Canadian transportation & distribution management . uched up,where necessary, to an even base for thenext coat, with one coat over new , after retouching the gold leaf work The following comparison of the aver-age cost of painting city cars shows theeffect of rising labor rates:— Material Labor Total 1915- 16 $ $ $ 1916- 17 1917- 18 1918- 19 1919- 20 1920- 21 Had the old method been still in use,this last figure would be about $125 acar; the saving, therefore, has been over40%. Fre
Canadian transportation & distribution management . uched up,where necessary, to an even base for thenext coat, with one coat over new , after retouching the gold leaf work The following comparison of the aver-age cost of painting city cars shows theeffect of rising labor rates:— Material Labor Total 1915- 16 $ $ $ 1916- 17 1917- 18 1918- 19 1919- 20 1920- 21 Had the old method been still in use,this last figure would be about $125 acar; the saving, therefore, has been over40%. Freight Equipment Painting.—As mostof the freight equipment was bought in1912 and 1913, repainting on an exten-sive scale was not begun till early in1919, and in July of that year a Dunntype AA painting machine was bought,with a capacity of 10 gall. The savingeffected by this machine was such thatit was paid for before 12 box cars hadbeen done. To paint and letter a 40 car by ordinary means required 8 to12 hours for lettering, and about 36. of the war, combined with the peak ofthe jitney craze, brought the railwayrevenue down to the lowest point in thelast 10 years, passenger cars were paint-ed about every two years, the whole carbeing repainted, as outlined in the sched-ule below; but the need for stringenteconomy led the Master Mechanic andpaint shop force to study the work moreclosely, as a result of which they de-veloped a method of treating the cars,which practically cut the cost of ordi-nary periodical painting in two. It wasfound that while cars require revarnish-ing comparatively often, the groundwork would be in good condition forabout 10 years, and so, until the varnishbegan to show signs of peeling off, itcould be used as a ground, and need notbe entirely removed at each time ofpainting. Since the method was chang-ed, six consecutive wage increases havebrought the cost back to what it was un-der the old method, but in view of this,the actual saving is the mor
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