The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-29
POOLING OF FREIGHT CARS.
..cr PRESIDENT EGAN LOOKS on
TT As IdPRACTICABLE.


,, soon BE Made of the Plan.
nov, II Is Proposed to Throw All
4reinht Cars in the Country Under
,,,,,,on ControI-Other Railroad
News.
,,, central Association of Railroad
,.s..~s aft its recent meeting at Indianap-
e,s decided that the plan for pooling
t-sigr, cars suggested by the superintend-
49,, NJ car service of the Big Four roads
nos b5ta feasible and practicable. 1t is
,,-orossd to start with a limited pool by
ai,is.on of the country into territorial
..otiors. these sections being gradually
l,r.oli3ated until eventually there would
n, tnr The one pool of all the freight cars
of the United States.
Vice President Egan of the Central was
asts5 Yesterday what he thought of the
plan.
"such a movement has been agitated for
ssreral years now and has become quite
o ionic Of talk at the different meetings of
men interested in the practical manage
nent of railroad properties" said he. 1T
Is Gained by those who are in favor Of
noolipg The freight cars that it would eff
feet a great saving to the railroads as it
would enable them to go along without
binding any cars for several years, would
give economy in maintenance, and would
reduce operating expenses by not requir-
ipe all railroads to keep on hand such
variety and number of freight cars.
"The idea" continued Mr.. Egan, lis for
all he railroads, or for the railroads of a
large section, as is now suggested, to put
all their freight rolling stock into a COM
mon pool We will say that the Central
Plant System, Florida Central and Pen
insular Georgia and Alabama and South
ern with perhaps one or two others, went
into pool. All of their freight cars
would then be considered as common
property, subject to the demands and
uses Of all the railroads in the pool. At
the end Of a year the profits earned by
the cars would be divided among the lines
in the pool on a basis of the number of
cars put IN the pool by each. The theory
is that the cars would then not be idle
and that a less number would be required
TO meet all demands. The business of
the roads, taking the country as a whole,
or any very large portion of it, varies All
are not busy at the same time,. and by
having cars subject to the uses of all the
roads the companies needing them could
get them and those owning them would de-
rive an additional profit from such Joint
use"
DO you think the plan will be carried
out?'
That l cannot say. I am afraid there
are too many obstacles to be overcome.
though There are so many varieties of
cars, so many different purposes for which
they are especially built, and so much diff
n tbair
would be, l am inclined to believe an in
surmountable job to arrange a pool so that
The earnings could be prorated euuitablv
sun, no one can tell what the future NAV
bring forth on this or any other line
quite a number of prominent railroad
men are understood to be heartily in ia
Yor Of the pooling movement
The Southern Railroad has assured the
local employees in the shops, yards, etc.
at Knoxville, Tenn. that the 10 per cenr
reduction Of 1898 will be restored at an
early date.
Inc relations between railroad companies
ana their employees are becoming closer
ana closer. A recent indication of the bet
"r understanding existing is shown in
Ue action of the Louisville and Nashville.
"hlcn IS putting in a fine swimming pooi
ana library for the use of it's men at
Mobile. b"
Mr. r. H. Wright, general agent of the
rant System at Charleston, and Mr. E.
", Clark agent at Albany, were In the
city yesterday.
Ihe maintenance of the anti-scalping in
formation bureau at Washington d,1rina
ue last session Of Congress cost the rail
.Uons SI0V. This expense will be amor
uohed as follows: Trunk Line Association
3 per cent Central Passenger Associa.
'o'i' 9V per cent. The other 10 per cent
~ 10 De paid by the Southwestern lines.
me bureau will be opened again at the
next session of Congress
AZ Oaieago the Central Freight Associa-
'''N Is TO take up the adjustment of rates
-loIl me South and for the North South
'Y'"s want grouping of rates on
bound Ss'i-e "a on sOu'h-
''o'I says that a poll of Congress
showed that $40 members were opposed TO
s1Alns up the anti-scalping bill at the
93sloL Just closed and seventy-six in favor
~, Dut this is not to be construed IA
,1itllus mat is cannot be passed in De-
Ss4I4Def.
water C. Coleman, formerly with the
'oiloa Central and Peninsular. has been
t1tplonied government traffic manager of
of lGau at Washington for the purpose
TO -ooA4as after the transportation of
10 reported that the Nashville. Chat
,''''osa and ST. Louis has obtained con-
en- -. tle Chattanooga, Rome and South
viii %'i soon do so, and that the road
''i De dou5le-racked.
o.. president and vice president of the
-'''''a' Railroad and the president of the
rec1,l.,. line Railroad met at Arlington
eer 'y ana agreed upon union passen-
cea,.' Pc, which viii be located in the
ea r. vi Town The grading Of the Geor-
srI ! one Railroad is now only about one
'"e-Aaf miles from town.
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