| Show efficiency in shoveling r for or the first class sho velor there to la a given shovel load at which he will do his biggest days work what Is this shovel load will a first class man do more work per day with a shovel load of 5 10 15 20 25 30 or 40 pounds now this la Is a question which can be answered only through carefully made experiments dy by first selecting two or three first class paying them extra w wages ages tor for doing trustworthy work and then gradually varying the ha shovel load land and having baving all the conditions accompanying the work carefully observed for several weeks at a time by men who are arc used to experimenting tt it was found that a first class man would do bit biggest days work with a shovel load of about 21 pounds for instance that this man would shovel a langei tonnage per day with a 21 pound load than with a 24 pound load or with an IS 18 pound load on his shovel it is ot of course evident that no shovel cr can always take a load of exactly 21 pounds on his shovel but ne less although his load may vary three or tour four pounds one way or tho the other either cither below or above the 21 pounds the will do his biggest dayt days work when hla his average for the day ll ill about 21 pounds amerlean american magazine |
