I am certainly not an expert on the punch card operations but I do recall that on EL our (Operators and Dispatchers) timecards were a two week (14 day) punch card. The top line of the card had our name, employee number, position number and some other payroll codes, etc. We filled in our rate if it was not provided and there were rows for travel time, overtime, etc. These cards were sent to the Auditor of Disbursements in Cleveland at the end of the pay period. Pay sheets from the pay book that showed basically the same items were sent to the Chief Dispatcher. Also at Warren, the Clerk (in later years Freight and Passenger Clerk) would prepare punch cards for each inbound ore car. Those cards would be run through the sorter and then filed away. Hand written "bonner cards" would filled out with the Car Initial and Number, contents (Wabush Ore or whatever) and stamped with the date and time arrived. Those hand written cards would be taken to the B&O/EL phone box at the Pipeline for the B&O crew to use when they pulled the ore to the Trumbull Cliffs Furnace (Republic Steel--Warren.) SMT **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) The Erie Lackawanna Mailing List http://EL-List.railfan.net/ To Unsubscribe: http://Lists.Railfan.net/erielackunsub.html ------------------------------
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