The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-09-22
About 600 soldiers from the west
go through here this evening bound
for FIT. Funston and another train of
about 600 Saturday morning.
Save Cars By Heavier Leading.

Save Cars By Heavier Leading.
1t would require 4,161,1 ITO freight
care to carry the entire grain crops
as estimated for this year. If each
car was loaded as the average car
share of the cereals grown will never
leave the farms, but the amount
which will be shipped by rail is GER
tain to swell the car shortage:
The grain movement from the west
will be at is height during the next
six weeks-just at the time when the
railroads will be engaged in the larg-
est troop movement in the history of
the untry. They will have to trans
port from the various states to the
sixteen military cantonments over
100000 men drafted for the new
army. Many special trains will be
required for them, which may con-
siderably reduce the number of loco
motive available for regular passen-
ger end freight service.
Grain exchanges and boards of
trade are warning all buyers and
shippers of grain that the best means
to prevent most serious shortage in
cars is to load every car to the mark
ed capacity at least, and to load and
unload every car as quickly as posi-
BILE.
The railroads own 2,40O,OOO
freight cars in all, of which only
about million are box cars, and
available for hauling grain. An av-
erage increase in loading of only two
tons per car would be equivalent to
adding over 100000 cars to the num-
Der available for public use.
Plan to Move Freight Faster
The Car Soruioo Cnrop oiScioT1 Of tho
American Railway Association has
promulgated a new rule designat-
ed % reduce delays in the movement
of freight. Except in the larger bust
ness centers, shippers frequently fail
to furnish bills of lading or shipping
tags to local agents. This causes
indefinite delay in the movement of
freight from the shipping points as
the agent holds the freight until
proper waybill can be made out
It has been a common practice of
agents at the smaller towns and ship
ping points to load into care freight
without regular waybills for it. AS
result a large number of cars have
been held at interchange points and
at destinations of shipments, in many
cases for long periods.
To avert such delays in future of
freight and cars, on October 1, will
go into effect the new rule of the car
service commission that no carload or
ess-than-carload freight is to be load
ed iato cars unless accompanied by
regular waybills fully filed out.
Summary of Automobile Accidents
Occurring on Union Pasifc Rail-
road, January 1, to August
1, 1917.
Total number of accidents .-.---7S
Accidents due to automobiles strik-
ing engines, cars or trains ia
Accidents due to trains, engines
or cars striking automobiles47
Accidents due to automobiles run
n!ng through crossing gates11
Accidents due to automobiles strik-
ing railroad employees on duty----3
Accidents due to automobiles turn
ing over embsnkments and fall
hIip on railroad track 1
Damage to household goods loaded
on arto truck - - .---..---- II
IS
Accidents occurring in daylight ....56
Accidents occurring after dark 22
rs
Accidents occurring at points pro-
tected by standard crossing
Accidents occurring at points pro-
tected by crossing bells ------.--.---.7
Accidents occurring at points pro-
tected by crossing Waterman IS
Accidents occurring at points other
than on crossing ---.--- .---.-..-.-- 9
78
CASUALTIES
Number of persons killed -.-..---- 10
Number of persons injured 80
Kansas State Agricultural College
Manhattan, Kansas, Aug 29.-The