The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-10-03
Illinois Central System Urges Cooperation
In the Movement of Coal

The Illinois Central System is facing the problem of providing coal ears for trans
porting ala nd winter btuminous Goals SUI phesf from the mines to its patrons Ord-
stoned by the movement of the crops begins Owing to The miners strike in thu htuml
nous coal fields which continued for nearly five months from April l to August %
the heavy movement of coala nd the movement Of the crops cone at the same time
this fall
During the miners strike the side tracks of the railroads were crowded within many
thousands of idle coal cars Reserve supplies of coal were exhausted, and Local bins
are nov practically npty Every Informed person will appreciate that no railway
system could keep itself adequately equipped to meet such a situation as this However,
the Illinois Central System organization is proceeding to the task of moving as many
tons of coal from the mines to dealers consumers and industries as it is humanity pos
sMe to move with its facilities
By the prompt loading and unloading of cars and by direct billing of cars to avoid
delays ocashndb by reconlgnment calm mine operators coal dealers and coal con
sunes can aid materially IN a%eeHung Inc coal movement WIN ue people ena n
ing coal to keep them warm and prevent suffering this winter and with industries de
handing coal to keep up production, thus avoiding unemployment every person should
constitute himself or herself committee of on. to see that 10 lcarS delayed for
even one unnecessary hour.
will. this company in preventing unnecessary delay in the loading and unloading of
coal cars We believe that the prompt movement Of alcas has never been so necs
from coal me operators coal dealers ad coal consumers in the prompt loading ant
unloading ~ ,ol cars no one dependent upon the Illinois Central System for tramp@-
taton will suffer from cold this winter
About rs per cet of the btuminous coal loaded OF the Illinois Central System
rails is unlmded ad destinations on other lines Therefore. one of our problems is to
get cars uloaded promptly IN our connecting lines and returned to us for quick de-
livery to the mines In this W need and SIX theg greatest cooperation even of those
.whomw we d note directly serve.
The Illinois Central System owns 3o667 open top cars suitable for coal loading
To this number should be added 5000 lew coal cars which we have recently purchased
Two, thousand of these cars are now being delivered, and delivery of the remaining 5000
has been promised N November in hne t tke part in the heavy coal traffic Thu STALL
adding to its equipment in order td discharge faithfully its duty to its patrons. In adj
dMon to the 5000 new coal cars which We are adding to those already owned, We are
this month receiving deliveries of sxyfve new locomotives which were ordered last
July
The aggregate cost of cars and locomotives bought by the Illinois Central System
this year amounts to more than $HyOo0OOO Yet in spite Of this and the further fact
that this railway system has expended more than $B0O0OO for engagements and
improvements to its property in the last twelve ears its capacity for serving it's
patrons this fall and winter may be inadequate
We ask our patrons to consider carefully all of the obstacles which have con
fronted US and the other railroads before framing al opinion in regard to why the
capacity of the rairoadsh sometimes note equal to demands
Constructive criticism ard suggestions are invited.
President Illinois Central System.