Material Classification / Recommended by the Railway Storekeepers' Association

by United States. Railroad administration. Division of finance

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 and buildings	Kind and size	Do.
Stringers, bridge, iron	Size	Do.
Tables, turn	do.	Each.

CLASS 7.
BALLAST—ALL KINDS, INCLUDING RIPRAP.