The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-08-23
TEACHING FIREMEN
FUEL ECONOMIES
y. P. FiREMEN ARE BEING
TAUGHT HOW TO SAVE COAL
AND ELIMINATE sMokE-lN-
TEREsTtNG COURSE OF LEG
TuREs GIVEN BY G. T. coNLEY.

railroad $4,000, the knowledge of how
to scientifically save fuel whenever
possible by every engineer and fire.
man in its employ, will be a great
economical item to the corporation in
the course Of year.
And that is what the Northern Pa
cdfc railroad is now doing. 1t Is
educating its engineers and f1remen to
be economical. That does not imply
1t is requiring them to stint their fires
to run their locomotives, for that
would probably mean slower service,
but 1t is teaching its engineers and
firemen how to save fuel scientifically,
so as to be able to save themselves
labor and the company money.
For this very purpose George T..
Conley, of the mechanical department
Of the Northern Pacific railroad, has
been sent out all along the lines in the
various divisions as a special instruc-
tor to give the engineers and f1remen
course of lectures and show them
how they can accomplish such ends as
the corporation desires and teach them
how to scientifically save their fuel
and eliminate smoke.
Mr.. Conley is a graduate of the
University of Minnesota, and resides
in Minneapolis. Besides being a chem
list of marked ability, he is a practi-
cal engineer, having seen six years
service on the st. Paul division of the
Northern Pacific, so that his lectures
are not theoretical but his contentious
are based upon facts obtained from
his own personal experience and OBJ
servation.
The method employed by the rail-
road Is to send out a special car,
equipped with every modern con-
venience Of the sleeping car, library
car, chair car and modern college
laboratory, and have 1t stationed at
the company's shops all along the lines
of the system for a period Of several
weeks so that a full course Of instruc-
ton may be given.
Yesterday this special car arrived
in Dilworth, with Mr.. ConIey in charge
and last evening the lectures began.
Mr. Conley delivers a course of three
lectures to the engineers and flremen
giving two lectures daily, arranging
them so that all receiving the instruc-
tions may get the full benefit of the
whole course.
The first TEXTURE is on the Chemis-
try Of Combustion, which is explana-
tory of the two following, and Is a
practical cehmical demonstration which
is very instructive and at the same
time made very entertaining by Mr..
Conley.
The second lecture Is on the prop
critics of coal and the third is an
illustrated talk with steropticon views
Al, ~
and the operations Of engines.
Yesterday afternoon a Forum rep
.resentative was invited over to Dill,
worth especially to attend the lecture
of Mr.. Conley on the Chemistry Of
Combustion. Several interesting DEM
onstrations were given which could
not help but benefit all the engineers
present and assist them in trying to
scientifically save fuel for the rail-
road and labor for themselves.
That portion of the car which has
been converted into a lecture room or
miniature auditorium was well filled
with engineers and all exhibited much
interest in the laboratory work Of Mr..
Conley and followed closely his every
remark. At one end Of the lecture
room was built a demonstrating table
and here were placed the TASKS con-
tanning the various acids and sub
stances used in the demonstrations. Be-
hind the speaker was a blackboard on
which he wrote down the various
points he wished to emphasize In his
lecture, and above this was long box
which contained the steriopticon can
vas Everything was most completely
equipped so that Mr.. Conley may have
every convenience at hand that will be
Of advantage in giving his lectures to
the engineers and firemen of the road.
1.-THE year of 1910," said Mr. Conley
to The Forum representative after the
lecture, was the most expensive the
Northern Pacific railroad has known
in it's fuel expenditures. It cost just
a little less than $S,OO0,O00 to buy the
amount Of coal the road required to
run it, on the account of the engineers
not knowing how to scientifically econ
omize."
"Do you expect to reduce a million
of that?" he was asked jestingly. "Oh,
no." he said. IF my lectures and
course of instruction over the whole
system will reduce the fuel expense
about $4,000 the first year, I think /
will have accomplished something"
Mr.. Conley and his special demon
stration car will be in Dilworth about
three weeks and will then be sent to
another division for the instruction Of
engineers and firemen along that line.
At the conclusion of every lecture,
each attendant is asked to register,
and Mr.. Conley answers any questions
the engineers may care to ask OF him
privately.
He maintains a pleasant little Of
flee at one end of the car where he
has a writing desk and reading room.
A sleeping room Is at one side and
there he makes his home while out on
his instruction tours. Mr.. Conley is
a pleasant and courteous gentleman
to meet and has an ample fund of in
formation along the lines he is teach
ing.
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