. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . as every mans friend. The Prevention of Water Waste The Baltimore and Ohios Water Bill is a Million a Year By Henry Gardner Assistant Engineer |EXT to coal, perhaps no singlecommodity is used more fre-quently on our railroads thanwater. The estimated annualconsumption of water by locomotiveson all the railroads in the United Statesis 450 billion gallons. The total con-sumption of water for all purposes is inexcess of 625 billion gallons per the Baltimore and Ohio Railroadthese figures would become, based onthe number of locomotives, approxi- ma
. Baltimore and Ohio employees magazine . as every mans friend. The Prevention of Water Waste The Baltimore and Ohios Water Bill is a Million a Year By Henry Gardner Assistant Engineer |EXT to coal, perhaps no singlecommodity is used more fre-quently on our railroads thanwater. The estimated annualconsumption of water by locomotiveson all the railroads in the United Statesis 450 billion gallons. The total con-sumption of water for all purposes is inexcess of 625 billion gallons per the Baltimore and Ohio Railroadthese figures would become, based onthe number of locomotives, approxi- mately sixteen billion gallons for loco-motives and twenty-two billion gallonsfor all purposes, per year. At an averageestimated cost of five cents per 1000gallons the water for locomotives wouldcost $800,000 and for all uses over$1,000,000 per year. On the locomotive water is wasted byincorrect running and firing, by steamleaks, by improperly sprinkling coal andwashing decks, by safety valves popping,taking water at penstocks, etc. By the.
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