. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . over to America doesvery well and for obvious reasons. Anoil burning equipment installed on alocomotive that will perform the func-tions, give the results which the re- quirements of modern railroading de-mands must possess certain characteris-tics. Whatever the stationary or per-manent parts are, the working partsmust be few and simple. One move-ment of the lever adjusts the fire, with-out resort to the use of any auxiliaryvalves or levers. The movement of an-other lever adjusts the draft. T
. Railway and locomotive engineering : a practical journal of railway motive power and rolling stock . over to America doesvery well and for obvious reasons. Anoil burning equipment installed on alocomotive that will perform the func-tions, give the results which the re- quirements of modern railroading de-mands must possess certain characteris-tics. Whatever the stationary or per-manent parts are, the working partsmust be few and simple. One move-ment of the lever adjusts the fire, with-out resort to the use of any auxiliaryvalves or levers. The movement of an-other lever adjusts the draft. The tem-perature of the oil and pressure of airmust be controlled automatically. The enable him to become a successful en-gineer. If firemen were allowed the privi-lege to work in the shops as machinistshelpers or fitters helpers, it would enablethem to become not only good all-roundmechanics, but it would furnish them withthe necessary education and to the making of them first-classengineers. Hoping to see other opinionson the subject, John Whe.\le. Sutherland, Sask., 0\ ER THE l-CGl RIVER, JAPAN. oil must be separated from foreignmatter and heated at a minimum cost,being delivered into the fire-box at atemperature which will insure perfectalomization and vaporization. Theburner and furnace must harmonize, andso work together that all residuum isconsumed within the walls of the fire-box. No control can be had over thequantity of gas generated from the oil,but the air supply must be so controlledas to furnish to the hydrocarbon gasesthat are distilled from the oil the neces-sary amount of oxygen, and when thetemperature of the fire-box is up to theignition point of the gases the resultwill be immediate diffusion and perfect,smokeless combustion. The oil supplymust be atomized in the smallest quan-tity that will produce the greatest heat,and the temperature and weight of theoil supply must be such that the great-est quantity of gas would be generated
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