Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-12-09
'|FYQU WOULD KEEP WARM,
BURN WOOD IS SLOGAN
Re Productive OF Good
y Results.
RAILROADS. APPEAL HELPED
Travelin. Public Needed Request.
. and Result Has Seen Thousands
OF Cars Made Available To Move
War Material.


1t is; hoped that j new slogan swG-
gcs,ed BY the Council OF Defense. Gi-
rectcG particularly 10 small commIni'
t:es--nsmely. III YOU would kecH
warm, burn wooa"---will be as pro-
ductivc OF good results as .he od"r
one which urged the people 20 stay
at home unless they had 10 traHe! SO
that ;h> congestion an the railroads
might he relieved as far IS possible.
The lates. statement from the rail-
roads war board in Washington ,
reach the council shows how admir*hi%
the public has. responded to the rai'-
roads appeal.
Rerorts just compiled indicate that
the travelling; public III general. an!
tho shippers in NJ rticular, are giving
TIC. finest kind OF cooperation to the
railroads in tho handling of the IN
creased tr;sflic that the war has pre-.
ducct;. What this co-oncration nan;
may be cleaned from those facts.
Since May | The ra;lroa.S. aided by
Tho Loyalty aud understanding Of 'hc
DChlir have hecE able 70 reduce thc!'.
passenger service by approximately;
"5.aeo .oo6 miles. This haS released
thousands OF train crews ANIL ioccmo-
tivrs for use in the freight Scrvc"
and cleared thousands nf mics o.:
n.
ncnt OF coal food products and sup
plies needed by the government.
SAVE; I:5,oaU CARS N
MOVING SOUTH'S COTTON
N addition 10 this saving OF equip
ncnt and trackoSe. the shi.Scrs. big
and small. haze rallied so Snl,ndidiy
10 the slogan. Make one car do the
work of two" tLat a saving Of Close
20 ii half-mi'lion' freight ears has h"ea
accomplished TIL. SAVING cf freight
cars has enabled the railroads 20 move
,rcroHinlatsl" - Der cent mo"c trHiGh;
tia~c u:.r WIS declared than during
ihc Same period last year.
Intensive loading and :, genera! :r-
vr-arc IN the size OF the trade units
used tv the various industries lar" rem
dcred possible tn saving -. ear space.
cotton. Tor instance. Witch was for
norlv n-ovc,. IL units Of Itt. haleS.
is now novcd only in units t; .iNty i've
,.nr scv~rty-nvc. - ihcr" a"e IS.
.onc haios TO he moved by rail each
season. TIC in:rc@sc in thc ."aic u:i.
N ,,,is one comm odity alone has pro-
fu:e'i a "avin% ii anywhere from So
600 TO $4,000 oh"s.
Sugar. or which ;hc cirload mini
mum from the South was formerly
only $4,000 pounds per ear now moves
ont on 10000 carload minimum
7 &c producer Of manufactured food
HrnG'icts, especially the carnevs. ha"o
alsc come. to q re;liizsttirn Of the TIlf;"
Of intensive loading. and are now ,o"d-
Ing virtually al Of their cars 10 "a.
rac!tv.
Although excellent results have ZEN
ac!re.cd 20 date through n" cooper
alton Of the ahipp>rs. thr travelling pun.
IL. and The rsiiroud:. 81 will bc ucccs-
>.9"I ;o' sal concerned . eNer, We
nowch efforts as the ABNORMAL de-
nlrdI upc II The railroads in the move
Hr II of Doth troops and supplies j.
c"lstantl.' increasing, hilc the So
curing OF rcw equipment is virtually
IMPOSSIBLE.
From tow on. 3..o0 ears q day .yi.!
he required h% ihs government - rrovc
focl ard supplies 10 the men in tram
'nr y. the encamNmcHts wh'" TIC
4"ina"d e The al.:es for cars ~ carry
r%por. EooIs 10 tho ,capoits : Ill 10
EraCt.cally doubled. Nil nf fhiS ,dd'-
tioIal traffic iauFi is moved ny nc
railroads. although they nave nnl.
rcr "tn' NOR" equipment than hey
hoG =, this time lax, yca,.