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Show ECONOMY IS URGED BY RAILROAD COMPANY By Associated Press. CHICAGO, July 22. A new method of demonstrating to employees the Importance Import-ance of saving small things Is sot forth by the Pore Marquette railroad In tho current Issue of the Railroad Employees' Magazine. Where several othor roads have shown their employees how 5 or 10 cents a day may be saved, tho Pere Marquette Mar-quette presents a table showing the cost of various small articles commonly wasted. wast-ed. In terms of mileage for a ton of freight. This shows that every time a postage stamp Is used needlessly the company must haul a ton of freight throe and a half miles. Other similar examples exam-ples are: Lead pencil, 2 miles; track spike, 2 miles; one lamp chimney, 10J miles; station sta-tion broom, 35 miles; lantern, 100 miles, track shovel, P0 miles; 100 pounds of coal. 20 miles; one gallon engine oil, 50 miles. |