Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-25

around few days. If he still thinks
SCOTS contest Is valid we would then
recommend a thorough course in In
dependence or Mt Pleasant. Or If
Payne wants to get Bob Haines drunk
enough to be truthful, that worthy will
explain all about this contest business.
and just how much Doodle and booze it
took to make the meagre showing.
which Payne has mistaken for a valid
contest.
THE LoWLY MElokNESS OF LAFE,
lDes Mones Capital.
There are thousands Of republicans
who neither hold office nor expect To
seek office. men who ask for no party
honors, would like to see u spirit
begin to manifest Itself which shall
bring fairness, justice and victory to
the republican party of Iowa. AT the
same time such men will be willing to
wait They will be willing TO suffer
on and accept the indigntes that have
been put upon them. Some of them
will be willing to be kicked and cuffed,
abused and maligned by Independent
and so-caled republican newspapers,
thru another twoyear period, They
can look on while the office grabbing
and caucus packing shall proceed, but
they will not enjoy 1t.
IOWA Oil BURNING ENGINE.
The oil-burning locomotive is no
novelty. 1T has long been in use OIL
roads in southern Europe and on roads
In the oil districts of Texas and the
country contiguous thereto. Now, the
Burlington system is beginning to ex-
pertinent with an oil burning locomo
tive. The Galesburg Republican, Reg
lister has the following:
A steam locomotive with oil as the
fuel, in place of coal, is being tested in
the c., b. & Q. yards by NJ. A. Toltz, OF
St Paul, an expert engineer sent TO
this city by James J. Hill, president If
the Great Northern, to experiment with
the engine.
The locomotive was built in the C.
b. & @. shops under the supervision If
General Foreman Stoll an Is practically
the same as the engines now In use on
the road with the exception OF the fuel
for heating the water, oil being used
instead of coal.
The boiler of the engine has ca
pacity OF 10 pounds of steam and is
100 pounds horse power. The boiler is
fed from a large water tank under the
combination passenger and baggage
car, which is built on the engine hav-
ing a capacity of $50 gallons OF water
Next to the water tank Is a large
oil tank with capacity OF 40 gallons
Leading from the tank are pipes which
carry the oil to the fire. hundreds of
small burners having been placed in
the interior of the fire box
THAT the burning Of oil Is much
cheaper than coal Is shown by the fact
that but two gallons of the fluid is used
to every mile 1t being necessary to fill
the tank At the end Of every fifty miles.
No firemen will be needed on the
new engines and there Is no smoke,
but the exhaust coming from
the stack of the engine. The cars are
now used successfully on the Northern
Pacific railroad and 1t will be but
few months before the engines will be
used on all the smaller branches Of
the Burlington.
Two years ago. officials of the Bur-
lington spent several thousand dollars
experimenting with a gasoline motor
car. which proved complete failure
and which is now standing on the
scrap pile in the Aurora yards
For the past several years officials
OF the Burlington have been looking
for car which would meet the de-
mands OF the branch and suburban
service at smaller expense than the
regular trains and from present outlook
in the oil engine they have found car
which will be great success.
"Oil has been used as fuel on en-
gines on other roads. several roads us
ing oil at the time of the big soft coal
strike three years ago. This is the first
attempt that has been made to utilize
1t on the Burlington.