Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1892 — Waste Steam. [ARTICLE]

Waste Steam.

A Western engineer has patented a device by the use of which the steam that' is often allowed to go to waste when a locomotive is standing at a way station taking wood, or water, can be utilized for pumping water for the tanks or reservoirs, around the station, It is cusromary, at most large stations, to have a stationary engine and steam pump for raising the water, but the inventor claims by'an arrangement ttiiscostof fuel, is saved, while.the cost of add-, ing the improvement will be less than the cost of the pumping arrangement how in use.