Fine Economies.

Thames Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10348, 22 April 1911, Page 5 (Supplement)

Fine Economies.

Railway companies -throughout Britain have, nil be^n practising' economies in redout years, but perhaps none cif them has carried 'these' so far aa the Caledonian Railway Company (:<iys the Westminster Gazette) Tiie general manager has just issued the following notice to the staff: "As a good ink, quite suitaibie for ordinary purposes can be produced from old typewriting ribbons, arrangements j linist be. ma<fc k-v s-udv worn-out ribbons 'being 1 returned ro the Stores Department. 1" The ink thus) procured will h-i issued td stations as?' nonlopyuible ink, and can bo utiliswl in rodordliu'g: pufticiilors in booik?, svich as waggon lioofes, signalmen's books, etc., etc. It must n'oti fe used for publio ciorrespondpnce, trsideiV accounts, accounts for audit, depswtmient, or other important documentsC I'lvidcnth' a oliaractcristieaHly Pk'^ttish ijnstanoo of taking cinre of -the fewbees. And why not ? It is just in such rtvmp«ratively little things that well-nianaig'cd concerns saVe what amounts to a big sum in the course of a year.