The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-05-17

second floor of the same portion is
occupied by the Offices CT the general
storekeeper.
Stationery Department Features.
No wholesale stationer could havo
his stock better assorted or kept more
orderly than is the stock in the Santa
Fe general stationery store
stock of a value of $4,000 always
is on hand, but it does not tarry long
as the entire stock is turned over on
an average of every sixty days.
Five supply cars are stocked each
month from the stationery storeroom,
and the stationery is distributed with
other supplies to 953 stations over the
system The balance of the stations,
372 in number, and all departments
including the general offices IN TO
peka. Chicago, Los Angeles, Galveston,
San Francisco and Amarillo are sup
piled direct by express, baggage ana
freight shipments at least once each
month. Some departments require
weekly shipments.
On One Item $780, 900 a Year.
When one considers that the sta
tionery bill on the Santa Fe amounts
almost to 100000 a year, and that TINS
large sum is made up of what nigh
be called inconSeQuent1al UNITS, II IN
dicates the hum of industry which eats
up so large a quantity of supplies. Ii
also teaches US that the saving OF
rubber band, of penholder, OF
scratch pad or securing the maximum
use from pencils-taken into conslo-
Grafton where so many thousands are
| employed, may by the end of the year
result in a saving Of sufficient to lay
| the salaries of employees.
system and a capable working force
are what have put the Santa Fe store
| department organization and its EN-
| cient work so far in advance OIL olnei
| railroads in general.
| The most approved accounting meth
! DDS are used in the general store
| keepers office. Material as received IL
1 charged to the storenouse account n
| which account it remains until put into
| service All material released from SER
vice is returned to store stock and
credit is given the operating or me-
] chanical accounts. All accounts per-
! tanning to material are kept IN the Oh
| fee of the general storekeeper-
| Shelving Takes One Mans Time.
One man now does nothing but go
from store to store keeping the shelV-
/ ing in repair. This insureS also uni
| formity among the stores.
| When a new line is being built the
| store department opens constructor
stores to facilitate the distribution OF
tools and material. These stores for
| merly were under the Jurisdiction OF
| the engineering department.
Many of the little time-saVing de-
vices were worked out by employees
| unQer the stimulus VI pilHCo OIAOA GU
by the general storekeeper, who be-
lives in encouraging head work on
the part of his men.
Every minute, day and night, wit
nesses the putting into service OF
SsS32 worth of material on the Santa
Fe system, or $127,1S1.S3 every TWEEN
ty-four hours.
1t takes an average of 1000 tons
of coal a day to make the wheels OF
Santa F'e engines go round, and in
cidentally 10000 gallons of oil are
used daily for the same purpose. Hall
again as much coal is used in No
vember as in June to take care o.
heavier traffic and also to keep the
passenger trains warm.
| A weeks supply of coal is kept or
hand as a reserve, including that il
| cars, in coal chuteS and in storage.
The value of the average of nnateria
received by the system store depart
ment last year was $3,707, 8O4.02 pc
month, and the average consumption
was $3,7066, 215.65, which shows ex
ceptiona1ly good judgment in order
ing and purchasing supplies.