Excerpt from The Journal of the Franklin Institute, Vol. 173: Devoted to Science and the Mechanic Arts; Nos. 1033 1038; January June, 1912 We, therefore, have yet to consider the above item, which is 16 per cent. Of the operating expense. On large roads maintaining extensive shops where the con struction of new, and rebuilding of present, equipment is carried on to a considerable extent, the number of men who are regularly engaged on a fixed class of work that would lend itself to the proposed scientific management plan has been estimated at 10 to 12 per cent. Of the mechanical department forces, while as a matter of fact the actual number is much less, but in order to be more than liberal, the figure will be placed at 15 per cent., and this applies to both the machinists and other shopmen, although the duties of other shopmen are of Such a diversified character that there is probably less than 5 per cent. To whom this plan could be applied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.