The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1918-01-03
Picked Up in Capital
of the Buckeye State

ica's preparation for such a war Is
greater railroad mileage than that OF
the entire continent of Europe, ana a
railroad army of 1.750.OOO employees.
the railroads, modified under
their war board at Washington, have
won some important victories.
Up to Nov. II the number Of car
'oads of construction materials and
brought into the national
army cantonments was 1874. To the
same date building supplies used in
the guard camps amounted to 1880
car loads; and 1859 car loads had
been shipped into the aviation camps
A standard box car of 100000
pounds capacity is 40 feet and six
inches long. If all the cars carrying
material for these three classes OF
camps could be coupled together, the
train that would result would extend
from New York to Chicago and on out
to Evan:-on, Ill.
That is long train. 1t represents
a great burden added on to the task
accomplished by the railroads in the
record breaking year OF 1916. But the
carrying of construction materials to
the cantonments is only a small part
of the total increase in traffic for 1917
After the camps had been built, the
railroads had to move the men into
them. They have also had to carry
parts Of the country, the men who
have gone to France. Up to Nov. 10
they had carried a total Of 100000
soldiers to camps and ports of en-
barkation.
And after the men have been
moved, the railroads have to carry
supplies to them. Every day $500 car
loads of food and coal are being
hauled to the national guard and ma
tional army camps alone.
Up to Nov. IL a total of 1900 car
loads of freight had been handled for
the shipping board. This figure rep
resents a part of the traffic involved
by the building of 1,400 new ships
An enormously greater number Of cars
have rolled down to Atlantic and Gull
ports loaded with supplies and muni
tions for ships already built to carry
to France and England and Italy.
Ali modern military and commercial
activity Is based on coal and oil--bu
especially on coal. No figures revea
more clearly the extent Of the In
creased effort put forth in the las
half year by America generally and b.
the railroads in particular than tn
figures on the coal traffic.
In the six months from May to Or
tober, inclusive, there were move
10000 more car loads of hard cos
than in the same months of 1916, an
ISL, 900 more car loads Of soft Goa
, Figuring an average coal car at
length Of SO feet, the total increase fC
, half Of 1917 over the correspondent
! half of 1916 may be represented by
, solid train load of coal extending frol
/, New York, through New Orleans,
/ Los Angeles and on up the coast
Seattle, and then east again to a poll
in Montana, thirty miles east Of Butt
The railroads are doing their be-
on a tremendous Job. The citizen ca
, do part Of his bit by helping them
any small way that he can.
D Package for Every Soldier.
. The S3d division at Camp Sherma
/ laid aside its warlike preparation
Dec. Is and turned back to its chill
hood days with the zest and enthus
! asm of little children.
r Even the weather man smiled q
3 Camp Sherman by blanketing 1t wit
/. snow during the night. Everythir
. was propitious of the old-fashione
t Christmas. Everybody realized thi
D it may be the last Christmas many
the men will spend on this side of Il
: Atlantic, and they made the most
4 their opportunities.
D Thousands of gifts were distribute
and the men were overwhelmed
n the generosity of the thousands
q Ohio and western Pennsylvania pc
+ ple. Through the Red Cross autho
;. ties every man in camp was reach'
e With a big package of necessitie
Each man received the following:
I A pipe and tobacco or cigare'
|. candy, shoestrings, soap, nuts, har
II kerchief, knitted articles, kniv'
. tooth brushes and tooth and shawl
!. paste, flash lights and similarly u
e full articles.
d Grain Embargo Is Lifted.
The zonal embargo on the shipme
of corn and oats through Ohio ter
tory, which has been on since Dec.
+ is being lifted. the state food admin
l. tration announced.
In order that there shall be eve
y economy in cars, the federal food
Is ministration urges users not to b
any more corn and oats than they
l. at once discharge and not more th
IL requirements from week to week VI
II congestion is relieved. Otherw
railways may be forced to renew
q embargo or place special embarg'
b. on plants at fault.
y Hits Phone and Light Rates.
% Battle SCARED veteran Of ma
10 fights with public utilities. the city
Cleveland struck new blows at
|" ties of two public service corpc
ms.
Or The city fled in the supreme CO
a petition in error asking the CO
Dr. to review the action of the pul
utilities commission in setting a
n. uation on the property Of the Gle
le land Electric Illuminating Co., VIII
to the city contends is too high. On
We valuation finally fixed depends
rate Clevelanders must pay for e
!. trio light current.
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10 Preserve Seed Corn.
ee Seed corn in Ohio this year Is
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