Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-26
MEN ASSIGNED TO MOBILIZATION
POINTS IN EFFORT TO CO.
ORDINATE SYSTEMS.
WILL BE ONE GREAT
SYSTEM DURING WAR
Outline Of Plans Being Placed in
Foree-Government Given Preferen.
tia Use of All Facilities Needed For
National Defense.

| Special to Times Republican.
Dcs Moines. April 26.--In accordance
with the cooperative plan worked out
by all'ot the railroads OF the United
States whereby all OF the railroads Will
IN reality operate as one great system
during the period OF the war, men
have now been stationed at all of the
mobilization points of the roads to
work ont this plan. The men assigned
to Iowa are John = Rice, trainmaster.
Chicago & Northwestern railroad. and
]. r. Brice, Of the accounting depart
ment of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul, who are now on duty in pes
Moines.
The railroads are all working to-
gethcr not only to facilitate the moving
of war supplies troops and materials
generally but also freight in neral.
Plan Outlined.
The state railroad commission has
| Just received n statement of the gen
eral cooperative plan adopted by the
roads The statement in part fol-
lows:
'"rhe railroads of the United States
acting thru the American Railway AS
ISOLATION have arranged to put to the
service OF the government and 20 give
preferential use of all facilities WHICH
may be needed for national defense.
For some time past committees OF
railroad officers. in cooperation with
! the office Of the quartermasttr gen
cral of the army, have been making
| plans to promote in case OF var ell
! fectiva use of tho COuntrT'$ tTansp"r-
| tatiou facilities These plans have no"
! been completed.
The plan Of operation worked out
| here is in distinct contrast u thAt
adopted in England at the outset 81 the
I war. There th" government imm"dI
atrIv assumed responsibility for opera
| ton of the railroads and exercised its
authority to that end thru n commit
! tre composed of the heads Of me T'r:n-
! cipal lines. The government guaranteed
! that any earnings OF the companies
would continue to be what they had
! been before the war started,
In this country the plan is that the
| government shall advise the railroads
what service II requires and the re-
sponsibility will be Upon the railroad
managers to provide the service. When
wpfKinz 10 that end, the railroads OF
the country. will be operated practically
as one system.
This plan places responsibility upon
! experienced railroad officers for pro-
ducing results and the government
| only function In this connection Is TO
| determine what It's requirements are.
| II Is the belief of railroad companies
| that this will not only work for eff
| cheney Of service but for economy IN
operation as well.
The above plan Of CO operation be-
tween the government and the rail-
roads Is felt to be most desirable and
the railroads are keenly appreciative
OF this opportunity TO demonstrate 10
the country at large the value in time
OF war Of railroads with elastic man
| aGenent
1T is believed the transportation
| companies will be able to afford TO the
government expeditiously all the ser
vice It may require without substan-
tlal interference with the commercial
business Of the country. Government
business will Of course receive prefer
| entail movement but It Ia not antici-
pated that ordinary traffic will ex-
perience abnormal delays