CONTROLLING TWENTY-FOUR LIFTS.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 August 1915, Page 2

CONTROLLING TWENTY-FOUR LIFTS.

'J hero are twenty-lour pa-.-syj' ■ - iit'tij in 0110 oi tho .Sew York sky. • and the management have ioiii.i . -.tuple way in which to keep In.vuiibf.Hilt communication with tho lilt operators and tliiils have tho cars running 011 a .specified time schedule. Hidden away Troiii tlio public, a young woman sits before a telephone (switchboard, and near by is an electric chart which keep.s her informed a« to the exact location or each car. 11 one of the lilts is delayed in starting, or lags in its running, the young woman connects with the operator by telephone or megaphono. and ascertains the trouble. In this way she is able to keep the oars 111 operation according Lo a well-ordered running schedule, and the tenants and public suffer none ol ths usual inconveniences. m.-