Bridgeport, Conn.
We are enclosing herewith three photographs showing work in our
vestibule school for women on gauge finishing work. The picture
of the six women in a line with the instructor at the end shows
the pupils on gauge finishing work, lapping plug, thread gauges,
snap gauges, etc. These women have proven themselves very apt, but
difficulty is being experienced, due to the fact that the necessary
laps requiring highly skilled mechanics are often made defective, on
account of the feeling of the skilled tool and gauge makers who do
not wish any of the women to do any of this work.
The women show a better spirit and give a much better production, at
least three times as much as the men do on the same work. The one
photograph showing the six women in a row and the instructor at the
far end, shows a group in the school lapping these gauges.
[Illustration: Group in training room lapping gauges. H. E. Harris
Engineering Co.]
The two photographs of the same woman, Mrs. H——, show her in one
photograph lapping a thread gauge which has to be correct within
.0002. She is about four times as proficient as any man that we
have in the place. The other photograph shows her measuring the
same thread gauge between the lapping operation with the three-wire
system, which is rather a difficult feat of measurement.
(Signed) HARRY E. HARRIS,
_President_.
[Illustration: Lapping a thread within .0002 inch. H. E. Harris
Engineering Co.]
[Illustration: Measuring thread gauge with three wire system—a
difficult feat. H. E. Harris Engineering Co.]