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one of our large locomotive factories, is reproduced full size on 

 page 321. 



R. G. & SON. 



APR 2 1886 

 No. 1ST a/me- Pla/te- 

 235, Lannigan, 0,25. 



ORDER No. 



PIECE. 



WORK. 



. 



HOURS. 



The above is a full size cut of a similar card in simpler form, 

 designed for day work in an establishment where no piece work 

 is done. If greater simplicity were required, the two middle 

 spaces might be omitted. 



When a man is hired he receives a book in which, on each 

 card, his name and rate of wages are stamped. This certifies his 

 employment to his foreman. He gets his book from his fore- 

 man in the morning and returns it at night with one page filled 

 for every order on which he has w,orked during the day. 



If he has worked all day on but one order, his writing may 

 consist of its number and the number of time units in a work- 

 ing day. Thus, if the hour is taken as the time unit, he might 

 write : 



S-O. 789 Time units, 10. 



If time is kept by the half-hour it would read : 



S-O. 789 Time units, 20, and so on. 



The foreman looks over the books when handed in ; if correct, 

 stamps them with his dating stamp, tears out the leaves filled, 

 and sends them to the office. The next morning he returns the 

 books to the men. 



The book serves a double purpose ; it affords the workman an 



