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before retightening. It is essential that all the work on belts 

 be done by a regular belt-fixer according to the instructions 

 issued from the belting record. Machine hands should not, 

 under any circumstances, be allowed to tighten or repair 

 their own belts. 



Tickler File. The tickler file consists of a series of envel- 

 opes or portfolios, one for each day of the year, which are 

 contained in a suitable cabinet. A very satisfactory file 

 may be made by obtaining envelopes of stiff, heavy manila 

 paper, the envelopes being 8|Xn in., and open on one end. 

 They can be fil^d in an ordinary vertical file drawer, with 

 heavy Bristol board spacers separating the various months, 

 or the weeks in each month if such subdivision is found to 

 be desirable. Memoranda of every description of matters 

 that will require attention on some particular day in the 

 future are marked with the date on which they should be 

 attended to and are then filed in the portfolio of that date. 

 Every morning the envelope or portfolio for that day is opened 

 and the various memoranda are distributed to those concerned 

 with them. On Saturdays and on the days preceding holi- 

 days the portfolio for the following day is also opened and 

 the memoranda therein are attended to on that day or are 

 transferred to the portfolio of the day following. The belt 

 orders as they are made out are dated with the date on 

 which the belt in question should next be examined, and the 

 order is then filed in the portfolio of that date in the tickler 

 file. It is evident that the usefulness of the tickler file is 

 not confined to the subject of belt repairs alone, but that 

 it can be extended to cover repairs of all kinds. In fact it 

 will be found useful for almost every activity that may take 

 place in the factory or office. 



