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Show REPAIR-WORK ON RAILROADS. How Pnsscnper Trains Are Inspected Poorly Paid Work of the Men. Tew people who trn.el or who dally depend uiX th. railroad, of '"''"; try for the hauling of freight have any ld?a of tho part which the an y or men who work on repair mil). I hi "' llie world ot transportation, nor of how iniiliy thousinda of human llv lire nn-iiiillv nn-iiiillv siveil by the tonschiit oils ntieii. I Ii of I .so moil to Hi-Ir work In th" nipouliiB ai..l repairing 'epartn.cn ,, of the Aimrlenn rnllroads uro enuiloji I not Irss thai! 100 Ml men. to wnwBu p... " r,i?ltk poVeptlon the public oius u debt The nlcrage pa.senger train Is thor-ouVlY thor-ouVlY ins" clod' at nil '"i;KV.tl,iookcd to 'ti miles apart, mid Is hssllli lonkea over nt mini other stops besides six fmnules- time I. '".?' .' ". u , Imnrctlon 1 OUT mMli tHU ul . llc, t .loffiSork.it looking o.ir tho w heels the rucks, tho coupling, and all pa s of tt.n rjr which nro Unities to get out or order Tnrse men. working from both nils' meet ul iho inlddlo of the troll fetfffl'inl." toSMierSl! n,,?Vr hot boe-1 ain.1 properly lubricate nil the healed parts. rn Kill trains hi e Inspected with a much cire as n train , of n mscnK. I roaches hut ns the work Is ilono upon !',Vn;i,TuWrlc!leaV.y.V".Urno.lhing if "it A some Pof th principal repilr fiiuki e.iii In duos of not more II S'io ptpulnllnii. as many ... 1 WW mmmm and ndenunto ripiilr. , mMwm lSntair,".kci1 "M." a chocked wheel ti?,?.. A5.i.,00".b'J, b1 'r connee lions eontlltlon of iho air reservoir, una many other ihlnss re.er.olrs. and t.Ir'.0o.n,"?ka defect Is found n card Is Th, , .1 i. lr bt lho Inspeitor rn.re are different cards used to disla. one." rr..TS "?ck ih1' "'I' bad 'order car mo.? . n2""J.d3'"t,,rL "d thnt the !? t.JKI'S handled with care until 11 raekl MJrin?P?il l''d pon ,hc rcpnlr .mi nfRoU,?r. c".nl nnotes the con In ..,'. 'i?' nlr.,'r,.o The car m be l5uc!? t"Pe that It must go at the tfon 5i.hhfh.'r" n "ni1 l",4 no conne". tan U, ro.i.f "" 0r " ""' "" It hm rh.u.'ilw,r,,n r wl,h nlrbrakes, but that Hit rrscr.o r of the oar must theC r ,,rU.,,,fh,Vr ",n"V, rush's th.oush en-fri 'n. ti l.hf..",r ."h."", ha.lng on lio , l ioKe.,llV.B "e brakes upon It fSJJi r.""h l'nHf r"n'" ,m"' trans iuMr.lo.."un" dfstlnet line of traflle such as the eirrjlng of .oke ThA .!."." .?"" MlM workmen ?ih,? Lb',!i1"' ,n u'-em checks on Sr ltttrulhl.l!.rnn o.entiiallj mean ASUi nl" will develop Into n broken wheel a brol-en wheel In turn mav menu a frtshir.. upoi, , i .. L.-' I.,., i. - " ' " ,, ,i-Il .1 until K "?" )' .Jr re.alrer ho must llrst ?h" ' ,h0 rcl",lr 'rock wllh some .""'i11," experienced, nnd before he Kill lr.f'c"M,r l"" "' ho trade wiU(stnd perhips iwo or three eir. pAl.l."ou.lt, ""tm ,hnt "icso men would recel.e big tas but thej do not gft rariplt.n1!. "".'." m"" of ,he olher de partments VVrstern roads, It is said pn men more than do the llastern for 15.. .-"i. ",",lm l,ns of tho Hast-US.?1"1 Hast-US.?1"1 trn,r' btnles llu get hut IM, rents an hour while the switchmen of i,h,iM!,loc;',"t'r KOt ln he nelfhbor. boo.1 of 25 rents an hour This the rr. lalrers brl'fve is a bll unjust, and they are now In jome sections of the conn, ir. asking thit thdr ..ages be rils.d Wrecking cjewa aro usuillj stationed nt two or three polnta on ft dl.lslon. i. -f.i" "W.,v "'" l,rK0 st.nm wrecker wreck-er with a lifting npaclli of lifts Ions, and then th.io will V. one or two han.i wrtckers the men on these wreckirs r.relve llie simo wanes as the car re-pairers re-pairers who wotk on the repilr tracks, except that for extra time Iho men on the wreckers recelwt about 20 rents an hour The n.erntto wrecker cnrrles n, crow of twol.e men These, of cuuritr, nre skilled In their particular lines Iho modern michlncry with which lhe work is mar.! Ions ir manj respects, nnd but n few hours nio now r.siuirc.l for work In clearing n track of wreckage that would ha.e taken several dajs a quarter quar-ter of a eenturv nitit ... """us huge American rallroid ssi.ms rmplo. several thousand men In the repair departments nlone In the repilr shops of ihe coinpnnles In even the small rules as man) as 1J5 men will bo kepi sleadlls nt work Those men are cnplble of bull.llnu 1. car, from the trucks un, wllh Iho .arlous parts that nro furnlidKd them nt hand Itepilra are so extcnsl.o sometimes, nfter a wreck, thit the car may bo said to bo rebunt.-Ncw lork Times. |
