The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1917-10-03
LOUISVILLE BRANCH
RAILROADS. WAR BOARD

Reports Just compiled for the Rail-
roads War Board indicate that the travel
ing public in general and the shippers in
particular are giving the finest kind OF
70 operation to the railroads in the hand
ling OF the increased traffic that the War
has produced. Whit this co operation
means may be cleaned from these facts.
Since May list the railroads aided by the
LOYALTY and unders andipg of the public
have been abe to reduce their passenger
service by approximately 25,OOn,ooo
miles This has released thousands OF
train crews and locomotives for use i'll
the freight service and cleared thousands
of miles of track thereby facilitating the
movement of coal, food products and
supplies needed by the government In
addition to the foregoing saving OF equip
ment and trackage the Shippers, big and
small, have rallied so spiendidiy to the
slogan make One Car Do the Work of
Two" that a saving of close TO hall a
million freight cars has been accomplish
ed This saving of freight cars has en-
Tabled the railroads 10 move approximate
" 25 per cent more freight since war was
declared than during the same period
last year.
Intensive loading and a general increase
In the size of the trade units" used by
the various industries has rendered pos
sible the saving of car space. Cotton tor
instance which was formerly moved in
units OF fifty bales, NV moves only in
units of IS and rs AS there are lS,ooo,-
600 bales to be moved by rail each season
the increase in the t. ade unit in this one
commodity alone has produced saving
of anywhere from 81, 600 to las 600 cars.
Sugar on which the car Dad Minimum:
from the South was formerly only 24,ooo
pounds per car, now moves only OH
60. 900 carload minimum. The producers
of manufactured food products, especial
Nv the Gamers havr also come to reali-
cation of the value of intensive loading
and are now loading virtually all OF their
cars to capacity. Coal which has been
loaded beyond capacity on most lines
since the beninnng of the war is also
moving freely now, although labor trou
Bile in some parts of the country is tend
ing to counteract the efforts OF the rail-
roads to meet the abnormal demand to-
fuel During the past month the supply
of cars on the Lake Coal" lines has
been increased 25 per cent and there has
been some increase in the movement OF
bituminous coal to the lake ports, but it
has not been proportionate to the i'll
crease the mine production. Although
excellent results have been achieved to
date through the co operation OF the
shippers. the travelling public and the
railroads, it will be necessary for all
concerned to exert renewed efforts as
the abnormal demands upon the rail
roads in the movement of both troops
and supplies is constantly increasing
while the securing of new equipment is
virtually impossible. From now on
twenty five hundred cars day will be
required by the government to move food
and supplies to the men in training at
the National Army, National Guards and
other encampments while the demand
of the Allies for carsto carry export goods
to the seaports will be practically doubl
ed. All of this additional traffic must
be moved by the railroads although they
have only 4 per cent more equipment
than they had at this time last year.
Billousl Feel heavy after dinner Bit