. Electric railway journal . (///J///////// KANSAS CITY TRACK CONSTRUCTION—UTILITY MOTORCAR AND TRAIN 434 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 11. KANSAS CITY TRACK CONSTRUCTION—ELECTRIC CRANE FORHANDLING SPECIAL WORK which returns bad-order tools to the storeroom and de-livers new tools to the various jobs over the system. Inthe hand-tool department one or two men are continu-ously engaged in making repairs, and, as mentioned be-fore, repairs to all power track tools are made by theoperators assisted by the department blacksmiths andmachinists. Advantages of Tool System This method of h
. Electric railway journal . (///J///////// KANSAS CITY TRACK CONSTRUCTION—UTILITY MOTORCAR AND TRAIN 434 ELECTRIC RAILWAY JOURNAL [Vol. XLVIII, No. 11. KANSAS CITY TRACK CONSTRUCTION—ELECTRIC CRANE FORHANDLING SPECIAL WORK which returns bad-order tools to the storeroom and de-livers new tools to the various jobs over the system. Inthe hand-tool department one or two men are continu-ously engaged in making repairs, and, as mentioned be-fore, repairs to all power track tools are made by theoperators assisted by the department blacksmiths andmachinists. Advantages of Tool System This method of handling tools through a centralizedtool storeroom and a tool supply car, minimizes clericalwork and insures the prompt delivery of tools to alljobs. Moreover, under this system there is no occasionfor a man working with a defective tool which mayeither reduce his efficiency or injure him. As a matterof fact the elimination of all injuries due to defectivetools has alone justified this system of handling them. Included in the power equipment there are severalsmall continuous mixers which have been found verysatisfactory for small concrete jobs.
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