. The street railway review . experience, forms the basis of what is to follow. The one thing to prove is, whether there is econoiny in maintaining amachine-shop when there are so many manufacturing and supply com-panies which can furnish us with every conceivable thing we want (andmany more we dont want) at short notice; and the local machiniststands ready to do our work at a price varying from fifty to seventy-fivecents per hour for first-class workmen (and double price for ). Economy is wealth, so we are taught, but the expounder of thisdoctrine forgets to point out the particul
. The street railway review . experience, forms the basis of what is to follow. The one thing to prove is, whether there is econoiny in maintaining amachine-shop when there are so many manufacturing and supply com-panies which can furnish us with every conceivable thing we want (andmany more we dont want) at short notice; and the local machiniststands ready to do our work at a price varying from fifty to seventy-fivecents per hour for first-class workmen (and double price for ). Economy is wealth, so we are taught, but the expounder of thisdoctrine forgets to point out the particular method of economy whichpaves the way to fortune. Sometimes extravagance masquerades aseconomy. This is especially true when one buys cheap goods to placeupon a street-railway. Economy has two sides, with the transactionbetween. At first thought one believes that true econoiny consists insaving all you can at the beginning of the transaction. While this maybe, and undoubtedly is, a good rule to pursue, yet in the majority o. I. H. BICKFORD. cases true economy consists in the elimination of all elements of weak-ness, and the providing of such apparatus as will give the best servicewith the least amount of repairs. Now such apparatus cannot alwaysbe gotten cheaply, neither can it be well taken care of afterwards, with-out the proper means for so doing, which also should be considered aspart and parcel of the transaction. After having bought the apparatus, we must provide means totake care of and repair it, and the first thing to do is to provide compe-iciit help. On this last point hangs the key to success. Heretofore, on our horse lines, economy has been practiced in itsseverest sense, and now when we change from animal to mechanicalpower, it is hard to break away fiom the old methods and broaden outto the extent which is necessary to properly conduct the affairs of a well-equipped electric system. Outside of conductors, drivers and subordinate officers, the help on ahor
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