The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-04-25
Or Pay Fine Of Five Dollars
Per Car
sEvlRAL SMALL WRECKS
Take Place Wednesday in
Local Erie Yards
blocking Valley Road has Issued a
New Form Of Clearance Card
Railroad News.

Chicago, April 25. decisive ac-
ton was taken hero by the Ameri-
can Railway association at its
meeting to remedy the car short
ace which for several months has
been causing so much worry among
shippers throughout the country,
so far as the trouble has been due
to the lack of proper and equitable
interchange OF cars.
The failure of some of the roads
10 furnish a sufficient quota OF
equipment fer their own traffic
and the failure to provide and en-
force proper rules for the return
of foreign ears TO their own roads
and responsible fer the shortage,
and to remedy the evil the asso-
citation adopted "a rule, to be con-
firmcd later by letter ballot Of
all the reads providing that any
railroad which shall hereafter not
promptly return to its owner, after
unloading, all cars consigned to it
will be penalized So for each car
so misrsed, to be paid to the own
er Of the car.
This penalty is in addition to
the ,perdiem charge of so cents
which, after July l, each road
'rnst pay for each car not its own
which may be on its lines.
In order to make the new rule
more elective the principle Of pub
licity is. to be invoked through
the instrumentality of the so-called
clearing house recently established
in Chicago. Up TO the present
time this committee has confined
itself to gathering confidential sta
tistics.
By the adoption Of the new rule
the chairman of the committee is
now authorized to send to each of
The members statement compris-
ing the information already collect
ed as to the ear location, percen-
tage of equipment, total owped
and untitled car orders. This, the
, association believes, will enable
each railroad in the country to
know exactly which lines are de-
linquent in the matter of furnish
ing adequate cars OF failing to re-
turn ears to their home lines.
The report of the committee on
standard rail sections was adopted
unanimously and the steel +
manufacturers will be told that the
present rails are not up to sped.
fications and that a better and SAT
er rail must be provided.
After the reelection of Presiden
w. G.. Brown of the New Yorl
Central and Second Vice Presiden
W. A.. Gardner of the Chicag,
and Northwestern railroad tn,
\ convention adjourned TO meet a
Norfolk, Va, in October.
The Hooking Valley has issued &
new form Of clearance card, which
according to local railroader'y opinion.
Is one OF the most convenient a,
we'll as safe plans for checking III
train orders that has ever been orig
mated In the railroad circles of tn,
country.
Special space Is provided in tn,
cara fer the purpose Of showing tn
serial numbers OF orders delivered t,
trains. The card will be used 70
delivering orders to all telegram
offices whether under red block o
\ not. When the engineman or con
ductor receives the orders, he mus
make them tally with the clearanc
card, thus determining exactly wheth
er or not he has received orders CON
plete. III the conductor in checkin
with the cards finds a discrepancy. h
VIII demand of the telegraph operate
copies of all orders shown ON tn
\ clearance card.
n The above rules were issued in tb
form of a bulletin and posted in III
local offices of the Hooking Vale
this morning. The Hooking has r,
lcently suffered from mistakes cause
BY trains not receiving orders in fu
and consequently the new clearant
card to be known as No. as was o.
Y iginated.
\ Erie yard engines No. 14l
X was derailed near the Kehton ayen,
\ Wcrossing about three o'clock yesterds
X afternoon. The engine was runnir
U Through the yards at modera
n speed when heel caught In
Y switch point. defailing the trucks
1.-THE Gallon wrecking crew, which WI
Nv the ststemsnt that somebody