. American engineer and railroad journal . -ly as possible. Cars should be properly spaced for convenience in handlingmaterial and repairs as far as economy will permit. Foremen should be required to make all estimates of car re-pairs on a piece work basis. Piece work in all departmentsshould be introduced slowly in order to avoid mistakes. HIGHSPEED STEEL IN RAILROAD SHOPS. lis Great Advantages and flow to Obtain Them. UY W. JACOBS. As a result of extended observation and considerable experl-iii handling the new steels and applying progressive meth-ods in connection with ihem. I would
. American engineer and railroad journal . -ly as possible. Cars should be properly spaced for convenience in handlingmaterial and repairs as far as economy will permit. Foremen should be required to make all estimates of car re-pairs on a piece work basis. Piece work in all departmentsshould be introduced slowly in order to avoid mistakes. HIGHSPEED STEEL IN RAILROAD SHOPS. lis Great Advantages and flow to Obtain Them. UY W. JACOBS. As a result of extended observation and considerable experl-iii handling the new steels and applying progressive meth-ods in connection with ihem. I would lay It down as a cardinalprinciple that before any attempt is made to put in so radicala factor of Increased production as the new highspeed steel,the fullest attention should be given to the machine end of theplant, and to the methods In vogue at the place where thesesteels are to bi iced. No amount of steel, bought out of hand, is going to revolutionize the manner of doing thework; and mere purchase of expensive grades of steel will not. BTO. 1.—STEEL PINION K> BEFLAC1 i \vr-n:<\ ONE IN COACH WHEEL LATHE. cheapen the cost of production. Even if the new tools are be-ing introduced by men who understand them thoroughly andwho exercise energy in applying them to practical work, theresult will not always be up to expectations, and a host of un-suspected and discouraging evils will be brought in In the first place, the majority of machine tools in railroadshops to-day are imi designed or built to stand the service thatthe highspeed steel would demand of them. To introduce thesesteels in the ordinary course of events will often prove dis-astrous to the machines (Fig. 1). if these are speeded up or
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