Show 1 AUTOMATIC I fOR LOCOMOTIVES I j jI I CHICAGO May a 13 Th Tb Th Alton road rond I I has haa recently rece-nUy conducted a series of oC tests of an automatic stoker On a train of ot fifty loaded loade-d frt freight cars hauled from Chi ChiI I eago ago to St tt t. t Lou Louts LouUs all an rf are said to I have been broken for long tong distance firing ni The value of the stoker under tests tau U Is said by railroad officials to 0 rest In the fact tact that It gives a uniform distribution I of co coel I In the fire tire box In tn an un uneven I even heat to all parts of the boiler and andin I in a substantial saving n in fuel I It Is said ald for this hi newest 1 e eI mechanical Improvement that by hy Its use the engine firemen are practically ally made Into assistant assis I tant taut engineers giving them more time timeto to watch wath signals and giving a a. greater safety to the traveling public |