Round-Up | 1898-02-26 | Page 3 | Local News

for some time the baltimore and ohio southwestern railway company has been experimenting with crude oil for kindling fires in locomotives in place of using cord wood and the lie results obtained have been so BO satisfactory that it will hereafter be reed ed on the whole line during the mouth month of november 1807 at the companas comp anys shops which are located at washington ind and Chilli chillicothe ohio fires were started with crude oil at a cost of 1732 or cents centa per fire to have started the same number of fires with wood the cost would have been or 2496 cents per fire this represents a saving of and Is very satisfactory