Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1917-09-28
FRENCH RAILWAYS
TAXED TO CAPACITIES
TO HANDLE MUNITIONS

e.r-a' .a Tts N.ra
LONDJN. Sept The railway
.as boom one Dl tHr primary instru-
meaf. 1f war from iho day war Was
declared and DO. uffI'ucss has con
auflr Increased 1900 fue incroasinr
completely pf Nars activities !. .er
boo fh. past four months me tonnage
landed 700 French r.r'H f1r the use OF
fHr British forces in France has in-
.ra..I af more than 'wY.fhlrds and
fu 900 UaH 200 boz irHu f'rrrl by raii
rYm French docks fu mo front
lrtcrir, 81 VA.
UaIHHs. are tho arferIDs of var
30 a. railway construction by Tho
South tfrimu .Drrr fhnf made pOf-
IU.r f.. conquest of German south
..st Africa and again Do Ras wil
500. construction thar rendered pos
lbIs IHs recent operation in Egypt.
Iu %. Ypnilmn uud Iu IaH Africa.
Several hundred Wllr. 90 railway
move been lHiI u iH, Sinai desert
Hfh h' hoIp 1f native Egyptian DO.
boz while Tor uru puUmia and East
Africa 900. necessary material 4un
personnel Ua.. been mainly derive Q
from India In -lusi ihr limo from
El kHu.n .Iftar1 hu brru e..
tended Boo tUr rnur.r Df t months
Hd M. Ir..rnf trIu, pa .us oyor
f Il. Increased fIrorfuld
Much CONSTRUCTION.
ln France railway development na.
boon MOST extensive Enormous pro
sion .f railway store and plant tot
lsn 300 rru.. hl. been made by
Luf.uI during tHo three YEAR OF
H1r Rails urH plant and tools ha,
been delivered 900 ruurmm UFufi-
fIn. .pr u un rho now Strategic lines
Boz fN' advanced arrHs Hs vol ae on
thn French railway forming the uair
IIur Ul communication FLOR three
ya. rails ns the mile locomotive
ut rho hundred and car. hy tho thou
sand have been pouring 900 steady
stream into France
Foreign Locomotives
About hair of thrs, locomotive
and ears have been obtained from
BRUSH railway ls result OF the
restrictions placed 900 traffic here
Assistance ba. ALSO been rendered b,
Canada and tho other dominions. and
great muntItips of new rolling stock
hl. been sprriall, constructed her,
and abroad for use ON the continent
Hospital and armnrod trains HAY,
been dosisnod and built. and special
r.ilway wouutiugs of unique design
have been imprp,sod foI heavy sicg,
artillery
Goo recent dispatch, placed at tb,
disposal of tho Associated Press
Field Marshal SIR Douglas Haie
commander. u-,hiet of the British
forces iu Franco. described the work
done upon the railways iu Franc,
durml tho past year the success OF
which hr sys has been one of .h'
roniribuiory causes of British mili
iary success
Transportation HEAVY.
by fho close OFF the campaign al
l'lt. ho saw. the steady growth
ui our armies and the mtid oNuau
sion. ot Uur material resources had
t1Nri roads and railways ~ their no.
MOST capacity The pNstue broad
a1ur and narrow nur" railways Dc
int iauifiri,uf 600 deal with the bon
rrssiue volume lf traffic 900 unl .
amount oi uwusp uriHtiou had tu Do,
dom, bN road A.. winter condition.
."' iu Tho r0lds a perforated mpi n,
aud the difficulties of maintaining
aud r'pnirIu- tLvm became alu.ps
nyuru holWuE lu order to rclirl,
Iho roads au increase uf railway nm,
iich' railway facilities hptumr impnr
Hilt.N Hul urlDniN necessary 90
'i H nt.r d1iu fh. needs 0f the ,r q,
were considerably surmoutrd by m,
adoption of 90 large program Of new
construction boz iHr area from vIicl
no" UDrmau lrw'H. hud withdrawn
\crd RAILWAY supplies.
The TASK pf pr0fidiug additinna
N'I. material and rolling stock ua
ono o, er..t difficulty Tho success
/ fW solution uI tHo problem of rail
way transport would have been im
possible bad Do nor boon ur the ua
'f'.'I.u' OFF iID railway companies 10
Canada I.w diH uoI h.Htot, d
.'Nr up fh' locomotives and ouul
.'".E required iH meet our needs. au,