New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-05-20
railroads Ready
For War Service,
Elliott Asserts
Passenger Schedules Rear
,.need and All Available
Equipment Put in Use
freight Tie-Up Solved
c..l and Iron Have Prefer
.,e. Over Commodities
Not Needed in War
freight Tie-Up Solved

arrangement Of passenger
,.,,s 10 eliminate luxurious and
49,, service IS not being done to
~. the railroads to make more
- a some have supposed said
-, rlliott. Of the committee OF
=, defence Of the American Rail-
,ssoeiation. sterday. These
...,r changes are being made to
,oo per cent efficiency out Of the
Ids Of the country at a time
:. he demands upon them are loO
:, cent plus. .,..
=. Ibis time il is impossible to make
100, increase in the amount OF
-.,, available for immediate use
"% .,ouch OF an increase 10 meet
.,,., demands the railroads must
But BY coordinsting the various
.,,,s,s. BY pooling facilities as they
ever before been pooled in this
.r and giving essentials the
n wav over non-essentials, we
4 %, considerable increase in the
"a, Of work actually done by the
ENG railroad plants. and IN that
rsnufacture more transportation
!. ,.s use OF the country.
.s.ms elssses Of business arc neces-
~, -o;nr 10 be pinched a bit by the
.. ~ changes. and some OF the
- hat have been using an undue
~, Of equipment belonging to
,osSs will have less, the MAN
.sssration always being 10 land the
a raj must be had at the point
-, II IS needed. This, OF course,
-. that some freight must walt.
New England to Get Coal
x,u England. for example. needs
"A more than il does talking ma
s,s Therefore. talking machines
m rave 10 wait while the mills and
.,w are being supplied with fuel
me one consideration always Is
Ii, safety. and 10 win the wal
n, Elliott. who is in New York for
=. reel end. is enthusiastic over the
.,.sorse made by the railroads, as
~ ,s by the general public, TO the
IN ior national teamwork IN the mat
~ o. transportation.
u nrssume." said he. sit might come
w., b,,ter grace from one not con-
.,,s,sS viii the idustry, but ! must say
,l,t uilroad man ! am proud OF
,ls pa,rjo,ism displayed by the rail-
,osds 81 the country. II is splendid.
Srlendid, also. is the response oelhg
-sss hy the shippers and receivers OF
;vrht Many Chambers OF Commerce.
,.siress organizations and groups OF
|s,ppsrs are doing their best TO nelp
Il, roads 70 get full capacity out OF
|gsr BIT of equipment. The selhsn
|sIp,e, who misuses freight cars is
|.siirg that policy is not a patrioue
|rt
aThs eommittee has had a very large
|,-spr, ~ work TO do. We have been
H., eoncerned with the coal situation
/ he country back of Duluth and Su-
|yror. and think steps have been
zssn 10 improve that situation. ne
,xr lakes require 26,00O,OOO tons oil
ii year: 65.000.000 tons of ore
|swld be brought down 70 produce the
y, and steel needed. The season has
~ late. and 10 was problem no"
,se demands could be met. They have
.sr met BY cooperation between Goa
s-fying roads, coal producers and con
.zers, ore producers, and the posts
the lake. and an earnest, whole
ar,ed pooling Of facilities, and the
trination Of conditions that MADE
y delay.
Classification Done Away With
Tor example. boats might be tied
, awaiting a certain kind of coal
ls would be tied up with other
fris Of coal. Classifications nave
zen largely done away with. and the
naa take what is ready. This saves
ssir time. releases cars. makes foi
r. ireer return movement OF ore and
Ups everybody. ..
New England has no coal. and II
sssi be supplied. We are now busy
r,h that problem. and we hope TO
'-snge for the same kind of co.
7srsiion there as on the lakes. II
VI be helped greatly, as in the case
= The lakes, by pooling of facilities
r tide water. This pooling Of coal
III help New York. also, and the
',sle country by increasing the use
: re coal cars.
The changes in passenger service
~ be worked out by the various de-
Htmental committees. Necessarily
<re Of the luxury Will disappear, as
~ also duplication of service. but
ssre will be no real hardship. II
~ be part Of the travelling publlc's
I 70 do with little less than it has
at 4; It's disposal before.
Il will harm no one TO have less
EVEN do entirely without the non
~ea,isls The country is waking w
he magnitude Of It's task, and the
.e.er all the great resources OF the
ined States and its people are real.
pu' 70 work the sooner the war viii
over, and the future of the coun'
y assured"