Did you know a Conductor is always counting?
The Conductor is always helping the passengers get into the street car safely and collecting fares from almost everyone except babies. Each time the Conductor collects a fare, he or she pulls a lever on the fare register for each fare received.
At the end of his or her shift, the Conductor must figure out how many fares were collected during the shift. This exercise shows information for five Conductors - can you figure out how many passengers each one met?
https://trolleytimeblog.dctrolley.org/CountingWithFareRegister.pdf
And, if you want to see a Conductor who gets mixed up, visit our Museum and watch Harold Lloyd try to get on a street car with a live turkey without his fare . . . .