Journal of electricity, power, and gas . of the double handle is $.017 as shown sothe net increase is $.2745 per ton and the cost of un-loading from the vessel to the cars is $.8075 per tonplus the cost of checking, weighing, marking and su-perintendence. A larger force will be required to unload the shipin the same time under these conditions and using thecommon labor to help unload in the cars probably 30extra stevedores will be necessary. Under the pro-posed system the common labor would help unloadin the cars and the trucks used at other times betweenthe dock and cars would operate between
Journal of electricity, power, and gas . of the double handle is $.017 as shown sothe net increase is $.2745 per ton and the cost of un-loading from the vessel to the cars is $.8075 per tonplus the cost of checking, weighing, marking and su-perintendence. A larger force will be required to unload the shipin the same time under these conditions and using thecommon labor to help unload in the cars probably 30extra stevedores will be necessary. Under the pro-posed system the common labor would help unloadin the cars and the trucks used at other times betweenthe dock and cars would operate between the carsand ship so that by this arrangement no additionalforce will then be required. Taking the labor cost of the present system as100 per cent and subdivision (which for the conven-ience of the reader is here reproduced) since no change has been made in the items of weighing, checking,marking and superintendence in the proposed instal-lation, as shown in Fig. 1. the labor and handlingcosts in the cases discussed can now be 48% Fig. 1. Showing- Division of Labor Costs in AverageTerminal. Manual Trucking and Handling. Case 1. Present system, handling freight by steve-dore labor between dock and vessel and later by com-mon labor between dock and cars. Stevedore labor 120 X .55 X 90 = $160, Common labor , 90 X .25 X 300 X 9 = 60, Total, less checkers, weighers, markers and superintendence (from Fig. 1), S5 per cent. .$221,, weighers, markers and superintendence. .$39, Total labor $260,156. 15 Case 2. Proposed system, handling between ves-sel and dock and later between dock and cars. Stevedores 64 X 14% X 90 = $45, Common labor 24 x 25 X 300 x 9 = 16, Note—This includes 3% hr. per day of 4 men inexcess of the labor , weighers, markers and superintendence. 39, Total labor cost $100, Taking the labor cost in Case 1 as 100, this laborcost is per cent. Case 3. Stevedores handling freight between
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