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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1902)
THE COURIER 11 V. f , f. The Courier Published Every Saturdiy Entered In the Postofflce at Lincoln u Mcond class matter. OFFICE, ....... 900-910 P STREET 1ELEPH0J,K Editorial Rooms, SO SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Per annum, In advance, f LOO Single Copy, J5 fflps mi Bwns of tbt trolley Conductor A system of faultless, rigid auditing governs the street car conductor. The employe is curbed on all sides by checks and balances; honesty means promotion, dishonesty is simply the preface to a speedy discharge. At the office of the Lincoln traction company an individual account is maintained with each conductor. When he goes out in the morning the number on the fare register is recorded. The conductor makes a record of the- re sults of each trip and hands in his slips together with the cash proceeds of the day. If a balance is struck, the conductor hears no more about the matter. If he turns in too much 'money he Is credited with the excess. On the other hand he may get a shortage notfce In case the cash In his pockets falls to reach the amount designated by the register. The careful, conscientious conductor comes out just about even at the end of the year. His "shortages" and "overdues" generally offset each other. Sometimes the fare taker has to "put up" but such Instances are rare. In many cases there Is a little residue for the blue uniformed man to spend. There are various ways of getting out of financial alignment with the fare register, according to the story of a veteran conductor. In a rush it takes some practice to ring up the exact number of nickels. Now and then the amateur will pull the cord in a nervous fashion and chalk down a couple of extra fares. Occasionally passengers try to stop the car by ringing up a fare in their frantic haste to grab the bell rope. When they do this the conductor may forget to make the proper allowance and the hiatus in his accounts starts right away. Of course It Is only five cents, but It may happen a 'dozen times a day. Then it amounts to something in the eyes of a man laboring for so much an hour. ; Mistakes In making change are fruit ful sources of error. The conductor Is bombarded with money of all denomin ations. His exaction is nearly always the plebeian five cent piece. His pock ets are bulging with small change and sometimes he hands out too much cash. Less often he "short changes" his man. During fairs and reunions pickpock ets, sometimes practise on the conduc tors while going to and from the grounds. The small change theft is entirely unnoticeable and the Innocent conductor is usually appalled at the sight of his shortage slip when he re ports for duty next day. It sometimes looks as if he must pay two or three dollars for the privilege of working. "I handled fares taken from 3,000 "people one day at the state fair last fall," said a conductor to a Courier representative. "It was a big day. Three thousand fares are about all a man can possibly collect, let me Vl you. It's a good many. "But I was surprised next da The trip slips showed that I was $4.50 be hind. How I lost the money I never could figure out. It must have been done in making change or else some one tapped my pocket. I always keep a sharp lookout for thieves and pick pockets but in the rush and hurry a many is liable to forget. "But I had the run two days more with crowds considerably diminished. In those two days I scored $5.50 in good hard money In excess of the fare register and was a slmoleon to the good. The gain was just as hard to explain as the loss and I got about as near a true solution." The veteran fare taker can usually tell with remarkable accuracy Just when a passenger has paid. Usually the wayfayer makes a dive for his 'pocket or in some other manner sig nifies by an Involuntary movement that he hasn't contributed. Then the conductor goes right after him. "People without money get on the street cars nearly every day," said an other conductor. "They think they have the price, but they haven't. I al ways let them ride except-some- that have put up the same talk several times. One of these I invited off- one day. That's the only time I ever light ened my load. The people nearly al ways pay me. "One -of the frequent sources of our trouble Is the 'man that has paid his fare.' Of course he 13 a natural born liar. When you start In to take fares he will be ahead of vou. Pretty soon he Is behind you ana wnen the nickel is asked for he won't pay. Says he has paid it. He will argue the matter before the whole car. But I always make such fellows put up and invite them to go to the ofllce In case they don't like It. Hundreds of 'em have threatened to go but not a single one ever has. I take this as solid evidence that they were simply putting up u bold bluff." A careful count Is also made of the transfer slips issued in the course of a day. These arc kept separate and are not recorded along with the cash fares. NONSENSE RHYME. There was a young man named Tate. Took a girl out to dine at eight-eight. I should like, to relate What that fellow named Tate And his tete-a-tete ate at eight-eight. j . u C . Tir Once upon a time a skunk met an automobile. "Whew!" said the skunk, "here's where I pass,"' and he hurried to the woods. . a. -v. -h 7tr f c In Russia you must be married be fore eighty or not at all, and you may marry five times. JJ Samaritans c Htal Article Good Samaritans abound In great numbers In Lincoln. At sundry times and divers places their good deeds loom up like glittering Jewels set In spark ling array and plunged Into the dark gulf of misfortune. SevernI days ago a man who had vexed the police almost past endurance was thrown into the seclusion of a cell. Before the Judge he went and there a sentence of liberal dimensions was meted out to him. 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