. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . part of the employer it is requiredthat he should know exactly what the labor hasbeen expended upon and the cost thereof, so thathe may, at his leisure, classify it month by month,or in detail, as his interests suggest. All thesethings are matters of routine, and provision ismade therefor, both as regards wages and theaccounting connected therewith, in the volumereferred to on Disbursements of Railways. Questions of accounts relating to material andlabor do not affect directly the care and repair oflocomotives and cars, ])ut,incidentally,
. Revised and enlarged ed. of the science of railways . part of the employer it is requiredthat he should know exactly what the labor hasbeen expended upon and the cost thereof, so thathe may, at his leisure, classify it month by month,or in detail, as his interests suggest. All thesethings are matters of routine, and provision ismade therefor, both as regards wages and theaccounting connected therewith, in the volumereferred to on Disbursements of Railways. Questions of accounts relating to material andlabor do not affect directly the care and repair oflocomotives and cars, ])ut,incidentally, they do, so thatin studying the theme as awhole they must be consid-ered. This proves, if proofwere necessary, which it is not, what I l^^Ve so often -^ Lubricating Device. called attention to elsewhere throughout thiswork, namely, that in order to understand a par-ticular department of railroad work, one must begenerally familiar with all departments. It is notenough to know how a shop should be located,what machinery it should contain and how such. 282 RAIL WA Y EQUIPMENT. machinery shall be used. We must have knowl-edge concerning questions collateral thereto,which questions, one by one, will be bound toreach out and overlap others until, finally, theycover the whole railway world.
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