. Railway age . against under the present distribution. The table also shows the de-crease in the average length of haul atftf the decrease in total ton-miles. It is not expected that every rallroad company in workingout a coal distribution would find that a saving of over 12 percent, could be made by distributing the coal according to the methodsherein outlined, but there is no doubt that considerable saving isto be on most systems. The relative importance of fuel and oil economy has often beenmentioned, but by way of comparison it may be said that a savingof less than 2
. Railway age . against under the present distribution. The table also shows the de-crease in the average length of haul atftf the decrease in total ton-miles. It is not expected that every rallroad company in workingout a coal distribution would find that a saving of over 12 percent, could be made by distributing the coal according to the methodsherein outlined, but there is no doubt that considerable saving isto be on most systems. The relative importance of fuel and oil economy has often beenmentioned, but by way of comparison it may be said that a savingof less than 2 per cent, in the fuel bill would pay for the entireamount of oil and wa^te used for locomotive lubrication, and manyrailroads can save several times the amount of the lubrication billby perfecting their system of coal purchase and distribution. Duringtho ! fiscal year the average cost of fuel for locomotives andlubrication for locomotive? on Ave leadingwestern roads was as follows: Coal. 23$ $ —r ^—\-u
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