. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. toinsure prompt returns. To promote round-house efficiency considerable attentionshould be paid to shop kinks—taking ad-vantage of every device that will facili-tate matters and decrease cost, such as airhoists, small portable cranes, portablebenches, etc. The next essential thing in the pro-motion of efficiency is a good organiza-tion, without which it is useless to look forefficiency. The work, as far as practica-ble, should be specialized, as more will beaccomplished by this method, men becom-ing more proficient along their differentlines and will use t
. Railway and Locomotive Engineering. toinsure prompt returns. To promote round-house efficiency considerable attentionshould be paid to shop kinks—taking ad-vantage of every device that will facili-tate matters and decrease cost, such as airhoists, small portable cranes, portablebenches, etc. The next essential thing in the pro-motion of efficiency is a good organiza-tion, without which it is useless to look forefficiency. The work, as far as practica-ble, should be specialized, as more will beaccomplished by this method, men becom-ing more proficient along their differentlines and will use their ingenuity in de-vising little devices and kinks to helpthemselves along, and which, in a great many cases, prove to be quite profitable,but if thought advisable the men coidd bechanged around at intervals, which mightstimulate their interest in the work. An-other aid to roundhouse efficiency is ahot-water plant for washing out purposesand refilling boilers after washing out,thii^ nv ?-lrnin< and -^Tes^-es,. A. NORTH. \ice-Prcsi<k-nt. (iciUTat Foremens .-Xssociation. also much time is saved, especially incases of emergency. The Reclaiming of Scrap was ablytreated by Mr. C. H. Voges, GeneralForeman of the Cleveland, Cincinnati,Chicago and St. Louis Railway. Bellefon-taine, Ohio. In the course of his paper hestated that taking into consideration that
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