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system could be maintained which would be just as effective; 

 and that the added expense of fuel oil is too much for a small 

 company • 



The Kew York Central Hailroad Company says that oil 

 costs 80 per cent more than coal and that they have not done 

 away with the other protective measures. 



But in all cases the fire damages are a great deal 

 less where fuel oil is used, but the constantly increasing 

 price of fuel oil is seriously retarding the movement toward 

 its more general use by railways. 



Leavitt (1912) says, "Even with the best use of oil- 

 burning applicances, thers will still be danger of fire along 

 railroad lines, due (a) to carelessness by passengers or others 

 in throwing burning cigars or cigarettes on the right-of-way; 



(b) To careless or malicious action by tramps, or other 

 pedestrians, in leaving camp fires burning along right-of-way; 



(c) To carelessness of section men# 



In general, the establishment of a special system 

 of fire patrols may be dispensed mth along railroad lines 

 where oil is used as locomotive fuel. The removal of 

 inflammable material from the right-of-way is essential, 

 even in oil burning sections, on account of the possibility 

 of fires from causes other tJian locomotive operation. The 

 great increase in oil-burning mileage on railways is due 

 primarily to the fact that a saving can thus be made in 

 operating expenses. Fire prevention has in general been 

 a secondary consideration, except in case of a requirement 

 for the use of oil being made by some government authority." 



