Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-09-14
GAR SHORTAGE EVIL
on SANTA FE CUT
TO MINIMUM
Freight Agents Keep in Close
Touch With Farmers; Ship
pcrs Hold Key TO the Situa-
tion is Claim.

Topeka. Sept lg..--That shippers
hold the key Co the solution of tho
present car shortage IS the gist of
comment made by local traffic ON.
cials today relative 90 the present SIT
uouou shippers they Say. can rem
der valuable service by promptly un-
loading and rclOaJiug cars
There are three causes assigned 10
present conditions, each of which has
u remedy They are as folloNs Con-
siguCcs do not unload cars promptly q,
congestion az terminal points. fail
urc OF connecting lines to rcEurn cars
promptly.
\ small dcmurrdHe charge is ass
rcsscd against the shipper who holds
q car longer than o. certain period,
hut that does not relieve the situa-
ton. Oitru u IL cheaper Tor the ship.
per Go pay the demuTragc charge than
90 pay storage, SO he uses he car tor
. warehouse, forcing other patrons TO
wait for A. The railroad company IS
helpless loo such cases. Al II can do
IS Co. assess tho dcmutraRc charge
which Goes not lu tho slightest dis
turh the shipper who continues see
rcuvN Geo hold the car I'm the mar
ktts or the conditions for unloading
suit him Railroad m,u saw that a.
great deal 90 this sort OF thing goes
ON one day last Vovk the santa Fc's
reports showed n'is cars tied up hy
shippers who had paid drmurragr
charges thrvr da's cor longer Grain
mon complain that inspection delay
rrtrnt prompt unloading.
lu regard 90 congestion az tcrmiu-
OILS The railroads make answer that
they are doius their best In this di-
/ rcctlun. u takes "a great deaf of
money Go build terminals one rail-
/ road company lately announced that
! u would have to spend s1iV0o,0o
| Tor terminals iu chicago alone. The
most expensive real estate in city
/ Is whore u railroad has lt- terminal
accommodations aud if propvrt, must
, ne purchased for extensions prices
| go sky-high immediately Even with
| the most economic management, IL ~
| difficult for % railroad company a.
save enough money 10 make the Inn
! proyements that u should make, when
\ the price OF everything II has 10 buy
| including labor rs steadily increasing
while the only thing Il has 10 SELL
! transportauon--is constantly ham
morcd down
! To tho failure OF connecting lines
20 return cars promptly In attributed
| much OF tho car shurtugo trouble
hut tho railroads themselves have or.
gaui1ed for the eradication OF that
owl, A railroad board OF arbitration
has been formed before which one
railroad may complain against an
other tor failure 10 make prompt re-
turn of equipment
While the car shortage this year
~ felt kecnly. there IN not the dam
ngc that usually attends a similar
condition. shippers as a rule have
responded 60 the call OF the railroads
for prompt lading and unloading and
there IN less friction over holding cars
Tor storage than usual, although. as
shown hy the figures mentioned there
IN room Tor improvement In that a.
reCtion
Tho program Of tho Santa 70 foI
taking care Of the inll rush OF busi'
moss on It's lines 10 working out in a
manner that gives general satisfaction
60 shippers Division freight aEenti
and station agents Keep IN close touch
With farmers and grain dealers, and
hy cooperating with them artang'
fnr a Wstemn.ic disposition ~ theil
marketable crops As result the oa