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January, 1927 MARINE REVIEW Boiler room of a New York Central tug showing typical Todd Fuel Oil Burning installation SAVES $57.51 PER HOUR BY BURNING FUEL OIL CAREFUL comparison of fuel consumption was made by the Marine Department of the New York Central R. R. covering the year 1922 (the last year coal was used) and 1925 (the first year their entire fleet was converted to oil burning) with the following result: LBS. OF OIL PER H.P. HOUR LBS. OF COAL PER H.P. HOUR 4 Cc Q A 2.69 1.30 B 2.04 1.30 C 2.33 1.16 D Zot £32 E Zot 1.27 F 2.78 1.42 G 2.82 1.40 H 2.64 1.41 Taking the average price prevailing for both fuels during 1925, for the entire fleet, the difference in cost per horse- power hour was distinctly in favor of fuel oil, as follows: DIFFERENCE IN FAVOR COAL OIL OF OIL Tug boats $0.009789 $0.006858 $0.002931 Steam lighters 0.011388 0.008856 0.002532 Ferry boats 0.005733 0.004570 0.001163 Applying these figures to the operation of their entire fleet per hour the actual amount of dollars and cents saved is: DIFFERENCE IN FAVOR COAL OIL OF OIL Tug boats (13064) $127.88 $89.59 $38.29 Steam lighters (1800) 20.50 15.94 4.56 Ferry boats (12600) 12.24 °° 5758 14,66 Total saving per hour $57.51 Todd engineers are available at all times for consultation with owners or operators, TODD DRY DOCK, ENGINEERING G REPAIR CORPORALION Foot of 23rd Street, Brooklyn, New York Please mention MARINE REVIEW when writing to Advertisers 71 NEW YORK CENTRAL Marine Department