Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-23
RAILROADS CAN'T KEEP
PACE WITH TRAFFIC
Eastern Seaboard Points Show
Congestion Almost
Il Tie-Up
c AIRS NOT UNLOADED
Pennsylvania and Reading Are
Planning New Yards in and
Near City


with the war machinery of the COIN.
fry holm, co,rod rr s,oo1il,. 30 t,.,,,.
W. W"
troops ana SuppHe" lhi" france IN an .
unprecedented stream. the railroads are
failing to kcon naco with the Govcrr.
-, -. ~ = -
'''''' ." '''''"'''e VIC "''''e
imposed upon them.
This aDplics particulars. 10 the On ct-
c,., so,,,oord ,,,t,,. ~. vi. Min,
'''p'''' ''"'''''o'' '."" 'NoI'"'N an" S'"'-
liar cities. where. according to authori.
tatiyc information tbr s,rrnIug of sur-
,,,i,., e.. .,,o,,,,,,, ,..,.....,.... ..-.,--,
p'''a To I'l'u'S 'o"seS""E '''c E"'us ana
forcing se"efa tc'up OF the raI feed
ors,
!. Tboro is ,,,,, , ,i., .,. .,, ,r,.,,i..
coaSL In"I Is NOT 'Wp"lSoed TO some
extent. Philadelphia has a general EN-.
barge on virtually everything but ncr-
;,l,,r,i, t.,,,rt r-.4..,,r.. , .,
''''' anu
restricted list oL commodities regarded
as "muuilion products
H are lieu 'P
The average distance a loaded train
moves is onc-third less than it was i'm
I9ld. by heavier loading Of cars the
carrying capacity has been increased
virtually - per cent in the last two
got their cars wor<i,'u On arro,,n, ~
their being tied up In congcstcd cities.
is reducing the efficiency Of tho roads
II Is pointed out that the plan now
being given consideration 10y Director
. General NCAdOO To present the roads
with 100000 ears at a cost 9. timatcd
i'm tho vicinity Of $@0,000.000 will fam
tar short OF putting tho lines on their
iHct unless these cars can get through
inc cohEested areas OF lh" East
The blame for this drop i'm efficiency
me railroads place directly ON the
shoulders oI ife'gPt conSignees. Failure
,,os Co... ,Io D,i,p.s - ".c Pr'''le
tho o,ini Ir ,,,i'.o ,,Ts ~ Siie r 'V1uS, rl' 1T
"C,Jna,,N1-, vr-,2I =, v, -. ".t me-.
ution 1ast nece,,ho,. ras,Itnd ,.r,, U.s.. ,
riers admitted AT that time. i'm clearing
the lines to a point where they were
able TO operatc almost ON normaI scbcd-
ule. The same condition followed the
shutting down Of the roads in January
/ to aid in the coal situation. Since that
time conditions have gone steadily back
ward, according 10 traffic reports, until
now New York is being kept open
for transscas shipments only by the
/ most expert use of the embargo privi-
lego, while others are struggling to keep
'u'It poTl9 HcilNe III any measure
situation Here CriticaI
.rro .;,,,,,io,, r,,r, ,ni,i,,, ~ Ala.
,,o,,.,.,,.,,i ,,d r,a,,,,,,,r, -, ,.,.
tcrda,. Is s"ri"w. i and t%reatcns -, r,-
ro,,c rritirsl unless freight is ut,Io,lod
with more speed, What amounts to an
alrtsnt r,lDars1 mas peeu leNleu py o"ll
hacis nc Nnrii Nv The rennevIyani.,
a,,d ,ritI,ir n ,,oa,. i,,.ol,,oa ,bo poa,Iir,,
lie, sIinrorg ,,,,,IIe 10 ,,sc mo penn.
s,,i,,a,,ia ,I,,,,,. tI,,j,. fraic,ht on tho poad-
,i,,1 nn,,. ,,tI,c,, o,,,,,,. rro,, ,vcetor,,
-, rG,
,.,
me extent /" NuI'" u.'%,o' -
S.sueea az Io''' ~ ~, a. a..
us e''o.' -'o..,,. ,',o,t, LIE
S"i''e S'''O''''"' ~ "V''
III couslgneeS VIII ne pau'ui'' ana
unload shipments as soon as 'he cars
arrive the faclhtlcs mere are ample 10
take care of the traffic.
The Pennsylvania yesterday morning
had total Of 9199 cars in Philadelphia,
n surplus of more than 100 per cent over
the normal NUMBER OF cars stored mere,
Normally TINS ROAD mas SUI" 70 HoVp
cars waiting unloadlng' some OF 'uCSe
cars, it is said nave peeh mere a mHllrr
Of weeks. The aggregate lhcIudcS lI'-
cars for export
The Reading has a surplus of approNi-