The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1916-04-06
MUNITIONS OF WAR
PASS ACROSS IDAHO
TRAlNLoAps GIVE AN IDEA OF
MAGNITUDE OF STRUGGLE
THAT is GOING ON.

Trainloads OF munitions Of war are
passing over Idaho soil on transconti-
mental roads, the munition to be used
by the allies in the present conflict.
All railroads lead to Europe these days
In America, says the Review at Sand
point. The freight traffic in war mu-
niti0ns Is something enormous and af-
fords the people of this country, even
locally, a slight glimpse of the magni-
tude of the business of waging war.
For weeks the freight traffic over the |
transcontinental lines passing through |
Standpoint has been steadily on the in
crease until the roads have reached a
near capacity business, and largely due
to the increasing transportation of war
One day last week 23
freight trains passed through the city
over the Northern Pacific road alone.
This, considering the extreme length of
The trains now hauled, is believed to be
record breaker for the road. Where
convenient the trains are run in fleets
'r sections, one train last week con-
'isting of eight sections. The character
If the freight handled is diversified.
of practically everything in
he war equipment line. explosives
auto trucks etc. On Satur-
lay last train of 81 flat cars carrying
our auto trucks in the Touchdown to
h.. |
ific, bound for Russia, via Seattle and
'ladivostok. The reason for the rap
dly increasing traffic in war munitions h
the Pacific coast is due primarily to t
ne fact that industrial America is just Q
nder Roadway to supply the European =
emand, and more directly because the n
.tlantic boat lines are not adequate to t
andle the rapidly increasing ship >
rents. Because of these conditions the q
ltput from the new big plants, all To- C,
ited in the east, is being shipped e.
cross the continent to the Pacific u
'ast, all transcontinental roads hav- OF
g their full share in the traffic; the "
anadian Pacific, Great Northern, :,
orthern Pacific, Milwaukee and ~
'uthern Pacific. Already a congested N
'nditioni exists at Seattle.
Available Steamers Chartered.
A news dispatch the first of the week n,
ated that 5000 loaded cars were lying tn
the yards adjacent to Seattle await W
6 opportunity to load their contents PC PC
to steamers for Vladivostok, and 10
EN- larger quantities of freight are pl
allied at Vancouver, B. C. OF
Every available steamer is being ~
artered to carry the freight to ST.
ria, but the cars come in faster thar Sc
ey can be emptied. Cotton, VITO and
Iockdown cars are the principal art -
IS of freight. The Oregon Washing
Railway Navigation company il
Hiding great sheds at Seattle where Tt
Issian freight will be unloaded to re-
Use the cars. On
10 add to the problem dispatches tic
I'M New York are to the effect that TN
other enormous consignment started ~,
st Sunday, because of the hopeless nil
IS of getting it across the Atlantic. pc
An idea of the enormous industrial th'
lipment which has sprung into ex- mi
ence in America in response to the Do
ropean demand for war munitions is KIN
md in the fact that the new Rem ~ -
ton Arms company plant has an dit
Sregate floor space of 1,538000 anC
ARE feet. Even with so great a the
acity the plant is taxed to the ex nro
that system of supplying its en- iy:
yes with meals while they work am
been inaugurated to save the hour sa5
ally taken for luncheon. Meals not
led in this manner are from a NOV clai
dining table known as a cafe und
'ile." which is pushed about in the 'i0'
k rooms.