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Caption: Dedication - Transportation Building Dedication Addresses
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made, and determine what size of ooal, air space, etc..., will give the best results in the fire box. The front end of the looomotive has been gone into very thoroughly; every relation of the tip in the exhaust pipe to the staok. I worked on that some years. I was chairman of that committee, and I don't know that it meant very much after I got through. If it did not, it was the fault of the fellow who was on the job. Now, what we want to do is to get the best general conditions for obtaining the most out of one ton of coal. you young men to do that. It is up to I think that with this testing plant we ought to get these results. Now, that calls to mind just one thing, that you have got a splendid equipment here, and you young men, the railroads all through this state, this country, and the people of this commonwealth, are to be congratulated that you have such a splendid outfit, and suoh a splendid equipment, and suoh splendid men at the head of it, who will give ybu suoh instxniction that if you stay by it and earnestly study and practioe it, that you will be men worth while. The methods of firing, you can practice on the looomotive that you have on your testing plant, for the method of firing is a very important thing. Some men will take a number of sooops of coal, say ten at a time, and throw it in, and the sooops will average anywhere from 14 to 30 pounds of ooal, according to the size of the scoops, and if you throw in 20 pounds II
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