. Electric railway journal . hops. The results of a campaign in our shops toreduce the costs of car maintenance are shown in theaccompanying curve, where it is seen that the averagecost per car-mile was reduced from $0,642 to $0, this period there was a 25 per cent reductionin cost of labor, but practically none in the cost ofmaterial, as the old stock bought at the high priceperiod was still being used. This reduction in car c6 Av erag i jo 47 5 July Aug. Sept. Oct Nov. — 1920 —> Jan. Feb. Mar Apr. May June<-- 1921 y. Curve Showing Reduction in Equipment Maintenance CostD
. Electric railway journal . hops. The results of a campaign in our shops toreduce the costs of car maintenance are shown in theaccompanying curve, where it is seen that the averagecost per car-mile was reduced from $0,642 to $0, this period there was a 25 per cent reductionin cost of labor, but practically none in the cost ofmaterial, as the old stock bought at the high priceperiod was still being used. This reduction in car c6 Av erag i jo 47 5 July Aug. Sept. Oct Nov. — 1920 —> Jan. Feb. Mar Apr. May June<-- 1921 y. Curve Showing Reduction in Equipment Maintenance CostDue to Increased Efficiency in Akron Shopsof N. O. T. & L. Co. maintenance cost was accomplished in spite of a con-siderable reduction in the mileage. In making thissaving the number of men and the length of the work-ing day were cut to the lowest possible point and allovertime was stopped. The reduction in men auto-matically made a corresponding reduction in the ma-terial used. The material reduction was also further. Paint-Mixing Machine, Motor Driven, Which Is a Greatlabor-saving device followed up and only absolute necessities were drawnfrom the stores. The largest single item of expense is labor. A goodmeans of watching this item of cost is a frequentcareful analysis of the shop forces so as to determineexactly the necessity for each man employed. Thisanalysis should be compared with previous similaranalyses from time to time, to determine what changein the force in each department is being made. Asample form of such a man-hour check-up sheet isshown herewith. This is made on thin drawing paperso that blueprints can be made and given to the fore-men for their guidance. The last column shows eachsupervisor the number of men he is supposed to check against this chart can be made daily or weeklyby the clerical force. Chance for Waste in Car Cleaning The cleaning of cars is an item that may run intoconsiderable money and, to a great extent, the clean-liness of the c
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