. Railway mechanical engineer . han general increases which were given by the companyof their own initiative. This is not so much the fault otthe clerks as of opportunities which present the stores department would be a better place for ayoung man to enter as clerk. I know of storekeepers andsuperintendents of stores who have advanced from of transportation department, I know of cases wheremen started in as clerks and advanced to the position oftrainmaster and division superintendent. I feel, along with A. C. Clerk, that the clerks in the me-chanical departm
. Railway mechanical engineer . han general increases which were given by the companyof their own initiative. This is not so much the fault otthe clerks as of opportunities which present the stores department would be a better place for ayoung man to enter as clerk. I know of storekeepers andsuperintendents of stores who have advanced from of transportation department, I know of cases wheremen started in as clerks and advanced to the position oftrainmaster and division superintendent. I feel, along with A. C. Clerk, that the clerks in the me-chanical department are not given proper consideration. Wehave full office details to look after and keep straight andthis is no easy matter with the Interstate Commerce Commis-sion and the various state commission rulings of the presentday. Added to this, the factory inspection laws and re-quirements which affect some of our states, and the lifeof a clerk in the mechanical department of any railroadis anvthing but a bed of roses. One of Banquet of the International Railway Fuel Association THE eighth annual convention of the International Rail-wav Fuel Association was held in the Hotel Sherman,Chicago, May IS to IS, D. C. Buell, Union Pacific,presiding. The convention was opened with prayer by A. Milbum. PRESIDENTS ADDRESS Mr. Buell said in part: A survey of activities along fuellines during the past year discloses several noticeable achieve-ments, among which are the development of fuel economydevices, the excellent results obtained by a number of roadsin the economical use of fuel and the completion and publi-cation of the Report of the Chicago Association of Com-merce Committee on Smoke Abatement and Electrificationof Railway Terminals in which it was shown that the steamlocomotive was a minor offender among the list of smokeproducers. Among the important things yet to be accom-plished in order to further improve the fuel service of ourrailroads may be mentioned: First: T
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