Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Time. Tables broken by Thick OIL,
Poor Coal, Frozen Water, Etc.

Time. Tables Broken by Thick OIL,
Poor Coal, Frozen Water, Etc.
Reasons are numerous for trains be-
ing behind In exceedingly cold wealth
or, but railroad men are always eX-
tremely careful not to acknowledge
that trains are behind, except In indi-
vi,lual instances.
Passenger trains are ns often de-
laycd by frcights. II IL said. as by any
thing else. Freights have II hard row
TO hoe In cold weather. They stop SO
often that they cannot keep warm.
The oil in the boxes Of the journals
freezes or becomes hard after the train
has stood for Il few minutes, and 1t
Is impossible to start up. Perhaps
the train gets halfway into switch
or ont of IL and cannot move another
inch. Then n passenger comes along
and cannot get by. This hardening OF
the oil in the uXlcs Is the worst trout
bic. The train must run ten or fif.
teen miles before friction warns IL to
easy running.
There Is great difficulty in getting up
cold about the engine. Conditions are
not normal and the machine-for an
engine Is as much n machine as any
Other--will not work well. Often 1t 10
Impossible to get up steam. Some
times the pipe freezes between the
engine and the tender, preventing wa.
ter from running from the supply
tank into the boiler. This, however.
Is not common. Even the railroads
have trouble with their coal. IL the
fireman chances to shovel In poor coal
on very cold day 1t will not make q
hot fire.
officials are not anxious to make
time In cold weather. They know that
more breaks and defects In rolling
stock will come to light with the first
hard freezing OF the winter than In all
the rest Of the yenr, and they know
that more accidents are likely to Oc.
cur during cold weather than ut any
other time. A wheel or a weak rail
that has stood the test OF all the rest
of the year may break during the first
cold snap ana cost II hundred lives.
Even passengers delay trains In
cold weather. though they do not know
1t. They take long time TO put on
their wraps ana they walk slower In
getting into the ears. Each little sta.
ton requires II longer stop to do the
same amount Of business than Oh 9th.
er days.--Ailwaukee Free Press.
How He Worked and What lie Made,
A professor who was easily irritated
conducted the clinic OF nervous dis.
eases ut II medical college, Chicago.
Remarking about the influence OF &c.
cupatiOn upon nervous conditions, he
illustrated by II patient. an awkward
Swede. requesting him to he brief and
accurate In his replies. rs both teach
er and students were tired out and
time limited.
Now, sir, what do you do?" he com.
menced.
Jaw am not vera WE'LL
"NO! say, what do you do?"
"Oh, yas. Aw verk."
"Yes. ! know; but what kind Of
work."
"Oh, eet ees hard vcrk."
"Yes, but do You shovel. drive car,
work at II machine, or do"
"Oh, vas. Aw verk ut a masheen."
"Ah! What kind of machlne;'
"Oh, Get ees big masheen."
by this time the class was grinning
broadly. which caused the professor to
be angry, ana he said:
"Now, look here, sir; want no more
OF this. You answer the questions |
ask you or 20 home. What do you
make on this machlney"
ooh. now Aw understan' you. Y0'
want to know vat Aw max on the ma.
sheen. Aw max seventeen cents an
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