The system of paying the nen spread over s distance of 200 miles is simple and interesting. Being always paid on the same day at the end of each month, and by an Inspector travelling with pay clerk always on the same train, the men know exactly at what time to leave their work and go to the nearest station. The money for each gang is placed in separate bags, and parate amounts have number cor-asa receipt. In order that the ganger, who usually provides food for the men, may not overcharge them, the proper amount due la deducted from the men's wages and paid direct to the ganger.
Working of Signals, As in the case of most of the circulars issued to the staff by the engineering department, instructions to the train-working staff are based upon the picture system, with ample notes, making them as nearly self-explanatory as possible. The signals are worked by four levers operated from the centre of the station under the direct control of the station master, and the points are secured by a lock inserted by the pointsman, this lock being placed in the four-foot way so that it cannot be tampererd with during the passage of a train. Even if the locking is not correctly done it is impossible for the home signals to be pulled off, and—short of crime inal negligence—absolute safety la secured.
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