. Railway master mechanic [microform] . 48 RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC. April. 1898. INSTRUCTIONS TO ENGINE-MEN. Mr. Geo. M. Burns, fuel agent of the Wabash Rail-road Company, has issued the following iKtice to en-ginemen: Beginning March 1. 1898, an individual account willbe opened with each engineer, to which all coal usedby him will be charged. At the same time the car mile-age made by such engineer will be computed, and at the as light a fire as possible to avoid waste of steam at |the safety valve. In addition to seeing that firemen carry out the above !instructions, engineers should use good
. Railway master mechanic [microform] . 48 RAILWAY MASTER MECHANIC. April. 1898. INSTRUCTIONS TO ENGINE-MEN. Mr. Geo. M. Burns, fuel agent of the Wabash Rail-road Company, has issued the following iKtice to en-ginemen: Beginning March 1. 1898, an individual account willbe opened with each engineer, to which all coal usedby him will be charged. At the same time the car mile-age made by such engineer will be computed, and at the as light a fire as possible to avoid waste of steam at |the safety valve. In addition to seeing that firemen carry out the above !instructions, engineers should use good judgment in the juse of the injector, as economical firing cannot be done junless water is supplied to the boiler regularly. Attention is also called to the importance of using the ,feed water heater, as by that means warm water is ;supplied to the boiler, thus saving considerable of your. NEW MAIL CAR—L. S. ft RY. end of the month a statement issued showing the per-formance of each engineer based upon the number ofpounds of coal consumed per car mile by each, thosehaving the best record in their respective classes beingat the top. This is intended to place each engineerstrictly upon his individual record, with a view to de-termining who are the most economical in point of fuelconsumption, and the showing of each in this regardwill be considered in connection with promotion andpreferment in the service. The new form of coal ticket is intended for use byroad engines only. Each engineer will be furnished abook of tickets, which he will retain until the end ofthe month, regardless of the engine upon which he :s en-gaged. An engine going out on a run is delivered to theengineer with a tank full of coal, or its equivalent intickets, and the engineer is reonired to give tickets notonly for the coal taken on the trip, but also (in caseof changing engineers) for a suffic
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