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Show STHT EXAMINATION TO BE HOTQRHAN Nowadays men who apply for positions as motormen and conductors on street railways have to pass pretty stiff requirement,. require-ment,. The exactions hers ara similar to those In other cities. If a man i Judged eligible by Superintendent R. E. , Hunt of the Utah Light and Railway company, his troubles are only just beginning;. be-ginning;. Ha then confronts Dr. Q. B. Faust, who Is examining optician for the Oregon Hhort Line Railroad company and the local street railway service. A thorough thor-ough test of the sight and hearing is made and If successfully passed, the applicant ap-plicant goes before Dr. J. C. Landen-oerger, Landen-oerger, physical examiner for the same concerns, and the latter tests exhaustively exhaustive-ly the man's physical condition, which must pass a rigid examination. Next the master mechanic takes a hand and shows the would be car nttn nearly everything there la to know about the construction of a street car. This Is followed by an ordeal at the claim department, where the duties of the car man In the event of an evident are- plainly aet forth. Having Hav-ing proceeded thus far the assistant su- Serlntendent examines the applicant oral-' oral-' on all of the foregoing;. Then comes the positive Identification which la accomplished by sending the man's photograph, taken by the company's com-pany's photographer, to the different fef- a r-a n -- an tarn 1 1 1 out . If that maB.lt has srlvatfl satisfaction throughout the test he Is placed on the "extra list." and If he Is green at the work he will be coached for at least two weeks by th "student Instructor" before Intrusted to perform his duties alone. That country bred man. aa a rule, make more satisfactory motormen and conductors conduc-tors than those having been brought up In the city is the general consensus of belief expressed at street railway conventions; conven-tions; however, many officials hold that no line can be drawn. . fjluperintendent Hunt slses his msrf up sni whether he hails 'from the -Ity or country, he says, makes little difference with him. "It Is the man himself I ara concerned with," said Mr. Hunt. Married men between the ags f ?S snd SS are preferred by moat companies. However, once In the employ seniority in length of service com man -Is tlia choice of runs snd other privileges. The first year th pay la t cents an hour and thereafter 81 -ente In this chy. Chances for advancement are exceptional ss vacancies In th capacity of dlsuatcher and Instructor aa well as other positions are constantly occurring and It's the man, as Is the case the world over, with the "get ahead" ability who steps In. Mr. Hunt says he knows of several rases where men sow, high officials in street railway companies oegaa as conductors |