Show oil fuel on railroads tho the absence ot of cinders and dirt the greatly heightened 0 comfort ot of travelers the ta tase so and cheapness with which it can be handled and it lessening of tho tile N varand tear of machinery and above abo ve all the great saving in III cost are a tho chief advantages of fuel oil for tho the present saving per mile la Is about 40 pel cent except in localities horo coal Is 1 produced and sold at a lov low tho cost of chan changing coal binning burning engines to oil burners is less leas than thun HOO each tho the dw lees now iu in use distribute tho the heat uniformly in ili the ili and lines and prevent expansion and contraction the heat being sufficient to exclude the cold air tho tile saving saying to tho the roads now using oil for auelia fuel Is best illustrated by the fact that 1250 pounds of oil equals in work a ton of cool coal 2000 pounds poun dd th thi best beat results re aults ho cooer howo oer cr are obtained by adjusting ud uti tho temperature of the oil before it reaches tho th ali texal u engineers doubtless hao hae a right to bo be proud of tho the fact that they were tho the first to run oil fired 11 red locomotives in this country but they oro are not pioneers plon eera lu in the use tire of liquid fuel Petiole petroleum Peti oleum urn vas used tor for centuries as its fuel in southern Pru aln adjacent to the tho caspian sea it la Is produced there in abundance and la Is it ed ted exclusively on lococo ties and on stationary and barhie engines tho the crudo crude oil is not burned however but the residua or dregs aich is left after relining tho the crude oil la Is now used but this tills trill will doubtless be bo changed with tho the introduction of refineries A curious device was long stripe adopted to keep tho the hues flues of the tho locomotives ino tives flee flom soot this device Is is hind mand funnel tho the sand being carried through tho the flues by the draught from the firebox oil is also used us as fuel in soine parts urta of youth bouth Ain america grica particularly in ili peru and anti wherever it 16 has been used the railways report that steam nt at a it procuro of from to pounds direct tu the atomizer gives better results than superheated abeam of sull cheated rhea ted nir air producing flume which la Is carried entirely through the aue flues tula thil could not bo ba accomplished od with super heated steam or air the latter utter acting mure inure in lit the nature nt of A at blowpipe blow producing ti terise heat in the firebox but not carrying tho flamo forward tho the pru prevalent alent idea that the fireman of an oil burning engine has little to do to ex except pt turn a faucet conly of dust from his immaculate linen and look sweet Is far from froin correct the fireman handling bandling oil hoa has if it anything it more exacting task than his bis brother on the muzzle loader juggling black diamonds whatever e ver fu fuel e I 1 ie Is used th the t i fireman must exercise the utmost skill and und caro and ho fie Is h jointly re |