. The Locomotive . ust steam and the matter of engineeconomy has not been all important, so long as no exhaust steamwas thrown away. Now, however, the supply of exhaust steamis apt in many plants to exceed the demand. Every bit of whitevapor escaping from an exhaust head is an arraignment of the pa-triotism of the plant owner. He can, and indeed should, use exhauststeam for practically every bit of heating, with the exception of avery few special processes, which may be necessary in the conductof his business, and any steam left over should be utilized for heat-ing feed water. Steam traps and


. The Locomotive . ust steam and the matter of engineeconomy has not been all important, so long as no exhaust steamwas thrown away. Now, however, the supply of exhaust steamis apt in many plants to exceed the demand. Every bit of whitevapor escaping from an exhaust head is an arraignment of the pa-triotism of the plant owner. He can, and indeed should, use exhauststeam for practically every bit of heating, with the exception of avery few special processes, which may be necessary in the conductof his business, and any steam left over should be utilized for heat-ing feed water. Steam traps and drips which drip and leak, and ex-haust heads which exhaust should be conspicuous by their absencethis summer. Personal. Mr. J. F. Criswell, for many years senior Special Agent at Chi-cago, will have charge of the Chicago Department, with the titleof Acting Manager, pending the selection by the Directors of theCompany, of a man to fill the vacancy caused by the death ofManager H. M. Lemon. I9i8.] THE LOCOMOTIVE, 53. Henry Martyn Lemon. Obituary. Henry Martyn Lemon. It is with deep sorrow that we record here the death on Febru-ary 20th, 1918, of Henry Martyn Lemon, Manager of the ChicagoDepartment of this Company. Mr. Lemon had suffered a faintingturn in his office a week before. Following it, he was confined tohis home by an illness which was not reported as serious. Thenews of his death came accordingly as a great shock to his friendsand business associates. Mr. Lemon was born in 1850. His father was a Presbyterianminister, who soon after the birth of this son, because of ill health,retired to a farm near Ripon, Wisconsin. There, Mr. Lemons boy-hood was spent and there at the early age of seventeen on the death 54 THE LOCOMOTIVE. [April, of his father, he was forced to assume the responsibility of the fam-ilys support. This he did by his own efforts, working the farm forseveral years. Later, he attended Ripon College and then enteredthe drug business in Ripon where he became a


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