Staff of Eight Technical Men Suggested by Mr, Mantel Nanking, July 15. a memorandum submitted today to Mr. Sun Fo, Minister of Railways, Mr. J. J, Mantell, Adi the Ministry, suggested of eight technical American railway men be appointed to help organize the railways in China on modern tines. This proposal has been approved by Mr. Sun.
Mr, Mantell's memorandum follows:
"As I stated, the making of reports and the offering of sugge tions and recommendations in order to put the government railways on practical working basi currently to the Mi Aepartment heads, of business methods etc, as well practical instruction of the personnel in proper methods, rearrangement of shops, running sheds, and different forces that £0 to make up the organization of the alway on practical lines reorg ganizing and oranging reports along modern lines would require a staff of American railway men well versed in their particular field of work as follows:
The Woosung Shops Master Mechanie—A wan of this type would go to the Woosung shops and reorganize them on practical lines. He would rearrange find make use of the machinery to best possible extent. He would submit the minimum requirements of new machinery to triple output. This would be carried on to the extent that the workmen would, in thort time, become highly efficient in the work they are engaged on. This man would spend about sixty days to rearrange the shops, and thirty days in practical demonstra tion, He would then be moved to other places on the government railways, returning from time to personally sce that the plans laid down were being carried oat.
2, Bagineer of Maintenance and Way Work.—This man wold be a practical engineering trackman. would rearrange the forces and work up programmes for Permanent Way work by modern methods.
would undertake to educate the District Engineers on practical Per~ rent Way maintenance and pat 0 effect a system of reports on Fermanast Way maintmanes 0 hat the Ministry, as well as the Managing Director on the different railways, can intelligently follow same,
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