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Show RAILROAD MAN SAYS FIREMEN WORK LESS CHICAGO, Feb. 4. Larger locomotives have not Increased the labors of firemen, W J Tollerton, mechanical superintendent superintend-ent of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Pa-cific railroad, testified today before the board of arbitration which is seeking to adjust demands lor wage increases for 64,000 engineers and firemen on ninety-eight ninety-eight western roads. Work formerly done by the firemen. Mr. Tollerton said, now is cut one-third by labor-saving devices Installed on tho new locomotives, at a cost of JIOOO on each locomotive. He testified that firemen work about one-third of the time they are on their engines and shovel 137,i pounds of coal an hour. Their physical capacity for shoveling he placed at 6000 to liuuO'pounds an hour. |