Opr #316
Monday Feb 23-1920
Special Work 
while on my way to the plant this morning I met the man 
who does the painting (Tall slender fellow) during the 
course of our conversation he told me that he was going to ask 
for 10 cts an hour more in salary, and if he could not get 
it was going to quit as he had an offer where he could 
make that much.  I felt him out told him I wanted to do 
a job of painting and varnishing at home and needed 
white lead turpentine, Shellac and Varnish and he told me 
that when I got ready to do the job and wanted the material 
to let him know and he would give it to me.  As he had 
gave a number of the fellows paint to do their own jobs with.

Arriving at the plant I changed into my working 
clothes and hung around the machine shop with the fellows 
until it was time for work to start.  Nothing was said that 
I deem worth of mentioning.

7-A-M work was started. Anderson and I continued on 
our machine up in the Bleachery where we put in the entire 
day.

Saturday morning we took down the stretcher on the 
continuous machine to make some repairs, I considered this a very
small job. It consumed the entire four hours to take the part 
out of the machine and take it apart, which I considered entirely 
too long, due to him being so slow accounts for the time.  It 
took us the entire day to put this stretcher back together and 
put it back in the machine, which was also entirely too much 
time, this man is very slow in his work.  He became confused 
a couple of times while putting this part back and I suggested 
a better and quicker way of handling it, which we done or it
would still be hanging on the chain hoists, having worked 
with this man Anderson almost a week steady.  I found that 
he is very conscientious in his work, but his ideas of handling 
heavy parts and using ([comment:] Why not keep him in the shop?) the chain hoists are not very good, and 
due to his old age, he has not the strength to do the heavy 
work required to him, and resorts to the chain hoists, where the 
average man could get along with out in a great many instances.  
He remarked today that he had at least a full months work to 
be done in the Bleachery and he was going to request Bevil the 
Foreman to let me work with him until he was all finished 
because I was the best helper he had ever worked with.

About 7-15 I went to Pipe shop for some rope to 
use in connection to our work and there noticed two men 
changing clothes preparing to start work.

It was necessary for me to make a number of trips to the 
machine shop for material during the day, and each instance 
I took particular notice that there was nobody hanging around, and at 
no time did I see any signs of loafing or cutting up.

For the past week I have noticed that a considerable amount 
of steam and water packing has been lying around the plant, 
especially in the boiler room.  especially in the 
Boiler Room, Engine Room, Bleachery and the 
machine shop.  I would suggest that a system be adopted where by 
this packaging could be cut in actual size by the one in charge of 
the storeroom, which would result in a great saving especially on 
the Rainbow Packaging which I am sure is very expensive.  I have 
had to use this one particular brand and have asked for 
a certain size piece, and found that it had been cut from 
two to three inch layers each way, which was a total loss 
after I had made the proper cut required for the job.

During the afternoon Smith who was turning a Calender 
Roller in the machine Shop told me that he had put in 
over Eight hours turning the roller he had in the lathe and 
Bevil had finally decided that it was no good and could 
not be used under any consideration, which was a total loss 
of time and money to the firm, he claimed that Bevil saw 
the conditions of this roller during the early morning but 
simply told him to go ahead it was alright.

One of the men told me that he had looked for more than 
one hour for a Drill Press Chuck Key to drill a few holes, and 
I referred him to Smith who I was certain had a key to fit 
this chuck.  I would suggest that new keys be purchased or 
made, and chained to the drill presses, which will be a 
saving in time to the firm.

At 5-40 PM Mr. Coates passed in the floor of the Bleachery 
and saw two men changing their clothes, but failed to make 
any remarks to them whatever.

6-PM work was stopped, while in the washroom, nothing 
of interest was said, after which I left the plant and discontinued.