The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-10-30
CARS ARE IN EAST
Santa Fe Rolling Stock Now
Held by Foreign Lines.
Balance of 1871 Cars Is in
Western Roads Favor.

II the car reports received this
morning Sy the Santa Fe may be
taken as indicative, the order OF the
American Railway association to west
ern roads to return all cars belong
ing TO eastern roads, to their home
lines, as announced today from Wash
ing ton, is inconsistent.
This morning there were on the
lines of the Santa Fe system, 10.4
covered cars-box cars, furniture cars
and REFRIGERATOR cars-which belong
to other lines. There were on the
rails of other roads, 27,195 covered
cars of the same type, which belong TO
the Santa Fe..
This gives a balance of 1871 COW
cred cars in the Santa Fe's favor g.
73I more Santa Fe cars on foreign
lines than the Santa Fe has cars of
other lines on its own rails.
On October 80, 1921. there were
only 1862 Santa Fe-owned covered
cars on other lines. Now the surplus
OF Santa Fe cars strayed, lost or
stolen. exceeds the total number miss
ing this time last year.
Eastern Lines Have Big Share.
Eastern lines have their share of
the Santa Fe cars, as indicated in the
individual reports. The Baltimore q
Ohio has S64 covered Santa Fe cars as
against 242 Il. & o. cars which are on
the Santa Fe lines; the Erie has LII
santa L e cars, ana the 6eilild has
"A Erie cars on it's system; the New
York Central has 1877 SantsG Fe cars
today. while the Santa Fe has only TOO
New York Central cars; the Pennsyl-
Vania railroad has 2.750 Santa Fe COW
cred cars. and the Santa Fe is using
642 of the Pennsylvania cars.
Confirming the comparison to box
cars. there are today on the Santa Fe
lines 1882 box cars Which do not be-
long to the system, but there are co.
374 Santa Fe box cars on foreign
lines, giving a balance of 1882 Santa
Re cars over and above the number of
foreign cars on the Santa Fe lines.
October 80. 1921, a year ago today,
saw 1906 Santa E'e cars on foreign
lines-slightly more than so per cent
of the number so listed today.
The Baltimore & Ohio has $50
Santa Fe box cars. while the Santa Fe
has but 2O9 b. s. o. box cars. The
New England roads have more than
500 Santa Fe box cars, and the Santa
Re has only 10S cars from New Eng
land roads
The actual number of cars of which
tho Santa Fe has been deprived does
not tell the entire story. The box cars
of the Santa Fe are especially con-
structed to serve as vehicles for the
shipment of grain and grain products,
since the territory served by the Santa
Fc recognizes these commodities as its
principal products. The box cars of
the eastern roads are not so CON
structed. and the box car FROM the
eastern road is not so valuable to the
Santa re when it comes to handling
grain and grain products, as its own
cars would be.
Need Cars For Movement of Wheat
our main need for cars now is to
meet the demand for movement of
flour and wheat" J. r. Koontz, as
sistant freight traffic manager of the
Santa F'e.s declared today when the
millers can't get their flou rout. of the
way. they can't buy wheata And due
to the high price of American wheat,
which has left the United States out Of
tho export market. the domestic miller
5is the only market for the American
wheat. When they are blocked, the
wheat movement is blocked. That is
WHY we need grain cars
The movement of Santa Fe owned
cars back to their home line from east
OF the Mississippi which was recently
ordered by the American Railway as
ISOLATION. is proceeding rapidly but
the bala nee of cars on eastern lines
was so high that it has not yet been
possible to restore anything like an
equitable distribution of the cars, or
relieve the acute shortage which has
occurred in the