ROUGH-AND-TUMBLE ENGINEER. 



looo pounds of coal today, try and do it with 900 to: 



if a good fireman is mail 



t you can do the same amount 

 of work c;u the same an. 



I it be of the same kind. You will 

 that with all re ami skill, your engine will differ 



'!y lx>th as to the amount of fuel and water 

 it will require, though the conditions may appar- 

 ently be the same. 



Tl !e as good a time as any to say to you. re- 



mrmU i tli.it of cold air against the tuhcs is a bad 



thing, so be careful about your firedoor; open it a* little 

 as possible; when you want to throw in fuel, don't open 

 loor, and then go a rod away after a shovel of coal. 

 1 say here that I have seen this thing done by men 

 1 themselves that they were about at the top 

 in the matter of running an engine. That kind of treat- 

 ment will ruin the best boiler in existence. I don't mean 

 once or twice will do it, but to keep it up will do it 

 Get your shovel of coal ami when you are ready to throw 

 it in. open the door quickly and close it at once. Make 

 it one of your habits to do this, and you will never think 

 ing it in any other way. If it becomes necessary 

 op your engine with a hot fire and a high pressure 

 of steai : r door open, but drop your 



damper and open the smoke box door. 



