Show CASEY THE ENGINEER casey received his general orders ds as lie went to work that fine bright morning and tile the world must have seemed good to him for a look of confidence and contentment was on his face as lie he climbed into the cab of the huge mallet type locomotive As soon as lie he had taken his seat belil behind lid the throttle lie he felt at home did casey for lie had spent many years there casays orders were nothing out of tile the ordinary they were mostly orders to wait at certain sidings for the fast passengers to pass and then resume his journey but aside from his regular orders casey knew that lie he had an important duty to perform he had a huge engine under his control it furnished the power he furnished the brains to manipulate that power lie he knew however that even though liis his engine had immense power it was not capable of carrying much of a load in fact fac it its own weight served as quite a load but buc he did know that it had enormous reserve power which was capable of pulling in many any hundreds of tons in trailers behind it this tha s was his duty to haul a load from place to place he knew his machine could do it because it had tile the power but that was not tile the only reason he knew that after affef the run made the day before his huge pet had been thoroughly examined wiped and oiled ready to serve him again thus lie he felt confidence in his ability to take the load to its destination which lie he did in record time you who have read this little story does it bring anything home to you you are a mining man with ore in your bins ready to transport and load into the cars which casey is to take to tile the smelter you want that ore down there while the price of metals is high you do not want delays in your hauling you do not want to pay an excessive price then consider the following why does casays engine pull the load instead of carrying it because hauling is cheaper than carrying when you haul with teams you place the team in front of tile the wagon so it can pull the load why dont you place the load on their backs try to push a loaded wheelbarrow over a curb or bump then turn about and pull it over then think when you employ motors for hauling wily why should you place the load entirely on oil the back of the motor vehicle if the traction principle holds good on railroads and with teams why not with motor equipment hauling is the cheapest and most efficient method for highway transportation for the same reason that it is tile the cheapest and most efficient method for railway transportation but remember the right kind of engine must be used according to the grades and other conditions then we ask again why did casey haul his load through in record time because he had the right kind of equipment because it was in prime condition insuring against breakdowns and and because casey was the right man to run it he was held responsible and was capable of car carrying carrein his responsibility had lie he not been another man would have taken his place |