The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-09-06


four of these failed to make connec-
tions or reach terminals on time This
is nearly perfect record in this class
of efficiency.
efficiency on the Erie Ia the result
of necessity. If the Erie were wealthy
like sor'e of its competitors IL, too,
would probably be wasting money just
as they are in expensive terminals, 4
stations jvermaintenance and in the
numerous ways that waste Is alb
sorbed where credit Is good and new
capital can easily be raised. My per-
sonal belief is that this waste nearly
always equals the gain that is to be
lad from ability to adopt methods
tending toward greater economy. The
Erie has os loyal body of men as is
to be found in the East, and men who
are today very proud of the results
which they are helping to produce.
This quality is everywhere apparent
out on the road. 1t is one of the best
assets the Erie management possesses
1t saves many dollars for net earn
ings, by preventing waste in accidents
delays and in use of material and
starts whole lot of new revenue i'm
the direction of the company's treas
Try.
Last February and March when
the New York Central and Pennsyl-
vania were badly blocked in the mid
die West. owing to heavy snowstorms,
and later, floods, the Erie took their
business and moved II. In the one
month its loaded cars increased per
cent, in the other 16 per cent. This
! was a test of efficiency. Primarily
the engines of the Erie were in better
condition then to stand the strain OF
bad weather than were those of its
competitors. The most powerful NAL
| let engines ever built are to be found
| on the Erie hauling coal trains up the
hills of Port Jervis and Susquehanna.
BY means of the Guymard and the
Genesee cut-offs, the Erie has the low
| est potential and about the lowest aC-
tual grades across the state. BY the
use of them it has been able to in
crease its trainloads, at particular
| points, from 40 to SO per cent. and to
cut its expenditures In half. 10 do
| this has involved the outlay, In the
| last four years, of about $4,000, 900
and the addition of seventy-flve miles
of new line, an average of $500, 900
per mile, with individual miles cost
ing from 100000 to Sl.OO0.OOO.
"The physical condition of the Erie
pears IN All essehtiai matters "Nl-
"ehce OF careful ana ample mamie.
nance. There ~ no waste exhibited
| except where due to lack of funds for
providing agencies for economy. This
| applies particularly to the shops of
| the company which have still to be
reinioreeo IN hu,ipers peiore t'e pest
r'sui's cnh DC optotnuu. ~ tne p''t
| iew years seVeral ',lil,ioh uoi'ars nave
peeu eNpenueu III in''c caS'ns supp III
elii'les' bot ',ley are sun ii,"uePuu'c'
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proportlo,i VI ,ooN p'ii,"o, oil ti'o ,"n' o
uacn "h' uo"ole 'iaeN VI, 's'on, ~
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anu i'oio sV't ', o,5-I - 'e'
on tne neW ""es 'ia' o'e See' ~ u
phs Jouriley'
"Thatf the ERIE mas not neglected
its physical BODY Is shown In the
comparisons below' whlch give hs
ihroe-year average OF maintenance o'
way and maintenance or equipment
I ana that or the roaus whose STATS
tlcs nave peen used 10 suggest proper
Erie perspective;
NJ. w. NJ. r.
per mile. per mile. Tota'
Erie 200 s4.33O q s.63C
Iebiph Valley . 400 A1OO 6.AOC
In. Y. Central. 5000 3.77O 6.77C
lLackawonna 5.77O 500 $40
lDela're e. Hud'n 1S2O 1900 442C
"From these fipures covering tbe
yeors 1907 1eOs and 1eOe 81 will be
seen that the ERIE has been puttIno
into its road. bridges and building.
as much ner mile annroximoteIv n,
tho Lehiph Valley 90 ner cent NOR,
than the delaware and Hudson. and
~ the relation between the MANY mile,
or four-track line an the New yorl
Central comnared with two trocka or
the Erie were m no taken into con.
sideration tho nor mile allowance M
botb roads would no ahou, eoual Th,
Eria has no nretentIous stations n,
ototion grounds ~ is not oyergararou,