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Title: Locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock
Year: 1892 (1890s)
Authors: Hill, John A. (John Alexander), 1858-1916 Sinclair, Angus, 1841-1919
Subjects: Railroads Locomotives
Publisher: New York : A. Sinclair, J.A. Hill (etc.)
Contributing Library: Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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o sell em bothand bu)- a tool grinder. Whats the matter with the grindstone and temper. Id stop high pay men fromstanding around the grindstone, and wewould buy but six sizes of steel instead ofseventeen. Id put that grinder in thetool room ; one good man would grindevery tool in the shop for lathes, planers,shapers, drill presses, etc., and there wouldbe no pet shapes or pet tempers. Yes; but the men would stop theirtools and go to the too! room for em. No, they wouldnt. Id have two setsof tools delivered to each man every day.Id arrange a call bell in each aisle, sothat any man could send for any tool heneeded, and a boy would do the run-ning. Yes, and the men would kick; maybestrike. No, they wouldnt ; nine out oftenmen want to do the right thing. Theyare willing to keep their tools going, butthere is no other way now than the waythey do. Some of the old-timers will cryor their pet clearance, or rake, or some-thing ; but when one and all do theirwork with standard shapes—all will
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new tool to cost, say, twelve hundred dol-lars? Under the circumstances, Mr. Skeev-ers, Id have to Youd cut it off the requisition ; thatswhat I thought. You are like all othermanagers. You dont want any moneyspent for betterment in times like these.Well, suppose I asked for twenty-five moremachinists ; we need em and Now, Skeevers, you know we cantthink of it for a minute. Yes, I know. You and the directorslook at the pay-roll when you want to cutdown. You wont buy a new tool now,but I have a plan to get the new tool andthe extra men without expense—listen : This road hasnt bought a new tool inten years ; but the shop management hadto have some, so they made em. Theyaint so good as boughten tools and reallycost more, but they did not appear in therequisitions nor in the pay-roll—all chargedto repairs. R.MLROADING IN HAWAII- Grove. -A COCOANUT and all them emery wheels around theplace ?—seems to me a tool grinder is a re-finement for manufacturing places. Just come up into my of

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