. Electric railway journal . ek, a new chart being requiredweekly. An index to fifty-one causes of trouble gives akey number for each cause and these key numbers are usedin entering the records. In the index are vertical columnsfor recording the totals of troubles from each source foreach day and for the week. The columns can be totaledvertically also to obtain the total number of defects foreach day. In this chart the various types of cars are ar-ranged separately with provision for totaling weekly thenumber of each type pulled in. A very convenient set of blueprints, in. x 9% hi. insize, has
. Electric railway journal . ek, a new chart being requiredweekly. An index to fifty-one causes of trouble gives akey number for each cause and these key numbers are usedin entering the records. In the index are vertical columnsfor recording the totals of troubles from each source foreach day and for the week. The columns can be totaledvertically also to obtain the total number of defects foreach day. In this chart the various types of cars are ar-ranged separately with provision for totaling weekly thenumber of each type pulled in. A very convenient set of blueprints, in. x 9% hi. insize, has been prepared to show at a glance the standardparts of truck equipment. These are arranged in loose-leaf notebook style. There are books for gears, cqiledsprings, double elliptic springs, half-elliptic springs andwheels. By means of the sheets with the accompanyingindexes, details of each part of the .equipment can be seenat a glance, and information regarding the standard partscf a given equipment is immediately Electric Ry Journal Buffalo Car Maintenance—Jig Used for Boring ArmatureBearings in Engine Lathe To determine the adequacy of the forces in the severalcarhouses a chart has also been recently prepared to showthe number of cars maintained per man and the differentclasses of work required on the cars assigned to the severalcarhouses. MEETINGS OF FOREMEN G. W. Dunlap, superintendent of equipment of the com-pany, is making a special effort to reduce the cost of maintenance by eliminating the causes of trouble. In ad-dition to the data given by the very complete recordsdescribed above, he has recently instituted the practice ofhaving monthly meetings of all carhouse and shop fore-men. A large room has been fitted up especially for thispurpose, and in connection with the conferences exhibitsof defective equipment are studied. For example, if it isfound that a certain type of motor gives trouble due tcloose armature coils, the construction of the armature is-st
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