. The Locomotive . ty for saving coal should be overlooked. Moreover,there is a good demand for second-hand boilers and the price ofcoal is so high that the saving is proportionately greater thanformerly and the boiler purchaser can afford to pay more for newequipment. One of the Danbury Hospital boilers was less thanfour years old when it was taken out and the oldest of the fourwas built in 1909. There was no difficulty in disposing of thesecond-hand boilers but money could have been saved if theplant had been properly laid out in the first place. The Metric System of Weights and Measur
. The Locomotive . ty for saving coal should be overlooked. Moreover,there is a good demand for second-hand boilers and the price ofcoal is so high that the saving is proportionately greater thanformerly and the boiler purchaser can afford to pay more for newequipment. One of the Danbury Hospital boilers was less thanfour years old when it was taken out and the oldest of the fourwas built in 1909. There was no difficulty in disposing of thesecond-hand boilers but money could have been saved if theplant had been properly laid out in the first place. The Metric System of Weights and Measures. A valuable indexedhand-book of 196 pages of convenient size (3J^ x sH) and substantiallybound, containing a brief history of the Metric System, and comparative tablescarefully calculated, giving the English or United States equivalents in all theunits of measurement. Published and for sale by The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection a)id , Hartford, Conn., U. S. A . Price $ 84 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [July, m^M. C. C. Perry, Editor. HARTFORD, JULY, 1918. Single COPI«s can be *btatned free by calling- at any of the companys price 5$ cents per year when mailed from this bound volumes one dollar each. Earlier ones t-wo of matter from this paper is permitted if credited toThe Locomotive of The Hartford Steam Boiler I. & I. Ca Secretary Corson Appointed Advisory Engineer to the Con-necticut Fuel Administrator. The United States Fuel Administration proposes a campaign tosecure greater economy in the use of fuel. They realize, however,that it is not feasible to exact the purchase of new and more efficientequipment on a large scale at this time. It is apparent that a con-siderable saving can be effected by the use of existing equipmentin the best and most economical manner with such changes andimprovements as will put it in the best possible condition for serv-ice. To this end an engineer will be appointed in each of the indus
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