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OPERATING AND MAINTENANCE INSTRUCTIONS 755 



In addition to the current inspections by the operating men 

 chere is also a more thorough inspection made as often as may 

 be necessary, but at less frequent intervals, by the electrical 

 inspector and hydraulic inspector. The inspection work for these 

 men also is laid out on schedule drawn up in the form of charts 

 and the date of inspection similarly noted. This system of keep- 

 ing track of inspections has been the result of much experi- 

 menting and investigation of the methods of other companies. 

 The card index system, which is ordinarily used, does not have 

 the advantage of immediate accessibility and becomes very bulky 

 when each individual piece of apparatus in the station is included. 

 An ordinary manifold note book is used for trouble reports; the 

 original goes to the office to note that the inspection was made 

 and later is placed on file. If the apparatus is found to be out of 

 order a " Trouble Report " is made out on a regular form, space 

 being provided for the report of the man who is to remedy the 

 trouble, and also for further report or remarks from the Elec- 

 trical or Hydraulic Inspector. In these remarks the inspector is 

 supposed to give assurance that the trouble will not occur again, 

 or state what is necessary to be done to prevent its reoccurrence. 

 These reports are filed and later become valuable in eliminating 

 troublesome features of design, when new apparatus is to be 

 designed or purchased. 



Assignment of Apparatus. Another thing which facilitates the 

 inspection and cleanliness of the apparatus is the assignment of 

 every particular piece of apparatus in the station to some particu- 

 lar person. Each attendant has his own particular apparatus 

 for which he is responsible, which he must keep clean and in proper 

 operating condition. When defects occur in this equipment he 

 will either remedy them himself or report them on a " Trouble 

 Report." If the apparatus is in bad condition it is this man whose 

 attention is called to it, and if it is kept in exceptionally good 

 condition it is he who receives the credit. An attendant who is 

 inclined to be delinquent in attention to his apparatus soon finds 

 that his equipment compares unfavorably with the adjacent 

 equipment and will naturally remedy it without its having to be 

 brought to his attention by his superior. 



Exposed tool boards are mounted at different points in the 

 station so that attendants have available all they need in the way 

 of tools for making such repairs as they are able to take care of 



