The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-16
2,OO0 Cars Consigned 10
Central Texas Held Up
BU T.. &. Railroad

Protests 10 the railroad admins
tration at Washington and to region
al directors from the TeAns rail-
road comm ission the Texas lnduE-
trial Traffic league. tho southwest
orn Industrial Traffic league, the
West Texas Chamber OF Commerce
and the Houston Chamber Of com
mcrce and the chambers OF com
mcrce from other cities over tho con
gcstlon Of freight on the Texas Cen
tral railroad, controlled by the Katy,
have apparently had no effect ~
least up to Thursday Of this week
mono OF those who have implanted
OF the service have been advised OF
any move toward bettctlng coudl-
tlons.
For months following the oil
boom In north and central west
Texas tho KATY apparently made no
attempt 10 caro- for the inCrcasc IN
freight shipments And when II dll
start 10 install improved faculties
no efforts were made TO provide Tor
! future growth The result has been
! that shippers and receivers ol
freight along the lines Of the katy,
at one time friendly, became antag
onistic to the road and with inc
present conRcstod condition on the
| Central branch 1t may truly DC
said that the Katy " wholly without
| friends. At least this is the opinion
OF traffic managers OF various com
panies.
Conditions at Wichita Falls and
Burkburnott are much Improved
due to the efforts OF G. II. Gilmore
OF the Texas railroad commission
| whose business interests are IN ina
section and who has pcrsonnlN
looked after the congcstion at ina
point. This Is not said To give th'
impression that Mr.. Gilmore ha
been partial to the Burkburnett sec
ton but is only natural that he
being on tho ground, would hav'
more time to devot" to the situation
at that point Mr.. Gilmore has als'
| wired Washington In an effort u
have the Katy improve conditions oi
It's central branch,
on December Is the Katy issue
an emit barge on all freight shipment
from Albany 10 Dublin, Including a.
destinations This embargo has IN
creased and multiplied the trouble
of the oil men whose freight alread'
has been held up for months, an'
they see no hone unless somethlni
is done at once.
Operators In stephens county ar
practically served by tho TeNt
Central from points between A'nhn
and Cisco, and south Of cisco Is peS
dcmona, served by Katy points from
Cisco to Dublin, inclusive,
At the present time there are ap
proximateiy 1000 loads on the Kat
rails south of DcnisonS all of whicl
are consigned To Katy points VI
the Texas Central branch. OF thes
1000 cars 1888 were In Houston De
cember 81, and l26 on January
and about ITO at Waco and the re
malnder M and down the line
Some OF the cars in Houston ar
from points as far east as Pennsyl
vania. In addition there arc ap
proximatcly 100 loads each at Cisc'
and Dublin.
For 30 DAYS ending January
there has been an average OF .
cars from waco moving west II
three daily trains. Thoy are mad
up as follows: one OF fuel. one o
railroad material and supplies an,
one Of merchandise. the latter load
including the oil field supplies
These trains are filled out with sur
plus loads that have hcen on IN
tracks for months at Waco som
OF these loads have shinping date
as far as last July, and some n
I Houston bear September dafcs.
Traffic men say that what
needed by the Katy Is light power