Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-08-25

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Arrange Mt = heArtng hefore the q
tefeaAte CNMMetceSCOMMla1aon Gin%r9.
ENrA 10 the SNnpf%SsN equipment neeea-
cary 10 handle the AnticipAted move-
MNnt IN the Aerthwest, II was arrang.s
Cd that sASA hsArang should be held
al W~sAAgtNA Nn ANgust !. q which;
tiNAe REPRESENTATIONS sot the producing
shirNSNe and COMMERCIAL Interests Of,
the N&sShwesA wese heard RepreaeMt-
NtfvNN u like tatesests from Kanaas.
sloNA and other Northwestern central:
IxSssssN ssAsss participated In the,
NTAe tsskiua0AS presented developed
Interesting tMtorMatianf regarding 3
car situation In the ,northNes and ! n
the nation ~ whole, 1T dearly ap-i
peAsed that there Ii . shortaEel Of
cQuipMeas IN all the railroads In the
Cnste& SsateA BY comparison with
other railroads In eastern and certain.
ether SECTIONS Of the country, the
rrsnespAl srNin carrying roads In the
nor&hWeA are not well supplied with
cars As an illustration. theSlChicago y
Southwestern railroad owns apprpxiss
matelS $4,000 box cars and had fon
tits tines on August 1, 102% Of that
number The Milwaukeee railroad owns
about y like number and had on the
date last mentioned the equivalent Of
ssT of it's ownership. The Great
Northern. Northern P~Acilcssand 500
lines also heavy grain carrying roads
Of the northwest. were not 80 we'll
| equipped, The Available records show
, ed that on August I. the Great North-
of 74Fc Of its ownership; the North
ern Pacific, 67T. and the 500 line
about TT. the average percentage
for all the grain carrying roads Of the
| northwest being about 86eo. This per-
centage Is very low for this season OF
the year as compared with Sother
years For instance, in lS19. Oh the
same date, the percentages were u
follows: Northwestern, 1049e: Mlwau-
kes, 103Te: Great Northern. 1000;
500. TsT; Northern Pacific, 1870;
Omaha, s2G Chicago & Great West
ern. $3.50; in 1918. Chicago & North
western. 1870: Milwaukee. l4Me;
Great Northern. 1000: 500, So 20;
Northwestern. 1915; Milwaukee,
i W ~ ~
and Northern Pacific, 1870.
Unfit For Grain.
"An important factor which stende
Ito make the grain car situation fmore
Fsertous this season than fprmefly, is
the fact that at this time. q largS pro-
portion OF cars located on these slines,
by reason Of their original oonstruc-
ton or subsequent lack of. repair, are
unfit for grain loading. Thus the ac-
tual percentage Of cars available for
use in moving the present enormous
crop is greatly reduced from the fig-
.ureS first shown above. 1919
"At the conference at Washington,
strong effort was made to induce the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
increase the number of empty box cars
in this territory, in order that the crop
might be moved in season, and western
representatives emphasizing strongly
Athes necessity Of propptaNoyepsnt
lfa6d marketing Of the HfodaS6Gaapfks4he
firm. and range, in; order to ayerfk 4
livery serious commercial and financial
crisis.
The urgent need of more empty carr
in the grain producing sections wa
apparently recognized by the Inter
state Commerce Commission, and sub
sequent to the Washington conferences
Lie l4lOSSIASil VI SAiRly WA CddS WSSL1
bound has very materially increased.
On July 81, 500 sempties were sent
through the Chicago gateway for the
west and northwest This daily move
ment had been gradually increased
kyntil on the sixth OF August, 4, 800 cart
fwere sent TO the western lines.
THE western representatives were
assured that it would be the policy o.
the Interstate Commerce Commission
to continue this increased movement
of empty bog cars westbound until q
full 100 per cent Of ownership wal
reached on the initial grain carrying
lines. and that every effort would b.
made to maintain that percentage
during the period Of heaviest grair
shipments.
IF this program is carried out, and