The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-05-25
RAILROADS HAVE BIG
TASK ON HAND TO
MOVE THE SOLDIERS
All Extras Are TO be Eliminated
in Order TO Meet the Demands
of the Government Have Mans
Size Job Ahead of Them.

nuckling down to the task OF meet
ing he governments needs. the rail-
roads will soon eliminate the extras"
which have made travel IN America
the mos, luxurious In the world.
Fairfax Harrison, chairman OF the
railroads "WHr Board" has outlined
the measumcnts which the railroads
Of the country viii put into effec' as
rapidly as possible. An roads are now
considering ways m means of putting
these measures in operation
G. j Mcdonald, assistant superin-
tendent of transportation Tor the SOUTH
ern Pacific company. has been named
hy the Presidet William Sproule, IA
ne latter's special representative for
the western department in the "War
boards" organization Mcdonald sue
Uceds q. T. Richardsnn, southern Pa
cities superintendent II trarspor;u-
ton. who has gone to Washington as a
member of the commission ~ car set
vice.
According 10 Mcdonald. the War
Board program provides that govern
meut interests shall have first call up
on All transportation facilities. Puo-
he convenience Is to be suh-ordinated.
To- national need, and uuiy such equip
mont as can DE spared from govern
mont purposes viii be devoted To com
, morclal purposes. by combining thci:
! resources. the railroads plan to avoid
applications ana render maximum SER
Vice with the means az heir disposal
Tho railroads AVE not Yet felt the
FUN force ~ the governments MOBILE
zatiou plans This viii come with the
vast movement ~ troops n supplies
consequent upon the calling out of five
hundred Thousand men "a be drafted
the summouinE of the national guard
into federal service the concentration
81 the regular army aud the establish
mont OF military cities throughout
The land. equipped Win railroad IA
cinties.
Railroad locomotives and ears cane
not bee bait over night 40 matter
how orders for construction are rushed
the new material cannot hc secured 'r
time Cor The emergency. That Is the
reason that the public Injuries must
be sacrificed IN b Interests Of stern
necessity.
TranscontiucntIl travel in which
equipment be used the longest, Will he
the first 20 feel he effect OF the new
order Of things. Passenger train
schedules will be adjusted 50 as q
release locomotives, equipment ana
crews Tor the more important business
pf moving troops and supplies. HelNier
loading aud prompt release OF freight
cars Will have the same effect as in
creasing their number Dining cars
may have To- hc reduced I'm number ana
ne elaborate and luxurious menus
made 10 reflect the policy OF the gov
JrumCnt.
These practices viii also extend To
local conditions and the public may
expect To see the revision ct such
schedules 50 that the local lines will
likewise contribute engines, crews and
equipment 10 the national need.
some idea of the railroad equipment
required for the movement of troops
may he gained from "A statement pre-
pared by Northumberland Chauncey
u. Baker OF the uuartermastcr corps,
1 :. \.
To move one field army Of eighty
! thousand men. technically known A.
la brigade. of field army troops requires
u to,al Of siSt, "a hundred and TWEEN
lty nine ears made NJ into three nun
| drod u sixty six trains with as many
! Locomotives.
These sN thousand two hundred
and twenty nine cars would tn'Ind'
two thousand one hundred and III
teen passenger, three hundred eighty
| five baggage. one thousand ana utty
box. uuc thousand eight hundred ana
NINETY ninc stock aud soNcn hundred
seventy five fiat cars
In ls much 5s the army plans 6"
move a million men. the railroads have
= mans size job ahead "f them