Possibility of Saving Coal.
An ordinary passenger locomotive
eon Susies a pound of fuel for every
92 toot It travels. Bach unnecessary
stop, made with a heavy freight or
passenger train, represents a fuel loss
of from 800 to 750 pounds ot coal, de
pending on the weight of the train,
the length of the stop and the grads
conditions. A brake-line air leak on
a train of 00 freight cars has boon
known to cause a loss of as much sa
2,840 pounds of coal In a ten-hour
period. The loss of coal each time a
modern locomotive pops off tor five
minutes Is about 78 pounds. If loco
motive firemen were to save a little
more than one shovelful of coal out
of each ion used, the total saving
would be equal to nearly one par east
of all the coal handled.-—floyd W.
Parsons, In World’s Work.
He Cured Her.
