III.— Opinions on Oil Fuel 



New York & Ottawa Railway Co.— Our tracks pass through 36 miles 

 of the Fire Preserve section through which, from May to October, 

 inclusive, locomotives are required to bum oil. 



In the year 19 10 we installed oU burning device on two locomotives 

 at a cost of $950.00. During 1912 the following expense was inctirred : 



Changing locomotives from coal to oil and then 



from oil to coal $ 389 . 22 



Maintaining Fire Patrol 1,923 . 83 



Clearing Right of Way of stumps, undergrowth, etc. 3,316.18 



Increase in cost of oil over coal 5,868 . 10 



Total $ 11,497.33 



The cost of oil was 3.308c. per gal. 

 Locomotives started no fires in 1912. 



Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. — -Figures have 

 been compiled from time to time on the cost as between use of fuel oil 

 and coal and as near as we can determine, the use of fuel oil is about 

 one-half cent per ton cheaper than coal. Three barrels of oil is con- 

 sidered equivalent to one ton of coal. 



Bellingham & Northern Railway Company. — -The oil has been en- 

 tirely satisfactory from a fire preventive point of view, and we estimate 

 a saving of approximately 33 /^ per cent of fuel consumption, as com- 

 pared with coal, but you will understand that we are so situated that 

 our coal has cost us an unusually high freight rate. 



Tonopah and Goldfield Railroad Company. — The T. & G.R.R. does 

 not operate through any timber country at all, our entire mileage 

 being over sandy desert country, however, our observation is that oil 

 is satisfactory as a fire preventive measure. Oil prices in this territory 

 range from 38c. to s8c. per barrel at the oil fields, to which is to be 

 added freight charges, and our experience is that the cost of fuel oil as 

 compared with coal is just about one-half. 



SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY 



Extracts from "Rules and Information for the Handling of 



Oil-Burning Locomotives." 



7. Guarding Against Fires. — -Especial care should bo o.xorcised by roundhouse 

 foremen and engine watchmen, to prevent accumulation of carbonaceous matter in 

 fireboxes, so that liability of setting fires will be avoided. Engineers observing 

 live sparks escaping from smoke stacks will report this at once to superintendent 

 and master mechanic by wire ; also on work book on arrival at terminal roundliouse 



