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Horse tram company staff included:

  

 
 

Drivers:
New £2-2-0 per week,
Experienced £2-5-0 per week,
With track inspection duties + 2/6 per week

Conductors:
15/- per week

Shifts for Drivers and Conductors
5-45am to 3-30 / 4-00pm and
3-30 / 4-00pm to 12-30am next day

Stablemen:
5/- per day (13 day fortnight)

Grooms:
(Each to look after 14 horses)

Night watchman:
(Greased all axle boxes and
swept cars)

Other Staff:
Colt Breaker
Veterinary Surgeon
Blacksmith
Farriers
Harness Maker
Car Builders and Painters
Plate Layers
Car Builders and Painters

 
‘Tramboys’ (conductors) at Kensington Depot.


Staff at Payneham Depot with a three-horse car
 
Robert Henecker, 1900. Conductors were
boys aged 13-16. Uniform was a straw boater
hat with red band and number.
From LS Kingsborough ‘The Horse Tramways of Adelaide 1875-1907’.		  
Staff and visitors at the North Adelaide horse tram depot, 1887.


Mitcham horse car depot, 1880.
 
Homan’s Check Register, used until 1896. 		 
Summer days at Henley Beach.
       
       
       
       


 

 

 
   

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