. American engineer . cian for so many years, have demon-strated the appreciation on the part of their officers of tlieirduties as citizens of no small country. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STREET STOKER \\ licn the Street locomotive stoker was first designed itwas the desire of its inventor to eliminate as far as possiblethe physical efforts of the firen\en, and the original concep-tion included a method for automatically transferring thecoal from the tender to the elevator. The necessity of usingthe ordinary run of mine coal, however, made it impossibleto fully carry out this idea and until such time
. American engineer . cian for so many years, have demon-strated the appreciation on the part of their officers of tlieirduties as citizens of no small country. IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STREET STOKER \\ licn the Street locomotive stoker was first designed itwas the desire of its inventor to eliminate as far as possiblethe physical efforts of the firen\en, and the original concep-tion included a method for automatically transferring thecoal from the tender to the elevator. The necessity of usingthe ordinary run of mine coal, however, made it impossibleto fully carry out this idea and until such time as crushedcoal could be furnished on the locomotive, it was decidedto install the crusher which has formed a part of this ap-pliance.* While the labor involved in placing the coal in thecrusher is very light, this arrangement does not fulfill theideas of the inventor and was looked upon as a temporaryexpedient to be used until the time arrived when there wouldbe sufficient stokers in operation to make the preparation. Street Locomotive Stoker of the Screw Conveyor Type. ■committed to the various governmental agencies through legis-lation is vastly in excess of the capacity of the present organ-ization of such agencies to perform satisfactorily. The ad-ministration of such vast interests, which should be committedto men of first rate ability in some cases, and in others tomen of thorough technical equipment, is left to the tendermercies of men who, however well meaning, have not the equip-ment necessary for the effective administration of their offices,nor under the conditions with regard to compensation whichnow exist can these agencies hope to secure men of the typedesired. Under these circumstances, the cordial co-operation ofthe railway administrations is practically essential to preventutter demoralization in the transportation industry. of the coal at the chutes advisable. Locomotive stokers arenow becoming more common and Mr. Street has perfecteda conveyor for use wher
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