San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-04

other. made them night before las C.
made this estimate on business be-
tween Muldoon and Houston, l57
miles At my rating for engineer
and fireman at 8. 10 cents mile, for
l57 miles Ut would be 50 SO l-l0. Re-
turning the same way, that is, pro-
vided trains are loaded and go
and return, but not necessarily i'm
mediately to return. That train
would be run about 40 miles an hour,
and might possibly get orders to run
slower. This estimate is for 81 miles.
To run that time would be rs l-6
hours. Here are the wages: engineer
81, fireman S2.Sn; that would allow
them days for the run, and that
could he ran in % hours. L did not
allow hoUre from Muldoon to Hous-
ton and return. | make it in 5 hours,
as constructing mileage, 20 hours &C.
tuaI mileage. The distance from Null
doom to Affair is about so miles.
Trains wo0,d be divided up
there. Most engines have 20 cars.
loaded from Muidoon to Affair. Un-
der this contract we would have 60
cars, or 3 trains. At Affair we did
would wait until we had cars enough.
/ figured iton area of cylinder, mul.
t,pIying by the stroke, dividing by
pressure, etc. When man figures in
Fractions Ii is hard to remember fig.
ures Our heaviest train can carry 40
loaded cars, 2400 tons Oh level That
mucn can be hauled from Houston TO
Affair, 60 cars day from Muldoon to
Affair and carrying rs cars from Al
tair TO Houston. the constructive
mileage would be on $50, allowing SO
constructive miles, TO cover the
switches, etc. did not figure on loss
of time less than 100. i think it poor
management to allow the engineers ID
De paid Tor less than 100 miles. The
division need not be less than 100
miles I would, add cars to make
up. 1 even estimated only fair
train load, 20 cars from Altar to
Houston is not the full capacity OF the
largest engines. gave only what l
thought would be fair movement
OF train. The extreme pull IL more.
This was made on an operating basis,
not on an extreme basis. An engine
can do q good deal more than is
figured on. They can pull more than
70 cars. L was requested not to over
reach the engines. Any engine
might do, but | recommended big en-
gines as they cost very little more to
run them. There is no increased cost
save for fuel, which Is small. l have
estimated the service of hostlers, WHIP
ers and others under head of mainte
nance of locomotives and the whole
~; haI inn q
cents a mile. It is less on a prairie
road. I don't recollect all l allowed.
| allowed $40 for the hostler. For re
pairing 1 don't remember. Iput the
conductor at 800 per month or IL
cents per mile. He will make % trips
per month, liberal allowance. We
have some who make many more.
This would be the same az any other
service. Each conductor, etc, must
have q certain place TO turn and come
back. They would make only so
miles. / would cut out and add to
trains at those points and meet the
loss of pay of crews 1t 10 done on
every road. The extra go mile loss
if you want to figure it would be so
small you do not want to bother with
il. 1t is 81 miles, making difference
of ID miles in the days work. cal
culated for this loss put 1t all the
way through on the $50 miles. There's
enough leverage on the other to pay
for this. II lose l3 miles from Null
doom TO Affair on one end, and 80 OH
the other end. il would be 43 miles
loss, out wouldn't work it that way.
I'd make the crew 60 and return
Houston to Affair and pay them
extra mileage. They don't lose no
lime and make extra wages; then
we have q telegraph operator there
to attend to them going and coming
/ have had experience in maintaining
track and trains. L have bad years
experience on the Pacific q Great
Eastern in Arkansas as superinten.
dent from 1884 to 1883. 1t runs from
Fayetteville to Huntsville, about SO or
40 miles through hilly country.
| Heavy grades from level to "a per
| cent. 1 have had other experience on
| almost every road | was with. My
| duty required me to look after track
and bridges. We operated 8 miles
first, using 20 miles of ST, L. q ) F
We had right OF way over it. / do moi
know how many bridges they are
between MuldOOn and Houston
There are great many, over 100
think; it's the same size road and
same kind between these points al
the Arkansas road was on, know
something about the business
Don't claim / know all. 1 arrived
at my fuel estimate by mine
weights. 1 figured at "a 20 per tol
for coal. Since L made the calcula
ton L learn the coal is only 81
don't pay the coal bills aud don
: know positively the price. L have
| nersonal knowledge of the value Q