. The Locomotive . seamsWater gauges defective .Blow-offs defectiveCases of low waterSafety-valves overloadedSafety-valves defective .Pressure gauges defectiveBoilers without pressure gaugesMiscellaneous defects Total .... ■. 203,671 371,28s 160,847 9,043 1,042 10,548 26,980 8,046 Whole Danger- Number ous. 31,599 1,783 47,284 1,907 2,393 271 21,201 817 11,260 955 1,173 230 2,428 493 9,423 836 3,473 487 4,836 518 338 27 1,443 324 13,318 1,226 19,700 6,353 5,738 413 4,158 789 5,325 1,488 421 149 1,134 289 2,077 374 7,332 628 634 82 5,588 664 202,276 20,603 Grand Total of the Inspectors Work from
. The Locomotive . seamsWater gauges defective .Blow-offs defectiveCases of low waterSafety-valves overloadedSafety-valves defective .Pressure gauges defectiveBoilers without pressure gaugesMiscellaneous defects Total .... ■. 203,671 371,28s 160,847 9,043 1,042 10,548 26,980 8,046 Whole Danger- Number ous. 31,599 1,783 47,284 1,907 2,393 271 21,201 817 11,260 955 1,173 230 2,428 493 9,423 836 3,473 487 4,836 518 338 27 1,443 324 13,318 1,226 19,700 6,353 5,738 413 4,158 789 5,325 1,488 421 149 1,134 289 2,077 374 7,332 628 634 82 5,588 664 202,276 20,603 Grand Total of the Inspectors Work from the Time the Company Began Business, to January i, of inspection made 4,733,353 Whole number of inspections (both internal and external) Complete internal inspections Boilers tested by hydrostatic pressure . Total number of boilers condemned Total number of defects discovered . Total number of dangerous defects discovered 9,389,2033,695,63s 367,1x3 27,839 5,284,821 580,620 52 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [April,. Devoted to Power Plant Protection PlBLISlIED QlARTERlA HARTFORD, APRIL, 1920. Single copies can be obtained free by calling ai any of the companys agencies. Subscription price SO cents per year 7>.-hen mailed from this office. Recent bound volumes one dollar each. Earlier ones two dollars. Reprinting matter from this paper is permitted if credited to The Locomotive of the H.\rtford Steam Boiler I. & I. Co. THE truth of the old adage, that one is never too old to occasionally have brought home to us through our efforts ofteaching firemen by mail the basic facts of combustion, so thatthey may recognize the difference between wasteful and economicalfurnace conditions. Among the recent graduates of our CorrespondenceCourse on combustion and boiler handling was a man well past thedays of prime youth. When he applied for enrollment he wrote: I am 65 years young but willing to learn. He did very well indeed. As regularly as clockwork came in hiswell-nigh perfect
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