Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1911 — CARRIES OFFICE IN HAND [ARTICLE]

CARRIES OFFICE IN HAND

Portable Affair Used by Railroad Conductors Model of Neatness and Compactness, f? ; —*r A man who actually carries his office In his hand is the railroad conductor. Usually It is a box specially made . and ornamented with bright brass trimmings and brass handles and with the conductor’s name neatly engraved on a brass plate. When his trip is finished you will see him leave the train carrying his office with him. The railroad has no rent to pay for him and yet he is one of the busiest of employes, with many accounts to keep. \ ; ~: w In this hand office of the conductor’s are all the records of his trip; and it is a model of and compactness. There is a place. In his office for all the tickets collected, an envelope for hia cash fare receipts and many blank forms Which he is required to fill out with particulars of the run. ■ \ : ‘ Usually the conductor opens up his office in the baggage car or in an empty sent aftef'hls train has left the last station of the run. For some time thereafter he Is a busy man. His portable office when opened Is transformed into a little desk having pigeonholes and writing materials, and with it open in front of him the conductor counts his tickets, sorts them among- the proper pigeonholes and makes up his accounts. It is all done generally before the train gets In, and upon'arrival at the terminal he takes his office with him and departs with the rest of the passengers.