Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1921-05-01

The Railway Age analyses at length.
IN M current Issue. the charges made
More the Railroad Labor Board BY
". lett Lauck. on behalf of the rail-
~. hbor unions. that the railways are
WaaiAg over 81. 900. 100000 a year BY
mllnanagement. The labor leaders con-
tea1 that 90 economies whatever should
y effscte1 by reductions In the rail-.
roaA payroll until all these alleged
wsnlbs hare been eliminated.
;sThp hrgsss Item IN Mr.. iAuck's esti'
qh>sd ppsslh,s savinsa." says the Rail
Wv ~. ."is ene q es'3.sos. 900. which
- elalIns eouid Be msde by 'moderniz.
~ looemetives' The estimate, Hike 9TH
- 10 makes. h merely = Wild guess.
lioea uron no tangible evidence. lie
eays mere ere available locomotive d..
vsoss vhich have demonstrated beyond
snossjon their ability TO effect large
savlnlA fhsre are about $1,000 iocomo'
ttspe q TIE United states. Even the old
81 Of the osvtces 10 which he refers
hovo ben available In practical form
~ only nhcut ten years. and others for
shseser pesIodh. In this comparatively
ts1se e,ms $500 locomotives have been
egu1jheo With supesheaters. 5000 with
heset Arches. S7.oeo with automatic fire
ooora sn2 1900 With power reverss
e1aso. Many cher improvements have
hoso ua1e. Never before were steam
1ocouol,vee ard the sesvice rendered
" ehem -lmprwed ~ much In the
Gomo Isngth - IN the United States IN
~ hss zen pears. And yet. because
toeomettvss have not been made per
Secs. ~. Lsuck roundly abuses the
railpays foe alleged 'rnismanasenen
IL 70 pep1ed improvements In 10
coQosives ana In engine terminals. The
tlGoollaeloa q machine tools In shops
~ j>npfovement 1t power plants. and
1900 other things mentioned by Mr.
lAuok. Shsy can be made only by tn
investment q large amounts Of nev
caoaai. Nv capital can b. raised only
Il ~ cpsntiAg income n earned Il
~ . return upon u. The only way th.
1T return q the railways can Be mad
s1sQuats y b. reduction Of the present
GpsgatinG ezpsnsss. Of which two-thifdI
ere Uaoes. But. Mr.. Lauck opposes al
ssoucslsas IN the payrolis. lie Dc
nnuncss ths railroads. for ALLEGED wsssel
1ue % acknowledgement. and Oppose
she cab means BY which they can elm
inalb The larger part Of fhe sileset
wsslss. many of which. unfortunately
20 oxiet.
TIA kind Of intelligence and fair
49, blown b. NJ. Lauck 10 iiiustrai
- ~ what BE- ays about train ops
eattea.' 'High powered locomotives hav'
heep dsvelopsd with ZEAL he remarks
'hut tn corresponding efficiency o.
trDte loading has been overlooked.
Nov. The fact 10. that the averag'
fsslghs train lad increased from III
toes IN 1915 20 ;ss tons In 1850. or owe
- pr ceat In five years; anc Mr.
IAuck's own clients. the labor unions
~ sll they could 10 defeat this in
rssose IN efficiency BY trying 10 s-cur'
~ passage Of legislation requiring tn
eonoooynent Of extra men In trail
crOup. az legislation reducing and oh
Gu1oeely limiting the length OF freish
oralno end thereby reducing and iimi,
IN ehslr ios1s.
sAnmg the largest items In Mr.
laoe1'D list Of estimated savings D
- ~ loes and damage. Being q DE-
lea1sr q unified government control
- unsos no rsference TO the fac, tina
~ 5sersass In freight claim payment
m -. eoe.seo In 1871. TO sies.sot.oo
= So1o. - ses per cent. cccured IN
- nDvogumsnt control. lie quotes tn
49, A. - authority for the state
~ at . - pr cent reduction oai
= - n - Al damage. He make
- moa0aan whsssvss. hswever. Of tn
- nuns1htsly aessr the return OF tn
1nGmgo - private opesssicn ~ Amer
- InDUov AsDeclasteu orUnuased. an
- 0nDp ossa coo1uesing . specss
49, - IT, .sxpres psspen q chr
<H - 8 cndApalOn - reoope ~ y
- - ~ eooguoue itso a - en-
nnniICs 49, orvesspsd usesr gov
$3.50 ouD0col
$50 - ~ ~ ~ casual b
80 - lnUDsem@o0 N sn)D~oy
&c. supu1Ps6 = seoDee - seees~es.
49, ~. Lauck 1o1snoo1o ~ -
ssvo ~ ~ ushiag ~ ovsm.e
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