Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-23

heatess and Seedwater he4sef-dEt
combined, effect of all the above
economies and factors--have mace
it possible for the railroads in the
United States to handle the great
est traffic in the history Of the
country with . lesser number Of
Locomotives than IA use before. This
to some extent explains why the
railroads during the past two years
have ordered q much less number Of
locomotives than were actually
scrapped for adolescence Of other
causes
The Railway Age q recent date
gave figures for locomotive re-
tirements, from which We take the
following paragraph:
The extent 10 which DE railways go
| ysfying On improvements IN an IN
creased tYaesivs power Of IooomskavSs.
and on more effietsnt use Of those svufl-
able, to enable them 30 hsndle incrsassd
freight business 10 shown BY tks d.
cline in the number Of locomotives -
line which went en- steadily IN IL TN
months which ended with July. In
these months the member Of loenne-
tfves installed was 1855, vhkap ~
number retired was 73l4. Msasst.s
| the number stoFsd aetsally Increased,
being s.41< On October ], 1924. in1
6.3l3 ON August 4. 1915. he tekal
locomotives the Class reads had -
Ina - Ausase I. was 63.s2K-
Locomotives had developed Be-
yond the physical capacity of orc
fireman, and on the larger engines
the labor was severe for two MEN.
The automatic stokers do away
with coal-shoveling and make the
fireman's job one of supervision in
stead of hard labor. The task of
the engineer is liehtened in like
manner. These changes are in line,
with the tendency throughout IN
dustry to relieve the workman Of
toilsome drudgery by putting him
in command of machinery
Long Locomotive Runs
The New York Central Raiiroad
On April 1st of this year insugli-
rated a practice of running its pas
senger locomotives between Chicago
and Buffalo, in both directions.
through without change. This sun,
over distance of $40 miles, is one
of the longest, if not the longest
established with coal-burning loco
motives. Formerly nine locomo-
tives were used for the passenger
trains between New York and Chi
cago over the New York Central
lines At the present three or four
locomotives are used.
The Southern Railway is now rum
ming passenger locomotives long |
distances over half a dozen of It's |
main lines as follows:
Between Washington and Atlanta, go |
miles. two engines instead Of four. |
changes being made at Spencer. n. e,
Va, and Creenville. S. C., having been
eliminated.
Between Cmeinnati and Jacksonville.
$40 miles. three engines are used 10
stead Of six. changes being made oaiy ct
and Macon. Formerly en-
Eines were also changed at Somerss<.
Atlanta and Veldosta.
Between Cincinnati and New osle&ns. |,
936 mi3ss, three engines are used IN
stead at FIVE. changes being made only L
It Chattanooga end Meridian. Engines
ire also being run through without
change between Bristol. Va, and Chat
'asposa. Team. 1<z miles; Chattanooga
md Memphis. 3i4 miIes; Atlanta. Ga
md Co3umhus. Mias.. zs0 miles; Lspis-
vilIe. KY. end St. Louis Mo-. 754 rniles:
md Rome. Ca. and Meridian. Mics, 500
ni1ss.
In report on locomotive utiliza-
ion presented at the 1925 annual
meeting of the Mechanical Divis-
ON Of the American Railway Asse-
:iation. held last June, the follow
ng statement of results from lang
L.