| | | | & turning | | | | |
12.01 |4 loads clay | 15| |124|3.76|e--Returning |4 |0.260| | |0.520
|wheeled to a | | | | | empty--50 | | | | |
|distance of | | | | | ft. | | | | |
|50 ft. | | | | | | | | | |
| |301| | | |f--Dropping |4 |0.162| | |
| | | | | | barrow & | | | | |
| | | | | | starting | | | | |
| | | | | | to shovel | | | | |
| | | | | |g-- | |2.241| | |
| | | | | |h-- | | | | |
| | | | | |i-- | | | | |
| | | | | |j-- | | | | |
| | | | | |k-- | | | | |
| | | | | |l-- | | | | |
| | | | | |m-- | | | | |
| | | | | |a'--Filling | | | | |
| | | | | | barrow with | | | | |
| | | | | | clay |4 |1.948|0.144|3.5 |
------+-------------+---+---+---+----+-------------+--+-----+-----+----+----

NOTE.--Comparison of "Detail" with "Complete" operations shows
that about 27 per cent of the total time was taken in rest and
other necessary delays. About the same quantity loose as at the
start. Observer: JAMES MONROE.

Here is an account of the effect the result of this time-study and these
tests in strength produced on the output and wage of a group of men at
the Bethlehem Steel Co., whose work Mr. Taylor reorganized after that of
the Midvale Steel Company:--

The opening of the Spanish War found some 80,000 tons of
pig-iron piled in small piles in an open field adjoining the
Bethlehem Steel Company's works. Prices for pig-iron had been
so low that it could not be sold at a profit, and was therefore
stored. With the opening of the Spanish War the price of the
pig-iron rose, and this large accumulation of iron was sold.
The ...steel company's ...pig-iron gang ...consisted of about
75 men ...good average pig-iron handlers, under an excellen