Show RAILROAD housekeeping the following Is the americans account of what becomes of the pennies hero and there of a railroad the general of a great railroad lino is most frequently a man and his business Is to manage the stations supplying them with all articles and closely watching ho vasto to sec how a saving can bo under his bureau control hero como numerous items 0 apparently small concern but in tho aggregate amount to considerable for instance on the santa fo system last bear ahe general housekeeper purchased and distributed ac brooms to keep the stations and offices of the company clean twenty thousand boxes of boap scrubbing brushes and a similar number of hand mops figured in the expenditures the housekeepers of tho individual s rations and offices represent a formidable army upward of of these were employed off and on last year by the santa fe road an interesting question that comes up in every household Is tho disposition of the waste the railroad housekeeper Is careful to study out any economy and the waste along the whole line Is economically disposed of waste pins pens paper old brooms mops bottles and worn out machinery of locomotives are gathered up along ahe route and sold for junk or old A small item ono would say but a large one when considered in its true light from waste paper alone last year the railroad above realized a profit of pens shingles and nails proved of important value the total value of the scrap heap reached the enormous eum of of course the greater part of this waste came from the worn out locomotives and cars which aro sent to the scrap heap after they have ceased to be of further value to the company but on the small household linns mentioned upward of were realized er chhing ts saved ana everything Is disposed of the napkins and table linen tor the dining service 0 one road up into tho tens of thousands and the towels and bed linen for the sleepers represent nearly as many more separate articles abo annual wash 0 the sleeper and dining car service amounts to an expenditure of although it Is nearly all done by steam and machinery to keep up the supply ot ll 11 nen upward of ten thousand separate pieces of linen are purchased annually on the great transcontinental trunk lines more money is spent on the table and bed linen than on such apparently important articles as car brackets for bats and coats or upholstered cushion seats for passengers yet so careful is the system that every napkin towel table cloth sheet or pillow case must be accounted for and not one can be lost without some adequate explanation accompanying tho report of its disappearance strict business principles prevail throughout the whole department |