. Factory and industrial management. many thousands of prints can be filed andreached without taking up valuable space required by other set may contain from one to seventy-five prints without incon-venience, while twenty of such sets may be hung on a wing withineasy reach in a horizontal space of one foot. It is well to keep upseveral forms for indexing and recording drawings. One shouldbe a system of consecutive numbers recorded in books, with all therequisite information following each number. Another should be acard index of subjects, with all classes of drawings pertaining to ea
. Factory and industrial management. many thousands of prints can be filed andreached without taking up valuable space required by other set may contain from one to seventy-five prints without incon-venience, while twenty of such sets may be hung on a wing withineasy reach in a horizontal space of one foot. It is well to keep upseveral forms for indexing and recording drawings. One shouldbe a system of consecutive numbers recorded in books, with all therequisite information following each number. Another should be acard index of subjects, with all classes of drawings pertaining to eachsubject grouped together. As to miscellaneous data, records of pat-terns, machines, costs, employees, stock, orders, equipment, transac-tions, etc., there can be no question about the advantage of a cardindex. 526 THE ENGINEERING The success of a roaddepends in a measure onthe quahty and care of thematerials used in its vari-ous machines. To thisend the original specifi-cations and plans shouldbe very complete andspecific in detail andcareful tests should bemade of the material fur-THE WOOD-WORKING SHOP. uishcd, both during man- ufacture and after delivery before final payments are made. Aconstant watchfulness and record should be kept of the actual con-dition of all running machinery, wear and tear of parts, con-sumption of supplies, coal, oil, and waste of power, light, and requires the co-operation of the designing, purchasing, test-ing, electrical, and operating departments. Such questions as theeconomy of engines, leakages of current, electrolysis, distribution ofwire, handling of coal, alignment, and condition of track and road-bed, are problems for constant study. A railway must buy most of the machinery it uses. It may manu-facture some of its cars, trucks, and small machines of which special
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