Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-04

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the idle cars that complicate the transportation
problem and the idle car must be eliminated.
To win the war and make the world safe for
democracy, each and every one of the 100000
freight cars in this country must be kept moving.
,, There are ships to be built to make up for the
in France and their allies Cars are needed to carry
lumber to the shpyards and these must be kept
moving.
daily transportation of food and munitions to our
seaports. Thousands of cars daily required for
is our enemys strongest s ally Every Eve, %inut. saved
in the transportation Of things essential to the win
ming of the war for democracy Of the utmost value
The Railroads War Board
In creating their organization for the war, the
railroads had in mind primarily service for the Gov
eminent itself. AS realization of the Importance
Of continuing the domestic activities Of the country
of the country met in Washington April 18th and
agreed during the war to forget competitive activi
Mental Railway system, merging durng such period
all their individual and competitive activities in an
effort to produce the maximum of national trans
The War Board includes Mr. Howard Elliott, Of
the N Y. N H. & H. R. R.; Mr. Hale Holden Of the
vania R. r. Mr.. julius Kruttschnitt of the Southern
Pacific Company, and Mr.. Fairfax Harrison, of the
Mr Ward rs CT be
the Council Of National Defense has accepted the
the War Board. Mr. E. E. Clark of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, is also an -ofhcio member.
The War Boards Machinery.
The War Board is divided into departmental sub
of the Government, and also subcommittee on Car
Service, equipment standards, transportation, &C.
counting passenger tariffs freight tariffs purchases
and supplies and express transportation
To keep close to local situations and to meet diff
cuties promptly, sub committees reporting to the
Commission on Car Service have been formed at
Chicago, New York, Atlanta, San Francisco Seattle,
New Orleans and similar big business centers twen
0
ing with the shipping and travelling public well
as with the military authorities.
The Washington organization Of the railroads in
cludes twentyseven experienced railroad ofcers In
GLIDING the five executives the War Board, all OF
whom there practically all the time. It also
includes trained experts of every phase of the work
confronting the railroads.
Although the plan of cooperation worked out In
this country is somewhat like that adopted in Eng
land with respect to railway cooperation at the out
set of the the placing of the responsibility for
the successful conduct of railroad activities has been
accepted by the railroads of this country whereas
in England it has been shifted to the Government.
There the assumed IN. financial responsi
companies would continue to be what they were be-
fore the war. In this country, the Government as
merely advises the railroads what service Il requires
and the responsibility is upon the railroad manager.
the railroads are operated practically as one system
Railway Regiments for France.
In their effort to give adequate support 10 the
Government in its conduct Of the war against
Germany the railroads have not confined their
activities to the transportation problems in
this country. for the. necessity Of re-
facilitating the French railways is 2 most in
men for the work. The United States must do il. TO
provide the necessary power the railroads have
recruited nine regiments of railway men. These
regiments are composed of motive power men ex-
perienced in maintaining and running engines, in
building tracks, buildings and bridges, in operating
trains yards and stations and who can help to MAIN
tain, rebuild and operate the railways in France.
Thoroughness has marked every step Of the prepare
was these railways that saved Democracy for the
world by rushing up the munitions and equipment
that turned back the German tide at the battle Of
the Marine. What the French railway men did be-
hind the lines in those stirring days will be repeated
by the railway regiments of America in whatever
battles must be fought either abroad at home be
fore Peace can be definitely assured