Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-25

Railroad, for New England: Samuel
l Rea of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and
/ Alfred H. Smith Of the New York Cen.
i trail for the states of New York and
/ FennsyIysnia; Daniel Willard of the
| Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and w. j.
/ Harahan of the Seaboard Air Line
/ for the Eastern and Southern states;
Fairfax Harrison of the Southern
Railroad and Milton Smith of the
| Louisville & Nashville Railroad for
the Southern Division: Marvin Hug
hit, Jr., of the Chicago &. Northwest
ern Railroad, C. II. Markham Of the
| Illinois Central Railroad and Hale
Holden of the C. B. & @. for the Miss
issippi valley; Julius Krutchnitt for
the Southern Division, Texas and Pa.
cific slope; with James ]. Hill of the
Great Northern Railroad and Joseph
Ripley of the Santa Fe for the Trans
continental Division westward from
the Mississippi valley. a. ~
Nearly every one of these men have
risen from the ranks and they are
npened products Of experience In
railroad work. No problem of trans
portation could be solved as they
could solve it and the executive force
with which they. would surround them
selves for the Transportation Depart
ment of the Government would be-
come effective at once. They would
handle troops, supplies, the sick and
wounded, and lay general plans for
transportation for the War Depart
Tnent that would prevent confusion.
Overnight the. War Department would
have control of the railroads for war
uses with the most efficient board of
operators that could be devised.
Another illustrate ion take water
works and sewerage: The War De-
partment has many strong men who
have been studying this question, yet
In the event Of war they would be abb
solntely limited In their efforts be-
cause there are so few of them to
take care Of the large forces of troops
in different sections Of the country.
A s'Waterworks and Sewerage Group
to be appointed from among such men
as George Hoffmeister of the Ameri-
can Watefworks & Electric Company,
who own and operate 81 large water.
works and sewerage plants from coast
to coast in different parts OF this
country; John w. Alvord Of Chicago,
the best known waterworks and sew
erage engineer In the Middle West;
Allen Hasen, New York, q member of
the Panama Commission, who built
the filter plants at Washington, d. c.,
Pittsburg, Pa, and Albany, N. ", and
who was chairman OF the commission
which outlined the CatskilI supply for
New York City; George Al. johnson
OF New York, who built the New Or
leans, La, and the Columbus, o., sew.
erage plans, and many others. From
the different waterworks and sewer.
age organizations Of America, where
troops would be centralized, the
Group" could appoint men who know
this business, and in their hands could
be placed the rules and regulations of
the United States Army. They would
be educated now, and all appointees.
Of this group would be known as hon
or men," and from time to time. with
the War Department, this Group"
could lay down new plans. These
men, working under the Group
would know the selection of camp
sites in the several parts of the Unit
ed States where troops we're either
temporarily or permanently quarter
3D.. and much would be done for the
health of the troops and great aid rem
.dered to the army itself. 49, ! -.
Today all the big motor truck fac
tories are working on orders for the
Allies, and 1t would be almost impos-
sible to get any supply of motor
trucks in the event war was declared
II would, likewise, even in times of
peace, be difficult to get large sup
ply of motor trucks quickly fer the
United States Army, so the following
supply is pointed out: - :.
A greater percentage of the Ford
pleasure, cars after three years use
are converted into motor trucks car
ryfng 500 pounds by taking the body
off and putting a light delivery truck
body on. 1t has been found that after
three years use the Ford pleasure
car becames a most effective small
truck, and it has life thereafter as
such of from two to three years-in
some cases longer. This is equally
true of practically all the pleasure
cars manufactured in America, with
132-inch wheel base and upwards, and
with a carrying capacity for truck
purposes of from 1900 lbs. to 1000
lbs. without straining the chassis or
engine of the car. There are thou
sands of these cars in use in this
country today. The War Department,
by going to the secretaries of the sew
eral states Of the Union can get
complete list of these cars, as they
are all registered and license issued.
1t should then compile a list of hte
cars made in 1918. 1914 and 1915. A
list of these cars in use in every state
of the Union should then be filed with
the chiefs of police in the several
icties Of the Union, and in the event
of war the order for their confsca-
ton and the number of each car re-
Quired by the War Department could
be made overnight through the Asso-
ciated Press The chief of police of a