Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1913 — Depends on the Fireman. [ARTICLE]

Depends on the Fireman.

The factor determining the size and power of large locomotives is the physical endurance of the fireman, as an ordinary fireman cannot put UrebOfc more than 5,000 to 6.00 C pounds of coal an hour. This is one of the considerations which render compounding and superheating, which together, under favorable conditions, secure as much as 40 per cent, economy in the fuel burned for a given out put, such valuable factors In the de velopment of the locomotive.