The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-10-04
NOTES OTHER AlLWAYS
Successful Tests With Peat as
Locomotive Fuel.
LUXURY ON ENGLISH TRAINS.

valeta, Ladies' Maids and Numbered
Seats Among Other C0nvenicnccs
Each Crew ON the Pennsylvania
Lines to Have Its Special Engine
Trainmen Not to Wear Flowers.
Peat is abundantly stored in GU,
Maine boys. says the Lewiston Evening
Journal. Androscoggin county has
enough peat to supply all Maine with
fuel for a generation. Yet we fail ia
encourage intelligent efforts to develop
our w in fuel. A number
Of experiments which will be Of inter
est to many Maine men have recently
been made by the Boston and Maine
railroad in the use of peat fuel. So
far the tests have given entire salts
faction. and now the company is pre-.
pairing to give the new locomotive fuel
a more extended trial than any hereto.
fore undertaken.
The company had its attention call.
ed to the value Of peat as a steaming
agency some weeks ago and upon rep
resentation that it vas equal to btu
minous coal was induced to test its
qualities. These were eminently sat
isfying, and a carload Of the material
has been delivered for further expert
ment. The source Of supply is in the
town Of Lexington. Mass, and it Is
said that this single deposit would
furnish enough fuel for all the rail.
roads entering Boston for Il period Of
$50 years.
The treatment consists in cutting out
the peat In large cubes and then sub
jecting them to heavy pressure, which
eXudes all the moisture and makes the
mass as compact as anthracite. In the
pressing the cakes take on an elliptical
shape. with N inch hole running
through them, which admits Of free
burning. In reporting on the first ex-
periments the officials of the road say
that they found that this fuel made an
exceptionally hot fire. was free from
smoke and that it could be purchased
for less than coal. From an n
zeal standpoint. however, the coal show
ed to better advantage owing to slow
consumption. but the two advan-
named for the peat fully offset |
that in favor Of coal.
The further tests which the company
proposes making will be watched with
interest, as a solution Of the present |
smoke nuisance may be found in the
use for steaming purposes of
he peat fuel.
Tho Esoof N'OSforu no rr.Or, IN Evn~ /
land has put a train called the Corn |
Limited on the run between
London and Penzance. Between Lon |
don and Plymouth, 24O miles, the aver
age speed will be 55.7 miles per hour,
says the Railway Review and Engi-
neering. Three new trains have been
built for the service, composed Of the |
cars yet run in England. Each
is seventy feet long and nine and
half feet wide. \. train Is made up |
IT six coaches. with Il total seating
for 2GS passengers.
Every seat in the train Is numbered,
md the passenger will receive a per-
ticket. half of which will be
.orn off by the guard and slipped, 80
hat it cannot be removed. into n little |
slot at the back Of the seat just above
he head.
Electric light and electric fans IRE
located. Wallets and la
lies maids are carried. in addition to
he guards and dining car attendants.
The maids will constantly patrol the
rain to render service to women and
women travelling without an escort.
and especially watch over
An order recently issued by the
Pennsylvania Railroad company which
8 heartily received by the englnemen
md lirelnen provides that each engine
crew shall use the same locomotive all
The time. and no other will be assigned
10 a crew unless they are running ex-
ira, says Il Pittsburg dispatch. 1t is
understood that in many cases the
has been pooling loco
motives on account Of the shortage Of
power In recent months. and by
The pooling system Il locomotive crew
Il different one on nearly every
'un. The officials realize that when a
crew has the same locomotive all the
Tine better care is taken of the ma
'hine and better results are obtained.
1t will be the duty Of Me crew to
ook after tie engines ut the end of Il
'un, and i'll this way the officials con-
slider Il great deal Of repair work will
De eliminated. 1t Is also Il recognized
fact that an engineer becomes attached
% Il certain engine and can accomplish
A great deal more with II that he
knows. The new order is not only sat
lsfactory to the trainmen, but Is looked
upon by the officials as a means Of less
ening the expense Of keeping up the
motive power by having the engines
carefully looked after from day to day.
In future do not wear flowers or
bouquets in the lapels Of your coats
Or any decorations of any kind that are
prescribed by the rules"
The above order. recently issued for