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64 New York Central Lines Magazine for May, 192S
What the Line East Has Done in Fuel
Conservation
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Honor Division '27 36.3 2.3 142.2 1,849 130.2
Pennsylvania '28 32.9 9-D 2.5 1 141.6 0.4-D 1,860 6 117.4 10-D 5 12 1
'27 18.5 6.3 260.5 835 139.5
Harlem '28 17.7 4-D 6.4 4 250.2 4-D 867 4 126.4 9-D 6 14 2
'27 11.5 8.3 107.9 2,343 110.1
Syracuse '28 10.8 6-D 9.0 2 106.3 1.5-D 2,475 5 107.S 2-D 9 16 3
'27 18.6 6.3 133.3 1,441 101.7
River '28 19.8 7-1 6.1 10 119.9 10-D 1,528 2 95.4 6-D 7 19 4
'27 39.6 2.6 982.7 264 —
Putnam '28 47.3 19-1 2.2 12 740.2 25-D 292 1 — — — 19'/2 5
'27 23.1 4.2 181.4 1,290 110.5
St. Lawrence '28 24.3 5-1 4.2 9 184.5 2-1 1,311 7 97.3 12-D 4 20 6
'27 24.7 3.4 300.8 753 —
Ottawa '28 23.3 6-D 3.3 3 329.0 9-1 749 12 — — — 22% 7
'27 18.3 5.1 112.0 1,706 97.2
Rochester '28 19.8 8-1 5.0 11 117.2 5-1 1,833 10 78.6 19-D 2 23 8
'27 9.2 10.7 118.1 1,452 81.0
Hudson '28 9.5 3-1 11.1 8 112.4 5-D 1,630 3 84.9 5-1 12 23 8
'27 9.5 9.6 119.6 2,177 116.4
Mohawk '28 9.5 — 9.8 6 126.4 6-1 2,207 11 112.9 3-D 8 25 10
'27 22.5 4.6 206.8 920 98.7
Adiron. '28 23.0 2-1 5.1 7 210.4 2-1 845 8 103.2 5-1 11 26 11
'27 18.3 4.7 163.8 1,284 77.3
Ontario '28 17.9 2-D 4.3 5 167.2 2-1 1,378 9 134.6 74-1 13 27 12
'27 23.4 3.0 424.4 953 115.7
Buffalo '28 35.5 52-1 3.1 13 571.9 35-1 993 13 96.9 16-D 3 29 13
Harlem '2 7 — — — — 108.6
Electric '28 — — — — — — 75.5 31-D 1 — —
Hudson '27 — — — — 98.4
Electric '28 — — — — — — 100.0 2-1 10 — —
'27 35.2 2.5 146.7 1,993 119.2
Fall Brook '28 31.6 10-D 2.8 147.9 0.8-1 1 907 114.9 4-D — —
'27 38.4 1.9 136.7 1,702 139.6
Beech Creek '28 36.8 4-D 1.9 133.2 3-D 1,801 120.2 14-D - —
Total, '27 11.3 8.8 129.5 1,715 103.2
Dist. No. 1 '28 11.5 2-1 9.0 130.4 0.7-1 1,764 101.4 2-D — —
Total, '27 14.3 6.5 133.3 1.862 112.8
Dist. No. 2 '28 14.0 2-D 6.8 134.5 0.9-1 1,939 99.6 12-D — —
Total, '27 12.2 7.9 131.8 1,801 109.1
Line East '28 12.3 0.8-1 8.2 132.8 0.8-1 1,862 100.3 8-D — —
Total Consumption Saving or Loss Comparison
Tons Cost Tons Value Per pent
Passenger 84,302 $306 859 Loss 688 $2,504 0.82
Freight 161,782 588,886 Loss 1,218 4,434 0.76
Switch 55.063 200.429 *Saving 3,046 11,087 5.24
Total 301,147 $1,096,174 Saving 1,140 $4,149 0.38
"Figured on basis of pounds per 1,000 G.T.M 1927, 47,7, and 1U2S, •io.'i,
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K. Year's Comparison om the Ohio Central
February, 1927 and 1928
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'27 25.9 3.3 150.6 1,564 152.3
Ohio '28 27.3 5.4-1 3.4 140.8 6.5-D 1,582 154.7 1.6-1
'27 22.3 3.7 106.5 1,995 109.6
Southern '28 21.8 2.2-D 3.4 112.3 5.4-1 1,915 107.1 2.3-D
Total, '27 24.4 3.4 138.0 1,667 146.2
O. C. Lines '28 25.2 3.3-1 3.4 131.1 5.0-D 1,681 146.2 —
Total Consumption Total Saline or Loss Comparison in
Tons Cost Tons Value Per eent
Passenger 3.248 $6,971 Loss 103 S'09 3 3
Freight 22,772 45.909 Saving 1,298 2 635 5 4
Switch 8.314 16,830 *Saving 469 952 5.3
Total 34,334 $69,710 Saving 1,664 $3,378 4^6
'Figured on basis of pounds per 1,000 G.T.M.—1927, 50.6; 1928, 47.9.
Average eost per ton, including handling and 2T> eents per ton haulage $2,030.
pie. And his 'cubs' without exception,
so far as they have desired to remain
with the Big Four, have been retained
to this day. That is a remarkable
thing; they have been the kind of men
the company wanted to keep, and,
also, their company has always been
the one they have wanted to stay with.
"It took a strong man's full time
and strength in those days to handle
a small-station job. All he had to do
was to take and deliver train orders,
do the Western Union work, sell passenger
tickets, receive and deliver
freight and collect therefor, carry the
mail both ways between postoffice and
train four or five times daily, handle
the express in and out, block all trains
and report their passage, make 6,000
reports daily and weekly and monthly
and yearly, conduct a peck of correspondence
each fortnight with important
clerks whose chief stock-in-trade
in their letters was 'Please advise now
whether you clearly understand and
be governed accordingly,' put up and
take down switch lamps a mile apart
—and when the agent, after this exercise,
would be resting, he could tend
the fires, shoo buggy drivers out of
the way of the fast mail, rid up the
warehouse, entertain the section crew,
and wonder whether '35' would be two
hours late or four. A small town station
in these swift days is a graveyard
compared to what they were in 1900.
"For seventy-five years David Roberts
walked among neighbors in Rushsylvania.
His life was an open book.
In that book is written and there they
have read it and shall read it forever,
an honorable record made by a virtuous
and worthy man who did his work
the best he knew and boasted of it not
at all. He trained upwards of twenty
boys for useful lives. All who knew
him had faith in him. He was a cheerful
friend every day to every man and
woman and child he met. He offered
his life for the Union in the dread
days of the Civil War and he served
in the later months of the fearful
struggle in Virginia. So far as I can
now recall he was the last old soldier
from Rushsylvania, resident there.
"Faithful, loyal servant; kindly
gentleman, true citizen of his town,
carrying his share of the load without
any murmur; soldier of the Republic;
esteemed by his'neighbors; loved next
their fathers by all his 'boys,'—we
give you hail and farewell—till we
meet again. You are on board The
Unlimited, the blocks are all down,
your pass is signed by the Chief Himself,
and you are bound for the Union
Station of Eternity. If they will let
you have a little space Up There, Uncle
Dave, we'd like you to fix up another
practice line like we had in old
'Va' and all us boys will want to start
in with you again learning the Morse
code and have you send us out fit to
behave ourselves, running the business
of the Celestial Central."
B. & A. Supervisors Meet at
Dinner in West Springfield
"|\/rORE than a hundred persons at-
A
tended the festivities of the Boston
& Albany Supervisors' Club at the
West Springfield Y. M. C. A. the evening
of March 26.
W. S. Rich, with bell rope and loco-
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motive bell, punctuated the intervals
of the program, and acted as general
factotum.
There was music during the dinner
with acrobatic stunts and boxing
matches afterward. There was also
.1 whistling solo given by E. A. Sullivan
and motion pictures of a Pullman
travelogue.
A number of officers of the road
were present, including J. L. Truden,
General Superintendent, Boston; H. J.
Curry, Superintendent of the Albany
Division; F. A. Butler, Superintendent
of Motive Power; F. S. Austin,
Purchasing Agent, and G. E. Johnston,
General Storekeeper.
The committee of arrangements
consisted of D. E. Viger, chairman;
A. F. Rockefeller, H. C. Fletcher, L.
S. Erickson, H. Van Delinda and R.
M. Schilling.
West Park Grew Gives Aid in
Fire Near Cleveland
kURING a fire at the Hardwood
Products Company plant at West
Park, just outside of Cleveland, March
2, some commendable action was taken
by employes which not only saved the
company equipment, but made it possible
for the fire department to fight
the fire better.
Conductor G. E. Copfer, who regularly
has charge of the yard engine in
this territory, was off duty on this
date, but he happened to be in a restaurant
on Lorain Street when this
fire started. He left the restaurant
and, going to a yard telephone, called
Assistant General Yard Master Miles
at West Park at about 8:10 P.M., and
notified him of the fire, stating that
there were six cars on this industrial
track that would be endangered. He
also called the fire department.
Mr. Miles, with West Park engine,
manned by Engineman W. H. Beckwith,
Fireman E. M. Stevens, Conductor
P. J. Gallagher and Brakeman C.
W. Barker and J. Eberly, left immediately
for Lorain Street, making a
cross-over movement, and pulled five
cars, which were solid loads of lumber,
and one car, partly loaded, from
this industrial track and'took them to
West Park.
The fire was close to the cars, which
were spotted, being from six to ten
feet apart, and on account of the smoke
it was with difficulty that the men
made the couplings and succeeded in
. pulling the cars out without damage
to them or their contents. The cars
were pulled at 8:25 P.M., or approximately
fifteen minutes after being
notified.
The pulling of these cars aided the
fire department in reaching points of
vantage in fighting the fire.
Big Business for Fall Brook
Coal Co. Way Back in 1891
NEWSPAPER clipping of 1891
and a handbill printed in 1863
throw, interesting light on the early
history of the Fall Brook Coal Company.
The handbill, drawn up by John
Magee, President of the Company,
stipulates that a fine of twenty-five
cents will be imposed on all persons
riding on the engines of the company.
February Fuel Performances on Lime West
1927 and 1928
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Lansing '28 27.2 24.9 2.98 1 345.2 6.1 555 5,262 2 157.8 19.5 4 7 1
•27 12.4 8.77 116.4 2,416 38,575 176.1
Toledo '28 11.5 7.3 9.07 4 112.7 3.2 2,243 41,180 5 135.5 23.1 3 12 2
'27 25.4 3.98 230.0 1,009 10,219 122.2
Michigan '28 22.2 12.6 4.26 3 206.3 10.3 1,014 9,581 1 142.3 *16.4 9 13 3
'27 21.8 4.28 169.6 1,645 22,901 123.5
Franklin '28 24.2 *11.0 4.15 9 161.7 4.7 1,750 26,335 3 88.7 28.2 1 13 3
'27 16.6 7.31 138.2 2,236 37,681 138.9
Western '28 16.0 3.6 7.42 5 133.5 3.4 2,082 38,072 4 141.1 *1.6 7 16 5
'27 28.3 3.71 169.3 1,690 21,278 224.0
Illinois '28 29.9 *5.7 3.42 8 166.0 1.9 1,633 22,312 6 169.7 24.2 2 16 5
•27 14.5 7.59 141.3 2,103 30,322 108.3
Cleveland '28 14.2 2.1 7.82 6 144.1 *2.0 1,941 34,161 7 105.9 2.2 6 19 7
'27 33.3 2.16 283.5 1,239 16,666 149.5
Alliance '28 26.9 19.2 2.08 2 369.8 *30.4 829 8,330 9 200.4 *34.0 10 21 8
'27 12.0 8.52 116.1 2,486 39,894 104.8
Erie '28 12.3 *2.5 8.48 7 125.5 *8.1 2,349 42,581 8 110.7 *5.6 8 23 9
'27 179.5
Cleve. Ter'l '28 160.3 10.7 5
'27 13.2 7.90 136.3 2,149 115.6
3rd Dist. '28 13.3 *.8 7.97 138.2 *1.4 2,083 102.5 11.3
'27 16.5 6.82 149.3 1,877 159.1
4th Dist. '28 15.4 6.7 6.94 142.3 4.7 1.800 140.9 11.4
'27 14.6 7.41 141.6 2,030 29,031 158.4
Total '28 14.1 3.4 7.51 139.9 1.2 1,957 31,147 141.3 10.8
Consumption Loss or Saving Compared with
Total February. 1927
Tons Cost Tons Cost Per cent
Passenger 50,764 $180,000 Saving 1,795 $6,365 3.4
Freight 118,418 419,910 Saving 1,439 5,103 1.2
Switch 34,540 122,479 Saving 3,555 12,606 9.3
Total 203,722 $722,398 Total Saving ... 6,789 $24,074 3.2
* Increase.
Figured on basis of pounds per 1,000 G.T.M 1927, 4S.0; 192S, 40.S.
Progress in Fuel Conservation
New York Central Railroad I Including Ohio Central)
1927 Compared with 1926
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1 $112,524 3.6 — $250,818 8.4 $77,401 6.8 — $440,743 6.2 *2
2 121,721 8.1 — 389,882 9.3 75,264 4.9 — 586,867 8.1 *1
3 21,095 1.7 — 192,800 6.2 — $20,578 2.7 193,317 3.8 *4
4 46,737 4.2 — 105,670 5.0 — 28,159 4.0 124,248 3.2 *4
O. C. — $8,044 9.7 58,308 7.2 18,178 6.7 — 68,442 5.8 *3
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Total $294,033 4.1 $997,478 7.5 $122,106 2.7 $1,413,617 5.7
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unit consumption in each service.
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3 11.9 12.1 128.9 136.6 132. 128. five hundred loaded coal cars could
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O. C. 23.4 21.5 123.2 135.4 133.3 142.9 " " " ^ .
The clipping wisely comments: It
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' ' is said that the New York Central
"A proper regard for life and limb contemplates building a double track
justifies and makes this Regulation a on the Auburn branch of the road beduty,"
declares the bill. tween Syracuse and Rochester. It is
The newspaper clipping describes a to be hoped that this may be done,
record freight movement one Sunday. There is a great need for additional
No passenger trains were run that track for the largely increasing busiday,
and the company's entire stock ness of the road. There is not a local-
•of locomotives was utilized in moving ity between the two cities named that
freight, besides three engines borrowed would not be materially benefitted by
from the Beech Creek Railroad. In such an arrangement."