. The Street railway journal . newal of controller parts, renewal of trolley bases,poles and wheels, and repairs to car wiring. As a general rulethe work done at the car houses consists of inspection, cleaning, oil to five sets of oil jacks for raising bodies off the trucks. It isintended to dismount and thoroughly inspect and clean everyelectrical equipment each ninety days. The cost of dismount-ing, inspecting, cleaning and overhauling the truck, motors, andelectrical equipment of double-truck, four motor cars, is $;and of single-truck, two-motor cars, $ The organization of the repa
. The Street railway journal . newal of controller parts, renewal of trolley bases,poles and wheels, and repairs to car wiring. As a general rulethe work done at the car houses consists of inspection, cleaning, oil to five sets of oil jacks for raising bodies off the trucks. It isintended to dismount and thoroughly inspect and clean everyelectrical equipment each ninety days. The cost of dismount-ing, inspecting, cleaning and overhauling the truck, motors, andelectrical equipment of double-truck, four motor cars, is $;and of single-truck, two-motor cars, $ The organization of the repair shop department consists ofa master mechanic in charge of all repair work, both at theshops and car houses, with the following foremen: One assistant in charge of repair work in car houses. One foreman in charge of the machine shop. One foreman in charge of the blacksmith shop. One foreman in charge of the foundry. One foreman in charge of the electrical repairs. One foreman in charge of tin work, saddlery and FIG. 2.—PLAN SHOWING ARRANGEMENT OF NEW REPAIR SHOPS AND CAR HOUSE OF THE CHICAGO CITY RAILWAY 370 STREET RAILWAY JOURNAL. [Vol. XXII. No. 9. One foreman in charge of the wood foreman of truck foreman of car body foreman of painting. The total number of men in .the repair shop and in the carhouses engaged in repairs, varies from 300 to 350, accordingto the time of year. Worn at the repair snops is carried onduring nine hours. The working day during five days in theweek is slightly longer than nine hours, allowing the shopsto close two hours earlier Saturday afternoon. Each work-man registers the time of entrance and departure on a timeclock placed at the shop door, and the time so registered servesas a basis for the pay roll. Table No. 1 shows the classification of the operating expenseaccounts used in charging up shop time. This schedule isprinted on card board and posted conspicuously in the variousdepartments of the
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