Equally appropriate titles for the following short description of a corrective measure applied to a structural steel job might have been “Improved Method,” “Science versus Strength,” or “The Steel Hammer.” In view, however, of the importance assumed by the cost factor in these difficult times, the title selected, “Cutting Costs,” would seem to be the more fitting.

One of our Railway Workshops having secured a contract for a steel construction job, encountered an unforeseen factor which hindered progress. In order to complete the job within contract time it was necessary to find an effective means of correction, and to apply this with all speed to the difficulty in question.