the last
year."