The London “Underground.”

The London Underground railways, in addition to leading in the signalling field, also take a foremost place among the world's railways in the scientific training of their staffs. Every applicant for employment on the Underground is interviewed by the Superintendent of the line, or one of his assistants, and is required to pass a stiff medical examination. His previous record is carefully studied, as is also his personal cleanliness and bearing. The minimum height has been fixed at 5ft. 7in., and every new entrant into the service is required to pass through the company's training school. Five or six days are spent in this school at the outset, the time being occupied in introducing the employee to the geography of the system, the interchange points, and the connecting facilities with road services in and around the metropolis. After being appointed to a position in the service, the new employee is encouraged to study branches of railway working other than his own, and free tuition is given in the training school in all subjects appertaining to the operation of the line. A special cadet system also is in being under which specially selected men are afforded intensive training for the higher positions.