. Electric railway journal . lopment thathas not been appreciated, or even from pure shift-lessness, there exist on a system poor material, badconstruction, and inefficient methods which result inheavy losses annually. Such conditions are obviousexcept to those who have grown up with them, andtheir correction is only a question of treatment. Theseare exceptional cases, but there are many instanceswhere leaks exist which in the aggregate cause seriousloss without any clear indication of the trouble. Sometimes the apparent waste is not a net loss be-cause the cost of correction would be greater
. Electric railway journal . lopment thathas not been appreciated, or even from pure shift-lessness, there exist on a system poor material, badconstruction, and inefficient methods which result inheavy losses annually. Such conditions are obviousexcept to those who have grown up with them, andtheir correction is only a question of treatment. Theseare exceptional cases, but there are many instanceswhere leaks exist which in the aggregate cause seriousloss without any clear indication of the trouble. Sometimes the apparent waste is not a net loss be-cause the cost of correction would be greater than thesaving secured thereby, but there are comparativelyfew companies where careful study will not show anopportunity to save a few dollars. Such a study is bestmade jointly by an old-timer and a man comparativelynew to the system. Working alone the latter fails toappreciate the real local peculiarities, although thereis no form of excuse for freak ideas which approachesthat stock expression of standpatters—local condi-. The automobile tower wagon permits overhead repairsto be made with minimum interference with traffic tions. On the other hand, the old-timer is apt to betoo sot in his ways properly to realize the localfaults. The conditions of to-day demand that no penny bepermitted to escape without doing its bit. As an in-dication of lines for investigation there are here setdown some of the possible sources of leakage in theoverhead departments, and a few reminders of whathas been done by others in increasing the efficiency ofmen and appliances. Loss Through UnwiseSpecifications Rigid adherence to fixed standards will naturallystifle improvement, but on the other hand until suf-ficient demand is established any new material varying,from usual practice means increased cost. The manu-facturer must be paid not only for the labor and ma-terials which go into the devices, but for the idle cap- By Charles R. Harte Construction Engineer The Connecticut Company,New Haven, Conn
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