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Show Efficiency In Shoveling. For the first class shoveler there Is a given shovel load at which he will do his biggest day's 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 Is a question which can be- answered only through carefully care-fully made experiments. By first selecting se-lecting two or three first-class shovel-ers, shovel-ers, paying them extra wages for doing do-ing trustworthy work, and then gradually grad-ually varying the shovel load and having hav-ing all the conditions accompanying the work carefully observed for several sev-eral weeks at a time by men who are used to experimenting, It was found that a first class man would do his biggest day's work with a shovel load of about 21 pounds. For Instance, , that this man would shovel a larger 1 tonnage per di.y with a 21 pound load thai with a 24 pound load or with an 18-pound load on his shovel. It Is, of course, evident that no shoveler can alwa' take a'NV ol exactly 21 poui' -. his .' but neverthe- ' y vary three - the othsr, either below or above the 21 pounds, the shoveler will do his biggest day's work when his average for the day is about 21 pounds. American Magazine. |