. The Locomotive . Vol. XXXII. HARTFORD, CONN., APRIL, 1918. No. 2. COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE CO. Boiler Explosion at the S\\, III. AIunicip.\l Lighting Plant. 34 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [April. Concrete Examples of Coal Conservation.* By H. E. Dart, Superintendent of Enjrineerinfr Department. The good, old days when we held the dealer to a strictaccountability for the quality of the coal which we purchased arenow only a pleasant memory. There is no longer any discussionof the advisability of buying coal on a heat-unit basis because thereis no possibil


. The Locomotive . Vol. XXXII. HARTFORD, CONN., APRIL, 1918. No. 2. COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE HARTFORD STEAM BOILER INSPECTION AND INSURANCE CO. Boiler Explosion at the S\\, III. AIunicip.\l Lighting Plant. 34 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [April. Concrete Examples of Coal Conservation.* By H. E. Dart, Superintendent of Enjrineerinfr Department. The good, old days when we held the dealer to a strictaccountability for the quality of the coal which we purchased arenow only a pleasant memory. There is no longer any discussionof the advisability of buying coal on a heat-unit basis because thereis no possibility of doing so. We are not at all fussy about whatmine the coal comes from and we are willing to take any size from egg down to some of the soft stuff which looks like black believe that the coal contains about twice as much refuse perton as we used to get and this opinion is confirmed by analyseswhich have been made by the Bureau of Mines. Nevertheless,conditions are such that we gladly accept and pay for almostanything which is black and which has the general appearance ofcoal. If the man who made the wooden nutmegs should


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