. American engineer and railroad journal . lated by pro-viding an adequate reward proportioned to his production. Indevising and applying methods which make it manifestly to themens interest to produce with high efficiency, the Santa Fe isabreast with the foremost industrial ideals of the time, and farin advance of most business concerns. And this is peculiarlynoteworthy because the course is not taken under spur of thedirect competition that drives manufacturers willingly or un-willingly to progress. It is inspired and guided by a vivid real-ization and an energizing acceptance of the great e
. American engineer and railroad journal . lated by pro-viding an adequate reward proportioned to his production. Indevising and applying methods which make it manifestly to themens interest to produce with high efficiency, the Santa Fe isabreast with the foremost industrial ideals of the time, and farin advance of most business concerns. And this is peculiarlynoteworthy because the course is not taken under spur of thedirect competition that drives manufacturers willingly or un-willingly to progress. It is inspired and guided by a vivid real-ization and an energizing acceptance of the great economic com-mandment, Thou shalt not waste. The results are significantin the figures of net earnings, but they have a far wider mean-ing yet in national and universal economy. They point to pos-sibilities in the conservation of finances which would lead direct-ly to enormous expansion of financial support for railway enter-prises.—Charles Buxton Going in tlic Engineering Magazine. June, 1909. AMERICAN ENGINEER AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 225. POWERFUL FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE OF THE 2-8-2 TYPE—VIRGINIAN RAILWAY. MIKADO TYPE FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVE. Virginian Railway. On that section of the Virginian Railway connecting Prince-ton, W. with Sewells Point, near Norfolk, Va., a distance°f 347 niiles, there arc, opposed by east bound traffic, 10 miles per cent, grade and 3,1 miles of .2 per cent, grade. Otherwisethe line is practically level, or descending. Opposed to westbound traffic, which will be largely empty, there is altogether 18miles of ij per cent, grade. The traffic on this line will belargely coal from the West Virginia fields to tidewater. Forhandling these trains over the three divisions between Princetonand Sewells Point the Baldwin Locomotive Works has recentlycompleted twelve locomotives of the Mikado type shown in theaccompanying illustrations. Although the tonnage rating hasnot yet been determined, these locomotives are designed to givea tractive effort of 50,350 lb
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