Evening journal., 1918-08-02
SHIPYARD Waste
Being ELIMINATED
Unused Materials Which
Formerly Meant Loss Con-
verted Into Cash
?. & J. co. STARTS
THE SAVING PLAN

In the construction rush that was
Necessary to get the new shipyards
lowr to a ohip-production basis, much
Mas heard OF all sides OF the great
waste OF lumber and other materials.
1 remedy has been found at most
tards. so that now, by systematic ef-
lort, everything Of value Is being sal
saged and things that can no longer
be used or are unadaptable to any local
use, are converted into cash.
The Pusey & Jones Company, at
Gloucester, was one OF the first ship
yards to apply this remedy.
Across the tracks just north Of the
New Jersey lumber yards, C. ]. Reese,
superintendent Of maintenance, and his
assistants, are doing a junk business on
a grand scale. This work is being car
ried on under the salvage department,
organized a little more than a month
ago.
For the first two weeks after the
idea Of this department was conceived
no real work was done. First, a model
Of the organization Of the yard and de-
partment was drawn up and a system
OF accounts adopted. During the sec
ond week observations were made and
plans developed so that when work ac-
lually started the organization was
complete.
Everything from a discarded drinking
cup 10 a brOken-dOwn. ramshackle en-
zine can now be utilized and turned
D. D.. 10
waste paper picked up around the plant
Is baled and sold; old rivet barrels are
aken, the slaves knocked out and sold
Tor kindling and the bands sold for
scrap iron. Copper wire is stripped, the
Insulation sold for rubber. The ends
OF broken electric light bulbs are valu-
sble because Of the copper I'm them. The
large spools or drums around which
wires are wrapped are returned for re-
bates. The revenue from the sale Of
baled paper more than meets the cost
Of collection, and therefore the yards
are kept clean without eXpensce to the
company.
Old bolts, burnt rivets, punch balls,
lathe turnings. odd pieces OF scrap iron
and steel and odd pieces OF lumber are
taken to this yard, where they are care
fully sorted out and placed in bins or
piles. Many bolts are retreated, nuts
retapped and sent back 10 the stock de-
partments. Many pieces Of lumber too
short for one purpose are utilized Tor
others. All stock sent back to be used
over again is credited 10 the account OF
the salvage department.
Pieces Of lumber which cannot be
used az all are sold for kindling wood.
This wood Is sold to any and all COM
ers and brings from $3.50 TO 50 a load
according 10 size. A constant stream
OF buyers wagons keeps coming and
going. Plans are under way to utilize
shavings from the joiner shop. Refuse
which has no value at all is burned In
an incineratOr.
Whenever a superintendent OF any oi
the three yards sends in a request TO
have this or that place cleaned up a
gang IS first sent out TO gather up all
refuse for the salvage department
What may be junk to everybody else IS
frequently turned into cash by the sal
wage department.
About fifteen men are engaged in the
work. BY means OF waste journal
the foreman keeps in close touch with
the highest market prices for all kinds
Of Junk. After less than a month Of
actual operation the net receipts for last
week were above S2O00. Not only has
the new department justified itself in
this way, but It has proved itself o..
great value in keeping the yards free oi
rubbish.