. Railway mechanical engineer . bolt patches, etc. Mr. Purcell said should see to it that the boys did get all the dif-ferent kinds of work. In connection with this the followingschedules of work were adopted: From Larger to Smaller Shop or Roundhouse 6 weeks grates and hot work. 6 weeks patch bolt patches and hand riveting. 6 weeks staybolts and plugging cracks. 4 weeks inspecting, hydrostatic tests and staybolt tests. 4 weeks front ends and ash pans. From Smaller to Larger Shops 6 weeks flue and door sheets and welded patches. 6 weeks fitting up new work. 6 weeks laying out.
. Railway mechanical engineer . bolt patches, etc. Mr. Purcell said should see to it that the boys did get all the dif-ferent kinds of work. In connection with this the followingschedules of work were adopted: From Larger to Smaller Shop or Roundhouse 6 weeks grates and hot work. 6 weeks patch bolt patches and hand riveting. 6 weeks staybolts and plugging cracks. 4 weeks inspecting, hydrostatic tests and staybolt tests. 4 weeks front ends and ash pans. From Smaller to Larger Shops 6 weeks flue and door sheets and welded patches. 6 weeks fitting up new work. 6 weeks laying out. 2 weeks flange fire. 4 weeks radial stays. 4 weeks driving staybolts and radial stays. 4 weeks gas welding. 4 weeks inspecting, testing, etc. 2 weeks welding and swedging flues. 2 weeks flues. Also, if possible, keep him for a year, giving him theremainder of the rime On genera] boiler work. ADDITIONAL SCHOOL WORK G. T. Peterson, apprentice instructor at Albuquerque, NewMex., acted as chairman. The school work should harmonize. Instructing a Boilermaker Apprentice on Staybolt Work with the shop work. Special problems pertaining to boilerwork are now being prepared. In drawing, the boy shouldcomplete the regular lessons for all trades through the geo-metrical construction problems; then the school room workshould be designed to apply more directly to boiler all of the regular laving out drawings and extra draw- Ai ST, 1916 RAILWAY ME( HANK \|. ENGINEER 417 tags from blue prints such as used in the shop. The lay-ing out work done in the school room should conform to thework the boy is on in the shop. In school the parts are laidout to scale, cut out, and pasted together. This gives each bo\an opportunity of seeing for the first time how the work willappear when rolled and assembled. While on general boilerwork, the boy should systematically studs the LocomotiveFolio (a book of Santa Fe standards), learning what it con-tains pertaining to boilers and subjects closely
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