. Elektrische Eisenbahn Zeitschrift . Diese Tickets sind aus deutschem Silber in solcher Form, um Fälschungen zu erschweren. Ein Buchstabe in der Mitte wird verwendet, um den Namen der Stadt anzugeben, um Broadcast Fälschungen zu verhindern, und die Buchstaben können auch für verschiedene Klassen von Tarifen in einer Stadt variiert werden.wie für Mobile, Ala geplant, hat das kleine sechs-für-ein-Quar-ter-Ticket ein M in der Mitte, die Mitarbeiter*Pass (Ein Metallticket der größeren Größe) hat ein E; und die Pässe für Postträger, Polizisten, etc., ein Kreuz.Diese sind in einer begleitenden Abbildung gezeigt. Die Token werden um den Buchstaben herum ausgestanzt
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. Electric railway journal . These tickets are made of German silver insuch form as to make counterfeiting difficult. A letterin the middle is used to indicate the name of the town, to prevent broadcast counterfeiting, and the letters mayalso be varied for different classes of fares in one city.As planned for Mobile, Ala., the small six-for-a-quar-ter ticket has an M in the center, the employees*pass (a metal ticket of the larger size) has an E;and the passes for mail carriers, policemen, etc., a cross.These are shown in an accompanying illustration. The tokens are punched out around the letter in thecenter to distinguish them from coins, and they aremade in two sizes, one slightly smaller than the dimeand one slightly smaller than the nickel. Tickets ofthe same value are made of the same size, althoughthey may have different classifications, as noted above.The lettering and geometric lines on the tickets, andtheir high intrinsic value, all conduce to make coun-terfeiting costly. The smaller tickets will cost from. METAL TICKETS FOR USE IN CONNECTION WITHREGISTERING FARE BOX $10 to $12 a thousand and the larger ones $12 to $14.They can be used almost indefinitely. The system of collection advocated by this companyin conjunction with the metal tickets provides a regis-tration for every passenger, regardless of the class offare paid, and a double check on all cash and ticketfares. The passenger drops his dime, nickel, pennies ormetal ticket into the fare box, and at the same time theconductor rings up the fare on the clock register in-side the car. Transfers are registered on a separatedial of the clock register. After the platform has beencleared the conductor grinds the coins and ticketsthrough the fare box, registering them and releasingthem for use in change or for resale. The four dialson the box register separately the three classes ofcoins and tickets of two denominations, and give thetotal of all fares in number of fares. The box regis-tration plus the transfer
