. American engineer and railroad journal . osted, andcost arrived at. This is the sys-tem in general use and is a clearand simple method, and, if prop-erly conducted by all interested,offers a very accurate solution ofthe cost problem. While I saythis is the system in general use,there are exceptions broughtabout by the impracticability of applying it in conducting thedepartments business in connection with some of the shops,and it is for this reason I wish to treat each of the shopswhere such differences occur and which go to make up thewhole, separately. Foundries.—From our two foundries, gr
. American engineer and railroad journal . osted, andcost arrived at. This is the sys-tem in general use and is a clearand simple method, and, if prop-erly conducted by all interested,offers a very accurate solution ofthe cost problem. While I saythis is the system in general use,there are exceptions broughtabout by the impracticability of applying it in conducting thedepartments business in connection with some of the shops,and it is for this reason I wish to treat each of the shopswhere such differences occur and which go to make up thewhole, separately. Foundries.—From our two foundries, grey iron and wheel,we turn out the majority of grey iron castings for the entiresystem and the total wheel supply for the road. Similar gen-eral accounts, namely, repairs and equipment, are handled hereon the same lines as in the other shops, with the exceptionthat all requisitions covering such accounts are merged intostore orders and placed o nthe foundry by storeman in make this condition plain I will endeavor to give you an. MAIN SWITCH BOARD IX ENGINE ROOM. •424 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. outline covering the conditions under which our foundriesare conducted. First of all, we aim at treating them on thelines we would an outside concern, so that we may exact fromthem the same (though we figure on better) service we wouldfrom outside foundries. They are operated by the car depart-ment, and the master car builder is directly responsible fortheir operation and output. At the same time the total intakeof raw material and the output of finished castings are theproperty of the general storekeeper, hence the importance ofchecking and weighing the intake and output by store de-partment employes. To take care of this work there are twofoundry checkers and one foundry clerk, whose offices arelocated in the scale room, through which all material mustpass on its way to the cupolas, so that nothing goes into thecupolas without first crossing the scales and bein
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