. The Locomotive. had crawled into the boiler and made his bed on the bricksstill warm from the fire. He had stayed there ever since. Hewill recover from his burns and so will Patrolman Callahan, whowas severly injured in saving the old mans life.— New York Times. Grocer Cooks Tons of Spuds by Accident. Harry Frohman, a Columbus grocer, cooked more potatoesyesterday than ,his family can eat. In fact he has about a tonof cooked potatoes on his hands and he is wondering how he willdispose of them. It wasnt that Mr. Frohman over-estimated hisappetite for potatoes but a steam pipe broke under his
. The Locomotive. had crawled into the boiler and made his bed on the bricksstill warm from the fire. He had stayed there ever since. Hewill recover from his burns and so will Patrolman Callahan, whowas severly injured in saving the old mans life.— New York Times. Grocer Cooks Tons of Spuds by Accident. Harry Frohman, a Columbus grocer, cooked more potatoesyesterday than ,his family can eat. In fact he has about a tonof cooked potatoes on his hands and he is wondering how he willdispose of them. It wasnt that Mr. Frohman over-estimated hisappetite for potatoes but a steam pipe broke under his potatoroom and the escaping steam cooked the spuds. Mr. Frohman received a car load of potatoes recently andstored them in the rear of his store. The weight of the potatoescaused the floor to sink until it broke a steam pipe runningunderneath the floor. Before the broken pipe was discoveredtwenty-one hundred pound sacks of potatoes had been cooked.— Ediii-burg find.) Daily Courier. 244 THE LOCOMOTIVE [ Devoted to Power Plant Protection Published QuarterlyWm. D. Halsey, Editor. HARTFORD, OCTOBER, 1923. Single copies can be obtained free by calling at any of the companys agencies. Subscription price 50 cents per year -when mailed from this office. Recent bound volumes one dollar each. Earlier ones two dollars. R fruiting matter from this paper is permitted if credited to The Locomotive of the Hartford Steam Boiler I. & I. Co. SAFETY — the quality of making safe or secure, or of giv-ing- confidence, justifying trust, insuring against harm orloss. Such is the definition in the dictionary. It followsthat a safety valve, since its purpose is to release excessive steam,should be a device that will remove the possibility of an over-pressure explosion. Does the mere attachment of a safety valve to a boiler makeit safe and secure, justifying trust, insuring against harm orloss? Unless that valve be of ample size, well designed andconstructed, properly installed, adjusted a
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