The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1920-06-07

ALI. Of ua rass. us effects o a asorsanhed national transportation as
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eempier causes Of ms situation. ono or M oisarcst statements OF these
ate so%masss Of n s.sosssSp Of railway sST EseS"a a"% = . ps %s ii%' to
needs of me- sosnss. spsss forsiS. the the printing S%% Sri tie % saars s s"sl%s%
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nsn,. ana 70 meet wars increase demands . pending as billion dollar
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Of ne ranroses % a basis q complete eaeisney involves ~. ln'camsn, q
ne ssS interest rate. ssinr paid seds. aud which esano, be invested At
uanssorsauon structure and It's ability to meet its o6nssdons Is fully ssSorsG
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FEATURE Of The situation that vitality concerns US in Ne~ Mexico
the construction OF a large amount, % nov MILEAGE Is needed
,iss lew mice Viii ne, hs snnt nnI.s %,s sra 20 s hpn-, snsd "t
raaousiae returns being earned upon the additional investment and
nsns van depend upon The relationship ss'~ssn the general level
II other words II the billion dollars increase in railroad vases or any
sss"s ssa in .ssT%.S 's S.~ sn and ate. ss " IS, s cssl ace . wit, me !. rs sS. e =:
adequate one e mus, pay FOR the service %or "a We ar pasiSs no%' "
What mi. means in practical application is shown in the case Of our
y ,os s% ARA Ne Ta. state .isp, 'I ns ~ |" %ne. y" ~ ~, rl h.S q, ' va sen m So s, ,, Tsn mnsa
~ siun so' ans Asn %ns. Ds We H are a I rs Bottom s%a on m" ~. l san "a 81 me aeS @n ns~
ssrsss ,srSss,ors more tsse any r ssouo mo o. 70 h. 'e county, we p haSe Absolutely S G%ssy
prom, OF operation Our ease would be u % whit better under governments
sslias n%a in ISOLATED asses and tr speetns development projects But oui
ass.ssa s Ssa'sss ' '"' irons enough to get '' a "'" mile Of politically
Just Whist nnAnea, .apns, for the railroad. moan. Tor western develop
ralon in the testimony quoted above when n sae'
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increase Of production must he greater In proportion than the in.
'osssrraps,ssi '9 harse,erlics Of Of the 1nn e~sS sa,e %f ms osssSd increase s%s
lE production IL almost absolutely dependent upon a corresponding
Increase Of railroad transportation The farmer canot continue to
Increase his crops. the coal nine operator cannot long Increase the
unless they ran get constantly increasing railroad transportation.
tnui within comparatively recent years the increase Elm the capacity
productive capacity. There were lines when the growth Of the
railroads ouutrpped ne growth OF the productive capacity II the
ountry N this IA been In te past particularly true in the terri
tory west oft M Mississippi river. This condition. however. n a longer
exists
Data showing the growth and tou o railroad tanch handled
reject the fact that there hs been an enormous increase in the
not ,sn the whole 'sory Ssesuss thtS II may he safely said that, at
no time within tins last three years have the railways been able
satisfactorily 10 handle all the traffic which the industries Of the
roanry have onered them when the industries have hen working
periods OF large production there haye been complaints from the
large producing industtes and many 4 uese complaints have been
only ion well founded.
IA IA Impossible to obtain reliable statistics as to The present pro-
ducthe capacity Of uost Of nj large industfes but Ia almost All
cass where such Information Is ohtHinable It shows that large
Increases have taken pmco since pTe-Wnr lays and tat such In
rreasez are still continuing. ON III other hand very little has bmn
one to Increase te capacity of the railways The number n miles
o. railways abandoned durng the last three years IA been greater
cans ordered during the more than " yeTr OF government control
would barely suffice 10 replace the number ordinarily received m
n year The interstate commerce commission statistics show that
there wns m actual decline nj 90s In he number 0f locomotives In
service n Is1s n an Increase In ID number NJ freight carso II mi
IAes. ~ when the statistics for 1919 are available they doubtless
VIII show hal In that yea here Wal "a further decline in the I'm
hr OF locomotives aud freight can-
During government control moi a single passenger ca was
ordered when the railways were returned 10 private operation the
rr and locomotive builders were practically out Of orders for equip
mcnt for domestic use ad while considerable orders have been
rlaced since hen. most railway companies have been obliged hy
e,aefAi financial conditions and uncertainty us to the future to
defar the placing oil orders or equipment which they knoW is vitality
fodufNe capacity Of the country n its riroad capncty h. con
tinufng he Increase There h but ne way to remedy this con
Ahon and prevent the disastrous results TO which, al aEgrayation Of
eve a continuance Of IL would lead This IL to make large invest
ruakfa In railroad utFartNN,