IS THERE PARSIMONY?
Complaints of parsimony in the matter of lubricants on engines are made by the Loco. Record, the journal of the New Zealand Locomotive Enginedrivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association. " We are passing through one of these cyclone periods now," states the journal in referring to its view that superior officials are promoted at the expense of " imposing some harassing and impos r sible conditions of work upon" men lower down. The paper observes that " economy in oil on our railways has just about reached the limit, and seems to have gone beyond all reason. The oil is doled out to each driver according to the number of miles he has to run on his schedule for the day. The result is that when a, driver has to go beyond his destination for the day, he has to run the engine without any oil for that journey. Consequently, the cylinders and valves are getting worn out badly, and if it is cheaper to renew valves and cylinders than it is to pay for a few pints of oil, well, our idea of railway management must be very much astray."
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 134, 3 December 1915, Page 8
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190IS THERE PARSIMONY? Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 134, 3 December 1915, Page 8
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