. American engineer and railroad journal . hopping of these en-gines, and to carry out thoroughly a system of standardization jigs, devices and facilities that would lighten the labor of themen and increase their output capacity, thus acting as an almostinseparable adjunct to the introduction of an individual effortsystem of reward. Third. The betterment of machines, including motors, shafting, pulleys, etc. Fourth. To effect simultaneously with these results an econ-omy in the excessive expenditures for tools of all kinds, by elim-inating waste, introducing more durable and serviceable types,
. American engineer and railroad journal . hopping of these en-gines, and to carry out thoroughly a system of standardization jigs, devices and facilities that would lighten the labor of themen and increase their output capacity, thus acting as an almostinseparable adjunct to the introduction of an individual effortsystem of reward. Third. The betterment of machines, including motors, shafting, pulleys, etc. Fourth. To effect simultaneously with these results an econ-omy in the excessive expenditures for tools of all kinds, by elim-inating waste, introducing more durable and serviceable types,and avoiding undesirable investments. Fifth. The close and detail supervision of tools, machines andmethods in railroad work, as it i^ found by Fred W. Taylor tobe, in commercial work, an indispensable factor of shop better-ment and individual labor reward: it i-, moreover, possible toeffect many cost reductions by the methods alone, irrespective ofthe labor stimulus, as in the case of cylinder and eccentric drilling jigs and. other FIG. I.—MANUFACTURING TOOL ROOM FOR THE SANTA FE SYSTEM AT THE TOPEKA SHOPS. of locomotive parts, centrally manufactured at the Topeka shops,it was realized that the tool and machinery equipments of theshops and the methods of doing the work must be the very this reason special attention was directed to the tool andmachinery problem at the beginning of the betterment work, anattention which has been consistently followed up to the presenttime. While the technical journals have made some mention of thisphase of the work, its importance as the keystone in the archof betterment and economy for the production of efficiency has,perhaps, been lost sight of in the more extensive mention thathas been made of matters of greater magnitude in the grossamount of costs involved. The purpose of this article is to consider the details of thisremarkably successful application of commercial tool methods torailway shop practice. The plan of this sup
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