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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt:... road of the company owning the car. Adopted. "Furnishing Material And Billing Work Done. "Rule 24.--Companies shall promptly furnish to each other upon requisition, and forward free over their own road, material for repairs of their cars injured upon foreign lines. Requisitions for such material shall state that it is for repairs of cars and give numbering and lettering of such cars when possible. Adopted. "Rule 25.--Bills for work done on defect cards or for material furnished on requisition shall be on the basis of the following charges and credits: Oak" Labor per hr. 3. 20. No percentage to be added for either material or labor. MR. RHODES--I would move that two additional prices be added. Defect cards are given very frequently for box car side-doors, and also for box car end-doors. The general price among the western roads is $5 for a side-door and $3 for an end-door. Occasionally we have trouble with some roads who do not belong to the Association or who are not familiar with these figures. I would like to see them added to the list. It will be observed that the heading to this says: ' Bills for work done on defect cards or for material furnished." THE OHAIRMAN--It is moved that there be added to the material here, "One side-door $5, and one end-door $3." MR. VERBRYCK--Does Mr. Rhodes calculate that for box and stock both? MR. RHODES--My motion read: "One boxcar side-door, $5; one box car end-door, $3." MR. ADAMS--Does that include--to save complication--both stock and box cars? MR. RHODES--I accept that; I would make the motion read: "One box or stock car side-door, $5; one box or stock car end-door, $3." MR. WALL--I hope that motion will not prevail, for this reason--if a car has the door off, i...