. Railway age gazette . ts, according to the StateEmployment Bureau. In a single day, recently 3,000 people ap-plied for work, with only 82 positions —Iron Age. Reclaiming Material on the Frisco Large Plant Established at Springfield forThis Purpose Is Developing Surprising Results The reclamation plant of the St. Louis & San Francisco,estabhshed at Springfield (Mo.) a little less than a year ago,has many features of special interest. In the first place, it ishoused in what might be termed scrap buildings on scrapproperty. This, however, is not nearly as bad as it sounds, forthe bui
. Railway age gazette . ts, according to the StateEmployment Bureau. In a single day, recently 3,000 people ap-plied for work, with only 82 positions —Iron Age. Reclaiming Material on the Frisco Large Plant Established at Springfield forThis Purpose Is Developing Surprising Results The reclamation plant of the St. Louis & San Francisco,estabhshed at Springfield (Mo.) a little less than a year ago,has many features of special interest. In the first place, it ishoused in what might be termed scrap buildings on scrapproperty. This, however, is not nearly as bad as it sounds, forthe buildings, at least the two main ones, are of substantial con- difficult task, but the moral effect upon the force, particularly ina plant of this kind, cannot but be felt in the results which areobtained from its operation as a whole. The scrap which is collected from the various divisions andshops is delivered to the reclamation plant at the rate of tons a month. The force required for handling and sort-. A General View of the Reclamation Plant of the St. Louis & San Francisco at Springfield (Mo.) struction and were originally built as the main shops of theKansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis, but were practicallyabandoned when the new Frisco shops were built on the otherside of the tow-n several years ago. The plant is located aboutone-quarter mile south of the passenger station at part of the yard which is used for the unloading and ing it and carrying on the work of reclamation consists of about255 employees. These are in direct charge of a superintendent,who reports direct to the chief purchasing officer, and include ageneral foreman, a dock foreman, an office staff of men, amachine shop and air room force of 15 men; 14 men in the boltshop, 37 in the blacksmith shop, five in the track material and
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