. American engineer and railroad journal . te revolution in 45 seconds. 192 AMERICAN ENGINEER, CAR BUILDER The money saving effected by the device may be figured as fol- suspended on the cart, so that all shocks in starting or reversing lows : are removed. The motor and apparatus were manufactured by Number of engines turned per day (24 hours) 176 the Gibbs Electric Company of Milwaukee. ¥enr„q„UH^cl;»n,,;;^,,;;;„ •-•^;;;,7„t The application is of special interest from the fact that it did Average time required each man o minutes rr r Total average time lost per engine 20 minutes not requi
. American engineer and railroad journal . te revolution in 45 seconds. 192 AMERICAN ENGINEER, CAR BUILDER The money saving effected by the device may be figured as fol- suspended on the cart, so that all shocks in starting or reversing lows : are removed. The motor and apparatus were manufactured by Number of engines turned per day (24 hours) 176 the Gibbs Electric Company of Milwaukee. ¥enr„q„UH^cl;»n,,;;^,,;;;„ •-•^;;;,7„t The application is of special interest from the fact that it did Average time required each man o minutes rr r Total average time lost per engine 20 minutes not require any alteration of the table except the removal of the Present forc<!V^^ nand Dars- Nearly all modern railroad shops include a lighting Tot^datiy \.::.::::::::::::::::::i5 honll dyQamo in their equipment, and this may also be used for power At 12J4cents per ................ ..............$ without interfering with the lights, but where it is expected that. Electric Motor and Attachment to Locomotive Turntable. This is based on the assumption that the men used in turningthe table attend to wiping engines when they are not engaged atthe table; otherwise, the saving would be much greater. Theestimate of five minutes required for each man of the gang awayfrom his work each time an engine is turned is a conservativeone, for as a matter of fact, during certain busy hours of the day,the men were at the table practically the entire time. It will be seen from the foregoing that it is possible to saveapproximately 35 hours of wipers time, each 24 hours, or say,two day and two night men, working 8 hours each. Under pres-ent conditions at West Milwaukee, it was not considered advis-able to drop any of the wiping force, as the time saved could beput in to good advantage in wiping, but an actual reduction inthe pay-roll of if3 per day was made in the following manner,without reducing the number of wipers: Wo
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