New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-21

GALLON t.I % shovel 81 coal saved mere tlp.
n there will soon pay the wages Of an extra man
FIR, shovel, Of coal used unnecessarily trip
mean. that the company will have 20 haul an extra
ton If freight two hundred miles 10 pay for u.
IN engineer can rough handle his engine so that be
will not only waste steam and hence fuel but ne can
,o, and jar the locomotive $50 that the mechanism VIII
soon give out Rewards are today offered ON a dozen
different roads 10 engineer and frcmcn who make Their
regular trips on a minimum supply OF coal and OIL
This policy Of encouraging economy has resulted IN
enormous savings.
aye have cut down our fuel consumption regular
train trips twenty per cent. in the last tw" years,
stated the division superintendent Of one Of the Eastern
roads. through system Of penalties ana rewards.
The average amount OF both fuel and oil We take for the
standard has been worked out carefully. \ maximum
Of ten per cent over this amount is allowed for each
locomotive II more than this maximum Is used the
fireman or engineer both fined unless good rca-
sons such delays and accidents, can be gwen for
ANYTHING less than the average used on each trp the
engineer and fireman get credit. If they save more
than ten per cent Of the standard amount they receive
v Der cent Of the Of the fuel saved In the course
Of several hundred trips made in a year these rewards
sometimes amount to considerable for the men They
appreciate il, and work accordingly.
An engineer who is careless in starting and stopping
may easily break the air hose in time, and the cost OF
that equals hauling ton OF freight two hundred ana
twenty-five miles. broken drawbar knucklc equals
hauling one ton Of freight three hundred miles, and
frcman's lost shovel means hauling ton ninety miles
to pay for II.
The economy bug is carried into every department
Of the road and track walkers Switchmen yardmascrs
and shop workers brought under the new system
Trackncn and switchmcn are warned that lanterns
must be handled with greater care. white lantern
globe equals in cost the hauling OF ton OF freight
twenty miles; red lantern globe, scvcnty-hvc miles,
and a complete lantern, one hundred miles. Even
pound Of waste for wipng engines and switch locks Is
worth ten and a hall miles Of freight haulagc.
THE varlrnastcr and yar1mcn responsible Tor Il
lot Of losses that were formerly overlooked. The
cost Of a freight car belonging to another rmroad Is
from thirty thirty five cents day when held unduy'
Railroad economy as well as railroad efficiency demands
that all cars shall be despatched to their destination as
quickly as possible unloadcd, and returned to ther
owners The system Of handling these foreign cars dbl
fcrs on the various roads. Some apparently have no
system or at best a very clumsy and involved one.
Years ago. through lack Of system many freight cars
had the disagrccablc habit OF disappearing for long
nerods and the different roads had to employ car
traccrs to hunt them up. Some roads either intention
av or through lack OF system, retained borrowed cars
;r,cf;n;,elv and then sent them back home by the
longest route
There were car runawayS or wanderers IN those Gays
which travelled several thousand miles before they IL
nav reached home again. One such ircght car known
ac Vo 6lSl left its home February %, 1898 and wan
l,orod a1r,ost continuously until March 3, 1893 when
il At last rolled into its home she'd Car tracers
bod chased Il over a good part Of the United States, and
more than once il had been started homeward; but 1t
r,anaqcd 10 get away again and during It's wanderngs
visited nearly all the principal cities OF the country
II was estimated by the owners that II had Travelled over
twenty thousand miles, and had carried all sorts Of
merchandise and provisions, wheat from the pralries