Show 0 unappreciated LABOR the hard lives lod led by locomotive II fireman remen although Altho Sn to great they are ar rarely barely the of bublie favor or commendation men dation it la is doubtful if there lq is a man on the tha train who is less leas appreciated than the fi fireman fieman eman the public shakes hands with the conductor who has charge of the train thanks than kathe the brakeman for many little courtesies bows bowa to the who looks after its luggage in in transit perhaps if it is a masculine public swears at him trusts its valuables with the express messenger and talks long and loud of the brave en engineer 6 1 but the fireman heah he who 0 bends bends to hi his work and feeds the fire that makes the steam is never mentioned sometimes tj ines a purse is made up for the eng engineer i n eer no one ever heard of the fireman getting a purse but according to indianapolis di news the records show that he has performed as many deeds of valor as the engineer again it if the train leaves the track or goes into another train the fireman has fewer chances to escape than any man on the train ex capt perhaps the mail clerk shut up like a rat in a cage when the fire fireman la Is at work and that is nearly all the time when the wheals are turning h he a stands stooped over shoveling in the fuel or raking the coals in the fire box his view ahead is obstructed a and nd he cannot see the danger that may be dashing upon him the rattle and roar of the machinery may drown the engineers warning call a crash the tender pins him to the boiler head and he dies a horrible death standing in the narrow gangway peering ahead a sudden lurch around a curve may throw him off instances have been known when the coupling between the engine and the tank parted and the fireman dropped between them to be ground to pieces the records show that more mora firemen than engineers are killed in railroad wrecks about the only time the fire fireman an has a little leisure laisure is when the train is running down grade then she aho is ia shut off steam is ia saved and the knight oi pt the shovel climbs up ap to a cushioned E eat at and takes a breathing spell but ayea oven then one eye is ahead his hia hanel hand on the bell cord and the other eye fastened on the steam bateau guage whose little black hands fluctuating back and forth gauge his labor as well as the steam there Is ia science in fix feeding an en gine that is not understood by one not antho in abers W WA tra A way wi fat throw in the coal and to empty the shovel and close the furnice furnace door dooc at the same aam Q time it requires require nice calculation that tells tella how many scoop coop loads are needed to send the hands on the gauge to the proper figure deft handling to koop keep the deck of the cabin clean and a hundred other little things that go to make a skillful fireman one that saves money for the company by husbanding banding hus the coal in the tha old days the tha fireman on wood burners kad a hard time it and certainly earned the tha small ur f C he ha received for his bis services but he be had bad a sinecure compared with the man in blue 0 overalls and jumper who stokes up one of moguls mogu ls or ho hogs gs of the present day these theise engines haul freight and eat cat up coal as if it were greased paper ake fireman is ia at work continuously and about the only time he has to rest ischen is when his train takes a siding to let a more aristocratic pas enger train pass on the ten wheelers that pull the big four fast tra trains ins or the engines that haul the eap exp express r sa trains of the vandalia pennsylvania cincinnati hamilton and dayton and the tha new monon the fireman has a hard time of it the tha machinery needs a large amount of steam and it takes a great deal of coal to make maka it and the Isco scoop oV is in ringing all the time |