Material Classification Recommended by the Railway Storekeepers' Association
Part 2
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Ammeters │Catalogue reference │Each. Arms, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Arresters, lightning │ do. │ Do. Bases, lightning arrester │ do. │ Do. Batteries, signal │ do. │ Do. Bells, road crossing and signal │ do. │ Do. Blades: │ │ Dwarf signal │ do. │ Do. Semaphore │ do. │ Do. Boxes, relay │Catalogue reference │Each. Brackets, arm │ do. │ Do. Buckles, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Bushings, fiber, for signal work │ do. │ Do. Cables, electric │ do. │Foot. Capping, signal │Pieces │Board foot. Caps, post (signal) │Catalogue reference │Each. Carriers, wire │ do. │ Do. Castings: │ │ For signal department │ do. │ Do. Gray iron, malleable, or steel │Pattern reference │Pound. Chutes, battery │Catalogue reference │Each. Clamps, interlocker │ do. │ Do. Coils, resistance │ do. │ Do. Controllers, circuit │ do. │ Do. Coppers, battery │ do. │ Do. Covers: │ │ Battery │ do. │ Do. Battery well │ do. │ Do. Cranks, interlocker │ do. │ Do. Fuses, electric │ do. │ Do. Guides, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Hangers, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Interlocking material │ do. │ Do. Jars, battery │ do. │ Do. Jaws, connection rod, │ do. │ Do. interlocking │ │ Joints, insulated │ do. │ Do. Ladders, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Latches, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Levers, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Links, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Locks, signal │ │Dozen. Machinery for interlocking plant │Catalogue reference │Each. Magnets: │ │ Induction for signal │ do. │ Do. For electric signals │ do. │ Do. Material: │ │ For electric block signals │ do. │ Do. For interlocking plant │ do. │ Do. Automatic block signal │ do. │ Do. Mechanical fixtures, interlocking│ do. │ Do. and signal. │ │ Pins, connection, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Plates, interlocking number │ do. │ Do. (signal) │ │ Poles: │ │ Block signal │ do. │ Do. Train order │ do. │ Do. Quadrants, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Reels, wire (signal department) │Kind │ Do. Relays, signal │Catalogue reference │ Do. Rods, connection (interlocker) │ do. │ Do. Scoops, battery │ do. │ Do. Segments, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Semaphores, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Sewers, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Shackles, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Signal and interlocking material │ do. │ Do. Signals: │ │ Interlocking │ do. │ Do. Automatic block │ do. │ Do. Spectacles: │ │ Automatic block │Catalogue reference │Each. Train order │ do. │ Do. Springs, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Sticks, soldering │ do. │ Do. Switches, electrical │ do. │ Do. Tape, electric │ do. │Pound. Trays, battery │ do. │Each. Trunking signal │Size │Linear foot. Tubing, hard rubber, electric │Catalogue reference │Pound. Turnbuckles, interlocking │ do. │Each. Washers, fiber, for signal work │ do. │ Do. Wells, battery for signals │ do. │ Do. Wheels, interlocking │ do. │ Do. Wire: │ │ Electrical │ do. │Pound or feet. Signal │Size │Foot. Wires, bond │Catalogue reference │Each. Zincs, battery │ │ Do. ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 2–B. TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE MATERIAL.
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Arresters, lightning │Catalogue reference │Each. Bases, lightning arrester │ do. │ Do. Batteries: │ │ Dry │ do. │ Do. Telegraph, and parts │ do. │ Do. Bolts, cross-arm │Size │Pound. Boxes, relay │Catalogue reference │Each. Braces, galvanized-iron, │Size │ Do. telegraph │ │ Brackets, telegraph │Catalogue reference │ Do. Climbers, Linesmen │ do. │Pair. Condensers, telegraph │ do. │Each. Coppers, battery │ do. │ Do. Cords, telephone │ do. │ Do. Covers, battery │ do. │ Do. Grounders, telegraph │ do. │ Do. Instruments, telegraph │ do. │ Do. Jacks, switchboard │ do. │ Do. Jars, battery │ do. │ Do. Material, telegraph and telephone│ do. │ Do. Pins, insulated │ do. │ Do. Poles, telegraph │Kind │ Do. Resonators, telegraph │Catalogue reference │ Do. Reels, wire (telegraph │Kind │ Do. department) │ │ Relays, telegraph │Catalogue reference │ Do. Sounders, telegraph │ do. │ Do. Sticks, soldering │ do. │ Do. Switches, electrical │ do. │ Do. Telegraph material │ do. │ Do. Telephone material │ do. │ Do. Transmitters: │ │ Telegraph │ do. │ Do. Telephone │ do. │ Do. Trays, battery │ do. │ Do. Wire: │ │ Electrical │ do. │Pound and │ │ foot. Telegraph │Size │Foot. Zincs, battery │Catalogue reference │Each. ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 3. BUILDING AND PAVING BRICK, CEMENT, LIME, STONE, CAST IRON, WATER AND CULVERT PIPE, ROOFING TILE AND SLATE, PREPARED ROOFING—ALL KINDS—FOR BUILDINGS; SEWER AND DRAIN TILE, ETC.
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Ash, soda │Barrel │Hundredweight. Asphalt │ │ Bags: │ │ Cement │Kind │Each. Cloth for washout uses │Size │ Do. Bars, concrete │ do. │Pound. Bends: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │ do. │ Do. Vitrified │ do. │Each. Blocks: │ │ Cement │ do. │ Do. Concrete │ do. │ Do. Paving │ do. │Thousand. Branches: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │ do. │Pound. Vitrified │ do. │Each. Brick: │ │ Common │Kind │Thousand. Paving │ do. │ Do. Caps: │ │ Blasting │ │ Roofing │Kind │Pound. Cement: │ │ Plaster │ │Sack. Portland building │ │Barrel. Crosses: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │Size │Pound. Vitrified │ do. │Each. Dynamite │ │ Elbows: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │Size │Pound. Vitrified │ do. │Each. Fittings: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │ do. │Pound. Vitrified │ do. │Each. Flanges, cast-iron pipe │ do. │Pound. Fuse, blasting │ │ Gates, farm (iron) │Size │Each. Gravel: │ │ Concrete │ │Yard. Roofing │Yard │ Do. Hair, plasterers’ │ │ Increasers: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │Size │Pound. Vitrified pipe │ do. │Each. Jacks, smoke, for roundhouse │Catalogue reference │ Do. Lime, common │ │Barrel. Lining: │ │ Flue │Barrel │Foot. Paper │ do. │Roll. Metal, expanded │ do. │Pound. Nipples, cast-iron pipe │ do. │ Do. Paper: │ │ Lining │ do. │Roll. Roofing │ do. │Square. Tar │ do. │ Do. Pipe: │ │ Cast iron │Size │Pound. Concrete │ do. │Foot. Drain │ do. │ Do. Sewer │ do. │ Do. Soil │ do. │ Do. Vitrified │ do. │ Do. Plaster: │ │ Building │Kind │Sack. Cement │ do. │ Do. Plugs, cast-iron pipe │Size │Pound. Powder, blasting │ │ Reducers: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │Size │ Do. Vitrified │ do. │Each. Roofing, gravel │ │Yard. Roofs, car (paper) │ │Roll. Sand: │ │ Building │ │Yard. Engine │ │ Do. Sills, stone building │ │ Slate, roofing │Size │Each. Sleeves, cast-iron pipe │ do. │Pound. Stone: │ │ Building │ │Yard. Crushed │ │ Do. Cut │ │ Foundation │ │ Do. Lintel │ │ Ornamental building │ │ Paving │ │ Do. Riprap │Yard │ Do. Tees: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │Size │Pound. Soil pipe │ do. │ Do. Vitrified pipe │ do. │Each. Tile: │ │ Drain │ do. │ Do. Roofing │ do. │ Do. Sewer │ do. │ Do. Traps, vitrified │ do. │ Do. Ventilators, shops │Kind and size │ Do. Y-bends: │ │ Cast-iron pipe │Size │Pound. Vitrified pipe │ do. │Each. ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 4. LUMBER, BRIDGE AND BUILDING, INCLUDING PILING, BRIDGE TIMBERS, BRIDGE TIES, FENCE POSTS, SHINGLES AND MANUFACTURED LUMBER FOR BRIDGES AND BUILDINGS.
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Battens, O. G. │Kind and size │Lineal foot. Beading, window │ do. │ Do. Benches, for shop use │Size │Each. Blinds, for buildings │ do. │ Do. Blocking, frog (wood) │Kind and size │Lineal foot. Blocking, guard rail (wood) │ do. │ Do. Blocking, switch (wood) │ do. │ Do. Boards: │ │ Roadway sign │Kind │Each. Slow and stop │ do. │ Do. Boxes: │ │ Section dump │Size │ Do. Drain │ do. │ Do. Ex-gang tool │ do. │ Do. Braces, sway (bridge) │ do. │Board foot. Caps, bridge │ do. │ Do. Ceiling, building │Grade and size │ Do. Decking, bridge │Size │ Do. Doors, building │ do. │Each. Fillers, track wood │ do. │ Do. Fir │Grade and size │Board foot. Flooring, building │ do. │ Do. Frames: │ │ Door, for buildings │Size │Each. Window, for building │ do. │ Do. Gates, farm (wood) │ do. │ Do. Girts, bridge │ do. │Board foot. Grills, ticket │Kind and size │Each. Guards, cattle, and parts │ │Set. Lining, building │Grade and size │Board foot. Lumber, bridge and building │ do. │ Do. Maple flooring for buildings │ do. │ Do. Moldings, wood │Kind │Lineal foot. Piling, wood │Size │Foot. Plank, crossing │ do. │Board foot. Posts: │ │ Bridge (wood) │Grade │ Do. Fence │Size │Each. Mile │ │ Do. Rail │ │ Do. Roadway │ │ Do. Stockyard │Size │ Do. Whistle │ │ Do. Quarter round, building │Size │Lineal foot. Sash, window, for building │ do. │Each. Shims, wood track │ do. │Thousand. Shingles │Grade │ Do. Siding, building │Grade and size │Board foot. Signs, roadway │Kind │Each. Stakes, grade │Size │Thousand. Stringers, bridge (wood) │ do. │Board foot. Ties, bridge │ do. │ Do. Windows, complete (building) │ do. │Each. Window, ticket │ do. │ Do. ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 5–A. TIES, SWITCH—TREATED OR UNTREATED.
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Ties: │ │ Crossing │Kind and size │Board foot. Switch │ do. │ Do. ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 5–B. TIES, CROSS—TREATED OR UNTREATED.
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Ties, cross, all kinds of wood │Kind │Each. ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 6. IRON BRIDGES, TURNTABLES AND STRUCTURAL STEEL—ALL KINDS.
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Beams, eye, for structural work │Kind and size │Pound. Bridges, iron │Size │Each. Girders, bridge │Blue print reference │ Do. Piling, sheet steel │Size │Pound. Steel, structural, for bridges │Kind and size │ Do. and buildings │ │ Stringers, bridge, iron │Size │ Do. Tables, turn │ do. │Each. ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 7. BALLAST—ALL KINDS, INCLUDING RIPRAP.
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Cinders, ballast │ │Yard. Gravel, ballast │ │ Do. Riprap │ │ Do. Rock, crushed │ │ Do. Slag, ballast │ │ Do. Stone, ballast │ │ Do. ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 8. RAIL, ALL KINDS, EXCEPT SCRAP.
─────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬────────────── Item. │ Description. │ Unit. ─────────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────┼────────────── Rail, all weights and kinds │Size │Gross ton. except scrap. │ │ ─────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────
CLASS 9–A. FUEL AND WATER STATION MATERIAL AND SCALES AND PARTS.