. Railway track and track work . the section, as noted later. Table No. 16 shows the organization and thedistribution of labor on some leading railways: 266 TRACK WORK. TABLE NO. 16.—ORGANIZATION FOR MAINTBNANCE-OF-WAY. -Length, of Railway. Atch., Top. & S. & Ohio Roadmasters divisions, -miles Boston & Albany. Boston & Maine Chicago & Northwestern. 140 to 15040 to 65 d. to 130 s. of double trackwith at least 20 ofsingle trk of d. t. mainline and about 115of s. t. branches. No. of men in sec-, tion gang. » Spring. Winter. 5 to 7* 3* 12* 2 to 8* 80 to 100 on main]li
. Railway track and track work . the section, as noted later. Table No. 16 shows the organization and thedistribution of labor on some leading railways: 266 TRACK WORK. TABLE NO. 16.—ORGANIZATION FOR MAINTBNANCE-OF-WAY. -Length, of Railway. Atch., Top. & S. & Ohio Roadmasters divisions, -miles Boston & Albany. Boston & Maine Chicago & Northwestern. 140 to 15040 to 65 d. to 130 s. of double trackwith at least 20 ofsingle trk of d. t. mainline and about 115of s. t. branches. No. of men in sec-, tion gang. » Spring. Winter. 5 to 7* 3* 12* 2 to 8* 80 to 100 on main]line, plus 60 to 80 \2y2 tol_ of , Mil. & St. Paul 100 main track. Chic, Burl. & Quincy. Clev., Cin., Chic. & St. Louis Erie Illinois Central Lake Shore & Mich. Southn Michigan Central New York Central J N. Y., N. H. & Hartford. Northern PacificPennsylvania . .Wabash IN. 80 to 150100 to 140 Average, 300100 40 to 5025 to 3536 to 14850 to 125Y. Division,100 to 150 2583 to 260. ^Including foremen. A new system of organization for track forces has been introduced onthe Ohio River Ry. by Mr. C. E. Bryan, the Superintendent of Maintenanceof Way and Structures. On each division there is a supervisor in chargeof all the forces, and the sections have been changed from 7 to 8 miles, andthe gangs reduced from a foreman and 6 men to a foreman and 3 divisions are also divided into 30-mile sections, each with a floatinggang consisting of a foreman, 20 men and a cook. The gang has a camptrain of four box cars and a flat car for boarding and sleeping accommo-dation and supplies. The small section gangs go over their sections daily(the trackwalker being done away with); they inspect the track, makesmall repairs to track and fences, keep station grounds neat, etc. Thelarger gangs do such work as ballasting, renewing ties and rails, widen-ing banks, ditching, etc. It is contended that the daily inspection will bebetter, as it is under the eye of the foreman and repa
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