Mr. Hubert. What would have been the normal procedure for stamping the time in those two columns?
Mrs. Cason. Well, ordinarily, we make up the call sheet before we stamp it in complete form. In other words, we don’t do part of it and stamp that and then do part of it again and stamp that time. I, myself, always stamp the time that the ambulance is ordered regardless of whether it is on the air or whether it is sent from the office itself. Whereas, some other telephone clerks may have left the “Ambulance ordered” place blank for the dispatcher to stamp.
That is, if it was an ambulance on the air call.
Mr. Hubert. You feel certain, therefore, that you, having prepared the card, did put it into the time clock?
Mrs. Cason. Yes, sir. I feel sure I stamped the card twice as to the time. Once for the ambulance and——
Mr. Hubert. How long would it take you to prepare the card?
Mrs. Cason. Just a few seconds. It is very routine, and it just takes a matter of a few seconds if you are familiar with it.
Mr. Hubert. What kind of time clocks are these? I don’t mean the make of them, but how do they work? Are they automatic?
Mrs. Cason. Yes; they are. They are all electric clocks, and I believe the name of them is Synchron. They show the time on the face of the clock, and you insert the call sheet on the place marked by a red arrow, and when you place the call sheet in, the weight of it causes the clock to stamp the time.
Mr. Hubert. You do not have to punch anything down?