The American Railway: Its Construction, Development, Management, and Appliances

by Thomas Curtis Clarke

The master mechanic selects and immediately controls all engine-runners and firemen, and keeps performance sheets of all locomotives, showing miles run, cars hauled, wages paid, coal and oil consumed, and other details giving results accomplished by different runners and firemen, and by different types of engine, or on different divisions or roads. Premiums are often paid the runners and firemen accomplishing the best results.

Report of Performance of Engines, Repairs, and all other Costs Incident thereto, for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1888.

[Key for column headings. Column A has been repeated in each Part.]
A. Number of Engine.
B. Passenger
C. Freight.
D. Gravel or Construction.
E. Switching.
F. Total.
G. Eighth Cords of wood.
H. Bushels Coal.
I. Cost of Fuel.

[Table—Part 1 of 4]

	Miles Run.					Fuel.
A.	B.	C.	D.	E.	F.	G.	H.	I.
1	—	12,084	4,253	64	16,401	118	10,699	$1,090.25
2	—	2,672	11,779	954	15,405	193	10,913	1,131.77
3	5,402	14,471	408	120	20,407	189	10,590	1,101.08
4	28,643	4,168	—	—	32,811	297	11,875	1,212.20
5	28,275	4,490	—	72	32,837	301	12,961	1,335.31
6	—	—	—	32,370	32,370	33	10,360	1,042.26
8	3,229	11,799	4,779	—	19,807	150	13,233	1,356.30
9	1,050	23,203	—	—	24,253	155	16,344	1,663.41
10	874	24,729	—	96	25,699	158	17,039	1,741.67
11	—	—	—	23,609	23,609	205	7,661	811.00
12	1,527	—	4,369	12,060	17,956	142	8,875	918.75
30	41,345	—	—	—	41,345	237	17,702	1,821.37
31	37,450	—	—	—	37,450	215	16,695	1,716.56
32	4,233	13,516	—	120	17,869	115	10,918	1,117.10
34	13,742	5,217	—	1,224	20,183	149	6,691	704.07
	165,770	116,349	25,588	70,695	378,402	2657	182,556	$18,768.13

A. Number of Engine.
J. Gallons of Engine Oil.
K. Signal Oil.
L. Head-Light Oil.
M. Lbs. of Cyl. Oil.
N. Car Grease.
O. Waste.
P. Packing.
Q. Gallons Kerosene.

[Table—Part 2 of 4]

	Oil, Waste and Other Stores.
A.	J.	K.	L.	M.	N.	O.	P.	Q.
1	124	10	29	59½	45	347	72	–
2	121½	13½	35½	69½	69	466	102	2
3	132½	10½	38	74½	69	350	61	–
4	258	14	49	125	106	659	76	–
5	256	12	39	99½	75	622	82½	–
6	30½	12½	188½	111¼	—	298	160½	–
8	134	10½	41	65¼	60	327	98	–
9	135	12½	45½	73	70	374	87	–
10	131½	13½	63	69	70	372	96	–
11	136	1¾	96	81	40	354	81	2
12	105	9¼	58	95½	20	360	75	–
30	223	23¾	44½	69	106	726	51	–
31	243	15¼	46	92	110	660	68	1
32	138	10½	41	71½	130	361	63	7
34	186	10	32	71	75	409	43	2
	2,554	179½	846	1,226½	1045	6685	1214	14

A. Number of Engine.
R. Cost of Stores.
S. Wages of Engineer and Fireman.
T. Cost of Cleaning.
U. Labor.
V. Material.
W. Total Cost of Repairs.
X. Total Expenses and Repairs.

[Table—Part 3 of 4]