AUTOMATIC "PAY-IN."

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 945, 12 October 1910, Page 3

AUTOMATIC "PAY-IN."

'-//^/TRAHWAY^IN^V^ has .adopted:. the .'bos / system.:. automatic ' ''pay-iiii*i' which;• has. { -been:. in;: operation! 'in- Auckland : for 'some. time-past, ■ and, : ■after '{a '.-'fortnight's .'• trial,' ', the,' authorities; are"; convinced ..that, .the ideals a;, good 'one.' ;.'lt':is'a, saving, of '.'labour,' '■which used/to -be';employed;.up. :: ;till rati-. night and'i.a.'m.i, and. theVcbnductors -are 1 riot /-waiting/for'Hhe*Qlerk';to ■ebtint'^thd'ir'l::cashc; / ".TKe^-neT / ''system'...'iis' ingenious, somewhatvelabbrate.- r.'-'lt 'consists inthemairiiof.'twp;huge::cabiriets about-eight feet'in :height,-divided.'into pigeon-holes, 1 /; and swinging.:rojihd...on.la central .pivot: at,-a .touch;/..One/of /.the, cabinets .is:!controlled; by., the "timekeeper, arid contains :a; light .metal box for: each 'conductor.":When:issued at 'the beginning 'of! u. shift, .'they :cpntaih ; a" case; of'broken' ticket .butts,\ :the! required quantity and : variety;: of ..whole.'!ticket' butts,, caiicp'.'bags for silver,' and'gold, and'a/ weigh-,' .'bill,' which is -made':'out •ready.:for..'hjm", to :3ign,''which ! he..does on,checking: over-.his: tickets.: 1 '.On .'returning/', to/the ■ shed .after his last'ruri; 'the: conductor balance's' •:. his cash'and tickets, places- the. coin ih : the 'bagtv'fills in 'his'-' weigh-billi ■ places every-, •thing in his .box,' and passes that] through' ,an: aperture'; of (the. " pay-in : ..office. ...On: pulling'dowri'.an.ironlever a receptacle,is' revealed.!,.lnto this the -box::is placed; ,and, !:On : :',le.ver. .being : pulled: :.dpwn, 'again,:the aperture closes.,' : The.receptacle, is fealiyija.'pigeon-hbfe in ; :the/second:re : . ;.volvirig.-;cabinet,,.which •'operates: in' a' strbrig-ro6ml-. 'In'the morning thiscabinet .is. cleareil'; by \ a •couple'.' of clerks, each." of: whom ,has aVkey, but one .cannot open, the double-locked .-door -without-' the , : "other being pfiSsent, ,which ; establishes a.; check.". The. boxes,.are ..taken; from: the' cabinet, ;placed' in ',hampers, -'and';coriYeyedj',per car, to ; tiie office at Thorndon Quay^where ■the;'cash,is counted;,'.;and"the . tickets, checked.:;: •■■■.;:..■'" : : ; : v^:: ' ■'.Fdrmerly:it was a. cominoh matter, for a: conductor to :be '.detained; from twenty ; minutes; to -.half •'an;.hour; waiting to '.pay-', in. ; /That is done,away '-with by the' new' device.; •;..:; ':.■■','■:. :,::-':',•;'-; ;.' ;.:;,,. ;;.<,;':;