Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 235, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1911 — Plan to Reduce Coal Consumption.. [ARTICLE]

Plan to Reduce Coal Consumption..

The Chicago Great Western has adopted an accurate coal weighing system by which a record will be kept of every pound of coal used throughout the system, and it is expected that the present cost of suel —$1,500,000 annually—can be reduced 10 per cent. New scales will be put in at each of the company’s twenty-three coaling stations, and reports will be made showing the average consumption of coal a locomotive mile and « ton mile. .''