The Snowflake herald., 1920-12-31
1i3E ENGINES
IS RAIL NEED
CT aside S1O5,ooo,ooo
'as'l ! 800. but This Is Short
" of requirements.
AGENCY Gth7AIGR IS ON
.,+.d Toward Quicker Re.
nsfs o,.,s 70 ProIong Locomo-
ps DIV Falling of IN Pro-
''' auction Of Engines.

Fznenditure Of more
E'T .,o- ip,. ooooo0 for 1900 new loco
aan >l0@ tor American railroads Will
1pa'es ior nrsenr transportation needs
d nee, according to a statement
b' yg"' Ta Association Of Railway
s1e1 .. Dl in its bulletin entitled
De'a',T[ ,T[-..nsoorration." Quicker re-
More 5;soblpd locomotives and ef-
rir' ol ,ncrrase the years of service
b1' y oncine are badly needed.
.a'4 .,o nrogram for utilization OF
.oo0 0l0 revolving loan fund
De 's5 s2y5+ for IN the transportation act,
ro'ia5o .5o bruefin there are loans to
~ a. .bi-rr-rwo companies amounting
sls ..aooo000 TO enable them to ac-
eqe freight locomotives and 244
9-.' '.;nc locomotives. that will cost
.smNO Even if this is maxi
nossibIe program for Increase OF
l's s-o nover at this time. pending
w., .ro1abiIity of new locomotives,
"a service must he obtained from
I, locomotives we have.
Heavier Loading Needed.
Gan immediate reduction in the
-mbar Of locomotives now unfit for
~rioo Is obviously an essential part
hs omore transportation" program.
u.sripr loading may be achieved, car
a~oment may be increased, but ade-
,-,+s means to haul the traffic is in
fyensable.
aor Sent. -, of all locomotives,
~ nor cent were out of service for
,oors recurring over a hours, and
a ppr cent for repairs requiring less
asr a hours. As a basis for com
m-ison. although the repairs were
lnr On q different basis at that time,
IN September. 1917. 13.5 per cent of
fright locomotives were in shops fol
wairs, or awaiting repairs.
Tt must be agreed that the num-
her of locomotives out Of service for
repairs is too many. It is too many
rpn if there were in service all the
monotives needed. But since there
k8 shortage of locomotives it is all
Ae more necessary that the last ounce
Of effort should be exhausted to re-
jucp the percentage Of locomotives out
Of service.
"The average number of locomotives
required yearly bv Glass ] roads in
he four years ended Jurc 80. 1916.
vas 2554, and the average number
retired 2071, showing an average an
l1al increase in the number in service
Of 49, In 1917 and 1913 the locomo-
fres acquired totaled 4.951. In the
sane years 400 locomotives We're re
tired This shows an increase in 1he
number Of locomotives in service of
1875 year, but this apparent in
crease was due to reduction in the rate
Of retirement.
Drop in Production.
IN 1919 the three largest locomo-
i've building companies constructed
only 946 locomotives for standard
gauge roads in the United States. This
compares with an average of zoos
locomotives built annually by these
companies for the roads during the
NFeceding eleven years. The compa-
.eS in question supply three-quarters
" all locomotives used by Glass /
roads"
Telling of the success of the other
eatures of the more transportation
fosram the bulletin says:
Average daily movement of freight
aS has been increased from 22.3
Iles in February to 26.1 miles in
u'F and incomplete statistics for Au-
uSl indicate a still further improve
u5nt' Average loading per freight
a at mas also been largely increased.
ue average for all roads for July
,0S $50 tons, but for later months
.e average is not vet available. With
epect to car repairs. the utmost ef-
''S nave been made. Improvement
'iis respect win be accelerated by
y efforts to increase the number of
any and on owner roads. For the
eeA ,s5 ended October 9 American rail-
@ @as handled 1,0O9,787 cars. as com
area y, with 9S2.171 in the correspond
= week of 1919 and 959.722 in the
responding u week of 1918. This is
y nrst time that car loading has
aos aoeeaed : the million-car mark this