. American engineer and railroad journal . oublepage contains the record for a fiscal year, thus providing a per-petual inventory. On the first of each month all books are sent to Topeka, alongwith the monthly requisition for the tools required. The booksare then checked up with the requisition and immediately re-turned. Requisitions for tools are made once each month. Adirect supervision over each tool room of the system is thus ob-tained and the maintenance of the tool room equipment is notleft to the individual judgment of each tool room foreman. Thismethod has not only kept down the stock
. American engineer and railroad journal . oublepage contains the record for a fiscal year, thus providing a per-petual inventory. On the first of each month all books are sent to Topeka, alongwith the monthly requisition for the tools required. The booksare then checked up with the requisition and immediately re-turned. Requisitions for tools are made once each month. Adirect supervision over each tool room of the system is thus ob-tained and the maintenance of the tool room equipment is notleft to the individual judgment of each tool room foreman. Thismethod has not only kept down the stock of tools to a mini-mum but greatly increased the efficiency of every tool room onthe system. The methods, organization and details of operation of thetool system have been covered in a bulletin issued by the as-sistant superintendent of motive power. This bulletin is postedin all shops of the system for the instruction of both foremenand workmen. By this means all concerned are made familiar 108 AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 243. FIG. II.—TOOL HARDENING ROOM AT TOPEKA SHOPS. HERE ALL THE CUTTING TOOLS MANUFACTURED IN THE ROOM ARE TEMPERED OR HARDENED.
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