CALL FOR INCREASED EFFICIENCY IN RUMANIAN TRANSPORTATION

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• Publication Date: February 9, 1953
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CLASSIFICATION CONFIDENTIAL,
CENTRAL
N t ELLIEq"~~
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS
COUNTRY Rumania
SUBJECT
HOW
PUBLISHED
WHERE
PUBLISHED
DATE
Transportation - Rail, road
Daily newspapers
Bucharest
PUBLISHED 3 Jun - 31 Jul 1952
LANGUAGE Rumanian
CD NO.
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1952
DATE DIST. 9 Feb 1953
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
Newspapers as indicated.
Cam' FORNCCREASED EFFICIENCY IN RUMANIAN TRANSPORTATION
Ecomment: To increase efficiency and decrease expenses in trans-
portation, the CFR (Rumanian Railroads) and Auto- (a
trucking enterprise Transport
) introduced the Soviet Klavdia Baranovskaia
method.-for cutting expenses and fuel consumption. Criticism was
leveled against ine
shop fficient depots and poor maintenance and repair
s. Special measures were taken to Prep
grain transport] are freight cars for
Numbers in parentheses refer to appended sources]
Locomotive crews throughout Rumania have applied the Klavdia Baranovskaia
Financial Plan of the Locomotive. Between 1 and 10 June, the method was ex-
tended to 36 railroad depots and was used by 435 crews on 220 locomotives.
In Cluj Regiune, it was applied by 103 locomotive engineers and firemen. In
Bucharest Regiune, 99 crews use the method, and at the CER depot is Sibiu, 44
crews on 22 locomotives made use of it. From 1 April to 10 June, 435 crews
saved 95,891 lei. Depots in Timisoara, Petrosani Timis-Trig
Calatori, Sighisoara, and other areas adopted the~Klar ~ J,
Bucharest-
din Baranovskaia skaia met
method. (1)
Workers of the CFR depot Formarea Treaurilor (Assembly Depot) met at the
beginning of June to discuss application of the plan.(2) The plan was introduced
at the CFR depot in Cluj by using it on freight and passenger trains. (4) Savings during the first 10
a days luofj hunestotalede17,66oo d lei.(l) 61 the end of June engineers and firemen
and Mthai Andreias introduced the plan inBSibiu.(6) B J yg10eJrs 1950, cre stoney
25 locomotives were using it. Their saving in conventional fuelfrom 1 Ato
10 July rose to more than 161,000 lei. Labor productivity rose 6.42
and the cost April per ton-kilometer of transportation declined 16 percent,
percent.(;)
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The Ministry of Transportation and the Federation of Transport and
Communications Unions organized a conference on 28 June with leading production
workers of railroad shops under the Directorate General of Railroad Transpor-
tation. Among the participants were leading workers Ion Panaite, a metal worker
of the railroad repair shop of the Bucharest classification yard; Dumitru
Costache, metal worker of the Socola railroad repair shop in Iasi; Dumitru
Toduroache, automatic brake repairman at the Timis classification yard; and
Ecaterina Toma, who greases railroad cars at Cluj. The conference discussed
the new method,(8)
At another conference, railroad personnel was encouraged to apply the
Klavdia Baranovskaia method. As a result of the conference, 10 brigades began
its use at the CFR depot in Arad. Leaders in the movement were engineers
Stefan Szedfu, Emil Dobre, Cornel Faur, and Ion Mihu. In the first days of
101 daysng the the bw rigade ' of Stefan
Ion Mihu dsaved 1 , 667 323 lelei and i~ and Emil 10 Dobre, brigades2saved ar
total of 9,548 lei.(9) At Bristrita, Engineer Dumitru Purcil conserved 20
tons of conventional fuel, valued at more than 3,000 lei, within a short time.
Thirteen other engineers of the depot saved fuel valued at 11,200 lei.(10)
At Oradea, 14 crews applied the method on seven locomotives, saving 38,388 lei
in fuel and materials by 16 July.(:.1) Engineers in two general.. repair shops in
Timisoara used the method succes,fully. Engineers Achim Sosdeanu Ind 'Efta
Beche-u, for example, formed a UIM tUnion of Working Youth) brigade to operate
locomotive No 230,125. They exceeded the planned passenger run by 1,517 kilo-
meters. Aided by firemen Dumitru Gui and Stefan Chirita, they achieved savings
of 79.6 tons of conventional fuel. Ten other engineers of Timisoara saved
156,300 lei by reducing the use of conventional fuel and by prolonging the runs
of locomotives.(12) The plan was soon extended to 157 locomotive crews under the
Regional Directorate of Railroad Transportation of Timisoara. In June, these
teams saved a total of 287,312 lei. Particular successes were achieved by
depots in Timisoara, Simeria, Lugoj, Caransebes (13)jaud the Timis classification
yard.(14) the C savedA3,826 lei bypusing thecKlavdiaeBacrew working on ranovskaia method. The locomotive
of~locomotive
No 50,751 saved 3,136 lei and that of locomotive No 230,180 saved 3,258 lei.(15)
At the CFR depot in Ploesti, the Gheorghe Gheorghiu-neJ and Vasile Roaita youth
brigades were confirmed as Stakhanovite brigades. They saved 6,000 lei each.(16)
At Arad, 10 brigades saved 9,548 lei.(17) LTrdustria] locomotive engineers of
Turda were the first in the construction industries to apply the method. They
saved 50 percent of planned expenses by conserving fuel.(ll) The Grivita
Rosie locomotive works also adopted the new method.(18)
In Braila, drivers in local units of Auto-Transport applied the Klavdia
Baranovsksia method. By the economical use of fuel and. proper maintenance of
machines they saved 1,721 lei in June and fulfilled the tonnage plan 115 percent.
(11) Stakhanovite Vasile Mocanu addressed workers of Auto-Transport of Cluj on
the use of the new method. As a result, drivers pledged its use, and the admin-
istration of the enterprise took organizational steps to support it.
(19)
In the CFR depot in Satu-Mare, the economy brigade lead by Serban Bogdan and
Constanti Rutu, outstanding locomotive engineers, applied the Soviet Lunin and
Papvin methods. They succeeded in surpassing the assignees tonnage and, at the
same time, conserved 31 tons of conventional fuel and 66 kilograms of petroleum
on locomotive No 342,091. Engineers Vasile Buzila and Emeric Bodony, together
with firemen Mihai Touth and Gheorghe Primer, conserved 13.3 tons of fuel and
11 kilograms of oil, as well as 3 kilograms of special oil. At the same time,
they exceededthe travel schedule on an average of 7.9 percent. The economy brigade
of locomotive No 764,059 under Engineer Mihai Lebaci reduced the consumption of
fuel 28 percent. Engineers in Satu-Mare achieved economies in fuel and o?.1
totaling more than 30,000 lei.(20)
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An Za_dditiona] method for increasing the efficiency of automotive transport
was the 100,000-driver movement. Drivers, s'ch as Simion Moraru of Auto-Transport,
Clu;,, drove their vehicles 100,000 kilometers without major repair, thus con-
serving significant amounts of fuel and rubber.(21) The number of 100,000-drivers
is increasing. At Aute_mransport, Braila, numerous drivers passed this mark with..
out repair of their vehicles. In addition, the collective of the depot collected
200 kilograms of used oil to be regenerated and reconditioned. Bearings and
generators worth 2,096 lei were reconditioned.(22)
The CFR 'o] is sponsoring a drive to cut repairs. The CFR depot at Simeria
held a competition to see which crew could travel the greatest distance carry-
ing the greatest tonnage without repair. As part of this competition, engineers
Gheorghe Roth and Ion Anghel, saved 'nough fuel to make ten extra runs between
Simeria to Coslariu. By 20 June, Engineer Nicolae Popa had saved 2,245 lei and
Engineer Pavel Bola, 1,723 lei.(2;) At the CFR depot in Teius, some crews
eliminated repairs entirely during June 1952. Operators of locomotives No 230,071,
No 230,200, and No 230,285 extended runs between repairs 18.21 percent. At the
same time, a campaign to out the nee of -on,'ertional fuel c-v.-., ~R,IAO lei.
Wnrkers and technicians of the Petrosani CFR repair shop succeeded in carrying out
high quality repairs andreducing costa one percent by the use of Soviet methods.(ic)
Car section II-a of the assembly hall of CFR, Timisoara, pledged compl-tion of
at least 18 passenger cars, with a reduction of 2 percent in costs during June.(24)
"No Hotboxes, and No Trains With Defective Brakes" was the slogan of the car
repair service of the General Directorate of Railroad Transportation. A com-
petition was organized by transport and communications unions to improve their
work. As a result of the application of Soviet methods on a large scale, the
traffic increased and the weight carried per axle grew. However, maintenance did
not keep pace with this advance. The repair and maintenance of freight cars,
partbreakdownioccur ddbeccauselubrication
axles o were was
not unsatisfactory lubricated andT13npercen percent of
of the lack of over-all lubrication. These figures show the necessity'forcbetter
organization of repair work and especially for the intensification of efforts
for the reduction of hotboxes. The repair and lubrication schedule must undergo
scientific investigation, and new norms must be established.
New maintenance and repair personnel must be trained. Experience has shown
that women can do railroad repair work well and can help fill the need. It is
necessary tr get rid of the old bourgeois idea that women are incompetent in this
field.
A new and more practical system of assignment and distribution of work must
be found. There has been a failure to fulfill norms, and insufficient concern
has been shown for the rep,:ir andmaintenance of trains in transit. At many
lubrication centers, there is a tendency to economize in the use of lubric
and materials, especially on journal boxes, so as to win prize ants
s for the conser-
vation of materials. This procedure must be condemned as criminal neglect of
public property in the light of data discovered by the Ministry of Transportation.
In preparation for the transport of grain, each car must be caulked so that
not a single grain is lost. As many cars as possible must be repaired in
transit, without being detached. Brakes must be repaired according to fixed
standards and lubrication must be performed according to prescribed plans and
norms,'25)
The Ministry of Transportation is responsible for the preparation of freight
cars for harvest transport. Voluntary correspondents writing to Scanteia have
shown that railroad repair depots have carried out this task well. The CFR repair
depot of Marasesti, for examples prepared 121 cars by 26 June. No empty car
remained at the depot. In contrast. the CFR depot at Nicolina prepared 200
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shutters /blon, door guardai7 s planned but required too much time, because
7-millimeter rivets were lacking. These were ordered from the Chitila materials
depot, but the wrong ones werr sent. Repair teams of the Ploesti classification
yard were forced to wait for cars. For example, on 27 June six cars were brought
6 hours late. Some cars were never brought to the yards for repair.(24)
The CFR depot in Pitesti carried on an intensive campaign to prepare rars
for agricultural transport.(26) For example, the CFR shop at Galati repaired
cars so that no grain would be lost in transit. The shop ordered special
sliding doors and these were Leing manufactured.(27) Workers of section II-a,
CFR, Simeria, sent 39 cars prepared for harvest transport to Coslariu and Ilia.(23)
A. Moisi, CFR regional director in Bucharest reported that the fulfillment
of the third and fourth quarter plans was in progress. Favorable conditions
had been created by Decreee No 57 of the Council of Ministers, issued on 21
January 1952, providing for planning of transport operations. In 1951, railroad
transportation registered significant gains in the introduction of new methods
and in the teaching of Soviet railroad techniques to individual units. These
Soviet techniques included the Osipov, Krasnov-Kodzhugari, Katayev, Lunin, and
Danielenho methods. He declared that internal reserves were not sufficiently
used in 1951; however our improvement in this situation was planned for 1952.
Moisi further stated that the full transport capacity of Rumanian railroads
was not used. The efforts of railroads alone were not sufficient. The aid of
transport enterprises was also needed. The 1952 plan called for expanded
transport and the elimination of the false orientation of some railroad enter-
prises. However, he continued difficulties still arose in 1952. Enterprises
kept cars too long because of poor organization of loading and unloading and
because of disregard fo- time schedules. Because of this, a number of enter-
prises in Bucharest Regiune disrupted the transport plan and thus caused
difficulties for themselves. In May 1952 alone, 3,544 car-days were lost by the
Bucharest Regiune CFR and 1,139 cars immobilized because of failure to load and
unload on time. A typical case is that of the Medgidia cement plant which
kept 6o cars idle for 841 hours waiting for loads and 460 cars for 10,000 hours
waiting for unloading in May 1952. In some cases, I4oisi added, enterprises
a,hitrarily changed their work plans after the arrival of a shipment, even though
the cars had come a long way. Thus, in May 1952, a number of MIS in Bucharest
Regiune rescheduled work after the arrival of cars and thus caused 87 cases of
delay. Competrol, for example, delayed 31 cars, another enterprise, 44.
Meisi further stated that one special type of error was the failure of enter-
prises to conform to Decree No 57 in regard to the method of transport planning:
Disruptions of the transport plan casued. by the various types of delays may
result in fines of 1.25-7.5 lei per ton and this has a serious effect on production
costs. In many cases enterprises neglected to compute expenses necessary for the
maintenance )f sidings and storage tracks. This endangered locomotives as well as
freight. Moisi concluded by saying that in the second quarter of 1951 and in the
first 5 months of 1952, for example, it was necessary to close a number of
storage tracks in Bucharest Regiune for lack of maintenance.(29)
The routing of trains was improved as a result of the use of Soviet methods
introduced in fall 1951. The Dej Railroad exploitation Service alone saved
20,108 car hours. In 27 days of June 1952, the unit formed 12 percent. more
trains than planned and overfulfilled by 140 percent the number of routings
planned. The collectives of workers and technicians at Rodna Veche and Leordina
were especially succeeaful because of close contact with clients.(5)
The training of transportation personnel is undertaken by the Institute
of Transport in Bucharest. This institute teachers transport mechanics.
telecommunications, transport planning, physics, and electrodynamics. In addition,
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there are special courses in forestry exploitation, construction
traffic (29) Training of specialized personnel has been begun at
in Arad. Engineer Vasile Flores of the car , and train
workers. Engineer Iercan Toader Volunteeredf ou QChoeunteered to Ftrraalrx Rosie
Emil Macean Pledged that he would train workers in the sprang ings. secttioe
ngitteer
prion.(gp)
SOURCES
1. Romania Libera, 27 Jul. 52
2. Scanteia, 3 Jun 52
3. Ibid., 18 Jun 52
4. Vista Sindicala, 11 Jul 52
5. Ibid;, 2 Jul 52
6. Romania Libera, 7 Jun 52
7. Viata Sindicala, 25 Jul 5e
8. Ibid., 1 Jul 52
9. Ibid., 30 Jul 52
10. Romania Libera, 10 Jul 52
11. Ibid., 16 Jul 52
12. Viata Sindicala, 16 Jul 52
13. Ibid., 23 Jul 52
14. Scanteia, 10 Jun 52
15. Vista Sindicala, 31 Jul 52
16. Romania Libera, 4 Jul 52
17. Ibid., 7 Jul 52
18. Universal, 21 Jul 52
19. Scanteia, 3 Jul 52
20: Romenia Libera, 8 Jun 52
21. Scanteia, 11 Jun 52
22. Romani-. Libera, 15 Ju:, 52
23. Vista Sindicala, 26 Jul 52
24. Scanteia, 26 Jul 52
25. Vista Sindicala, 10 Jul 52
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26. Romania Libera, 18 Jun 52
27? Viata 3indicala, 6 Jul 52;
Romania Libera 8 Jul 52
28. Viata Sindicala, 27 Jul 52
29. Viata Capitalei, 9 Jun 52
30. Scanteia, 27 Jul 52
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