Making Both Ends Meet eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 231 pages of information about Making Both Ends Meet.

Making Both Ends Meet eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 231 pages of information about Making Both Ends Meet.

OPERATION—­WHEELBARROW EXCAVATION.  Date, March 10, 189__

KEY: 
A:  Op. 
B:  Time
C:  Av. 
D:  No.  Shov. 
E:  Total time min. 
F:  Total picking min. 
G:  Total shoveling and wheeling min. 
H:  Times per barrow min. 
I:  No obs
J:  Times per barrow min. 
K:  Time per pc. per shovel min. 
L:  No. shovels per barrow min. 
M:  Time wheeling 100 ft. min.

|A| B  | C  | D |A|  B  |  C  | D |A |  B |C | D |A |B |C
--------------------+-+----+----+---+-+-----+-----+---+--+--
--+--+---+--+--+- Department-- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Construction |a|1.37|1.37|15 |a|1.12 |1.12 |12 |a’|1.86| |11 | | | Men--Mike Flaherty |b|1.56|0.19| |b|1.39 |0.27 | |a’|1.81| |13 | | | |c|1.82|0.26| |c|1.58 |0.19 | |a’|2.14| |16 | | | Materials--Sand | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | requiring no pick |d|1.97|0.15| |d|1.70 |0.12 | |a’|1.98| |14 | | | Materials--Hard | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | clay in bank |e|1.97|0.15| |e|1.92 |0.22 | | | | | | | | Implements--No. 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | shovel; | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Contractors’ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | wooden | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | wheelbarrow |f|2.36|0.09| |f|2.36 |0.09 | | | | | | | | Conditions--Day-work| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | for a contractor. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | By previous | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | observation |a|1.24|1.24|13 |a|2.05 |0.13 |13 | | | | | | | An average barrow | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | load of sand is | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.32 cu. ft. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | measured in cut |b|1.36|0.12| |b|1.38 |0.15 | | | | | | | | An average barrow | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | load of clay is | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2.15 cu. ft. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | measured in cut |c|1.59|0.23| |c|1.60 |0.22 | | | | | | | | |d|1.83|0.24| |d|1.78 |0.18 | | | | | | | | |e|2.08|0.25| |e|2.05 |0.27 | | | | | | | | |f|2.23|0.25| |f|2.23 |0.18 | | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------
----------------- Time | Complete | | | | | Detail | | | | | | Operations | E | F | G | H | Operations |I | J | K | L | M ------+-------------+---+---+---+----+-------------+--+-----
+-----+----+----- 7 A.M.|Commenced | | | | | | | | | |
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