Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1918-10-21
RAILROADS
MAKE SHOWING
September Report Of Re-
gional Director, Just
Out, Shows Fast
Operation.
3,427 CARS ARE SAVED
Increase of 10 Per Cent in
Loading of Live
Stock.
3.427 CARS ARE SAVED

| Chicago. Oct. 2l.-"Better than nor
NAL" railroad traffic conditions are re-
ported in the September review Of
was sent to Director General McAdoo
today. The report shows that a saw
ing of 3.427 cars week in the CEN
trail western section was effected by the
Inauguration of the sailing day"
plan.
An increase of 10 per cent in the
loading Of live stock was shown in
the report. Full car supply was avail
able for the midcontinent oil fields,
Mr.. Holden said, and in spite of the
disadvantages of labor shortages more
shop work was done in the region than
in the same period year ago. Mr.
Holden's report follows in part:
Livestock.
1.-THE loading of livestock i'll this
| region shows an increase of 10 per
cent
Kansas City market handled Il total
of 1906 cars inbound, an increase
over same month last year of sos
ears or y per cent. 1896 cars handled
outbound, an increase of 2,O22 cars
or 31.7 per cent
| South Omaha, market had inbound
14,OIO cars. increase 1906 cars or 1913
per cent. Outbound 7,243 cars, i'll
crease 1.243 or 90 per cent.
"St. Joseph market handled total
of 1862 cars inbound, an increase of
1872 cars or 80 per cent. Outbound
1,527 In increased of 449 cars or 41.6
per cent.
Oil Traffic.
| "A dull car supply was available
in the midcontinent fields at all times
From this district total OF 516 Oil
trains were operated with 14,319 cars
an average of 2S cars per train. OF
which the Santa Fe handled 81 trains
with 2,9S4 cars, or an average OF 33
cars per train.
Troop Movement.
1--WE operated from all camps a
total of Is special trains with 26,7G6
| men. the larger movements being q
trains S,316 men; 20 trains, 6,51O men
and is trains; S431 men. All trains
were operated on schedule and with
out accident.
Coal Traffic.
Tl1inniS II ND
| Indiana during the month of Septem-
Der was more satisfactory in point OF
car supply than during the month OF
August but much less satisfactory
from a production standpoint. us indl-
Gated by the following figures which
cover loading in the central zone or
district and are little more in excess of
the actual loading in the central west
ern region:
August Sept.
| Cars loaded 191S----1S4,235 172.5S5
Cars loaded 1917----15O.94O 146,3O2
Increase over previous year August
So 2293 cars or % per cent; September
26.2S3 cars or Is per cent.
Terminal Situation.
"All the large terminals in the dis
| tfict have been operated effectively
and outside of the abnormal movement
of grain and livestock above mention
ed there has been no congestion either
in carload or less carload business.
'The labor situation at freight hous-
cs has become more stabilized than
for any other month during the past
wear and the result has been a cleanup
at all the less carload freight houses
to practically a normal basis.
Movement of Winter Supplies.
",rhe campaign to induce shippers
and receivers of freight to arrange for
early movement of their traffic in order
to relieve the situation during the win,
ter months has been carried on enef-
geticaily and reports show that excel
lent results have been and are being
obtained