The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-01-03
YEARS FAIR
 TEST FOR R. R'S.

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 operation inaugurated during last year." the director general testified, should prove of permanent value and should continue, if possible, re- gardless of what form of control is decided upon for the railroads. Such reforms include: Maintenance of the permit system so as to control the traffic at it's source, maintenance of heavy loads for cars; pooling of repair shops; elimination of cir cuitous routes; unifcation of ter minals; maintenance of the Sailing Day plan; consolidation of ticket of fees; utilization of universal mileage tickets; standardization of equip ment; maintenance of the uniform freight classification introduced by the railroad administration; maintenance of common time tables between i'm portant points; maintenance of high demurrage rates and uniform rules; establishment of through way-btll freight from point of origin to des- tination; elimination of the old prac- tice of paying in mileage or per diem rental for the use of freight or passenger cars of one carrier by an other; simplihcation of the old prac- tice of apportioning inter-line pass enger revenue; and utilization of water routes for the relief of crowd ed rail lines"
 Competition and self-interest of in- dividual roads would prevent the car rying out of many of these reforms 11] ,P 4a agement, declared MT. McAdoo.
 MT. McAdoo read a long prepared statement, constituting a comprehen- sive review of conditions under Fed eraI management. After citing re- forms effected under unified control, he said
 T believe that even under the han dicaps of war conditions a sufficient showing has been made to indicate that all the reforms I have mentioned are desirable as permanent peace measures. |" It seems to me that anyone who wishes a fair and dispassionate study made as to what Is the best ultimate solution, and a5 to the extent to which the reforms I have mentioned are in the interest of the American public. must be anxious to have a reasonable period of Fed eral control after the war under con- ditions calculated to make for tran quility and single -mindedness upon the part of the Federal railroad or gapization.
 The retiring director-general told | the senators how the government, taking over the railroads, the first of | last year at a time when they were | threatened with physical and hnan- cial breakdown had lighted condi- tions gradually, moved 6,496,O00 troops, hauled great quantities of | food at critical time in February when the very success of the war de- pended on the food situation, and hauled S7,088,000 more tons of bitu- rninous coal during the ten months | ending October 31 than in the same period of the year before.
 'rWhatever inconveniences may have resulted to civilian travellers, l" he asserted, "are due entirely to war conditions and are in no way related to the fact that the railroads were under government control"
 The director-general went al length into the necessity for pooling terminal facilities in scores of cities
 This program cannot bee arried out
 This program cannot be carried out
 form of unified control extending
 over a number of years.
 He emphasized that waterways
 should be used more extensively fl
 CO., ordination with railroads, but ex-