. The Locomotive . as apatriotic duty from the day that the fire is started. The greattrouble with our people is their tendency to put off a thing of thiskind, to wait a week or two before starting on a new plan whichmay involve a little inconvenience at first,— with the almost invari-able result that they never start. Now this is a matter whichrequires the active support and earnest co-operation of everyoneinvolved and there should be no excuse for any apathy. Thereshould be no delay in adopting every means for reducing coal even in the smallest degree. Procrastination and post-


. The Locomotive . as apatriotic duty from the day that the fire is started. The greattrouble with our people is their tendency to put off a thing of thiskind, to wait a week or two before starting on a new plan whichmay involve a little inconvenience at first,— with the almost invari-able result that they never start. Now this is a matter whichrequires the active support and earnest co-operation of everyoneinvolved and there should be no excuse for any apathy. Thereshould be no delay in adopting every means for reducing coal even in the smallest degree. Procrastination and post-ponement of action should be tolerated only in the matter ofstarting the fire in the boiler or furnace and every effort should bemade to put off that evil day as far as possible. Wood, gas andelectricity can be used to take the chill off and by burning woodin the boiler or furnace, several rooms can be kept comfortable fora considerable time after the usual date of starting to burn coal. THE LOCOMOTIVE 105. -,4^-:


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