Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-09-01
P.R.R. FORCE NEARLY
NORMAL, CO. REPORTS
vlcs-Pvss. Attsvbury Says Only
1000 More 9hopmsn
Are Needed.

The rcnnayivariA railroad, accord
tnx TO A statement issued today by
General w. W. Attcrbury. vscc-presi-
dent IN vhara~ OF operations. Requires"
lr~s than a.0V0 men on the entire sy~-
tenn to recruit the shop forces to the
total nuxater at the time the strike
was snaugurAted. Hc also s~yw the
company 10 preparing to handle more
business. this fall and winter than ever
ecf,rc. Gen. Mterbury's statement
foliow's;
.rr~parations are being made by
IN. Pennsylvania system TO nah"'e
thia fall and winter larger amou"'' '
business than the railroad has ever
b~fore been cAll~d upon To move. In
anticipation IL tho probable demands
upon existing facilities. tho company
plans to employ for limited period
nj lrasN a force In excess OF the numper
of mon required Tor normal repair
work. which Is now we'll In hand.
"Shop forces at the present time are
mor~ than ~ per cent OF the regular
week day working force ana the
number Of men ut work In the shops
thrcushou, the systcm - beins In
creased daily On June 30, iss2. the
company carried on It's payroll $1,000
shop Graf, employees. of this total the
number of mon actually reporting FOR
work on the average was about es,ooo.
Eepor,~ from all points ON the system
show that the number Of men actually
working In IN. Pennsylvania shops
Yesterday was 50 oio. In other words.
less than a.ooo men are needed To
Icing the shop forces up to tho number
working ON June 80 In excess or TINS
number Il is anticipated that prior to
the expected heavy fall movement OF
coal and grain, additional vacancies
may be found for 1000 men. Even
anticipating the heavy freight move
mcnt. there are vacancies therefore
for only a comparatively small number
of tho men who left the Pennsylvania
service on July lat. and nj the rate
these places are being ihlcd. there VIII
H. none remaining In a short time
1T IL planned TO provide work for
these men In the immediate future IN
order tina, the Pennsylvania may be In
a better position 60 serve communities
which, on account of general con-
ditlon1 prevailing Throughout the
country. depend largely upon the
Pennsylvania system for their sup
piles of coal and food.
.sin,, July | the PENNSYLVANIA has
moved every pound OF coal. food sup
pllcs and general freight obtainable,
not only on QUE own lines but also
from connecting railroads This
enormous huslucsc has been handled
without any abnormal interruption or
delay. As an indication OF the rapid
ity with which loaded and empty cars
are moving on tho Pennsylvania ey~-
tenn. a report jiiet complied for the
month Of July. is?s. as compared with
July, 1890, shows tha, this year with
~ per cent lees tcx care In uee. the
company handled 10 pee cent more
io> car business on i,~ lines alone. In
July. 1890. the company had on the
averty. i5sSas box care on it~ Hines.
This july q had eS.ios. In July. ls2o.
the number Of box car loads original
ing on our lines was zoe. Ss2. THE
July the number % box car loads was
.if,g2e. With $4,000 less box oors IN
service the company ths year handled
Al. 900 more box car loads than last
year. This does not take into con-
rid.raiion box cars received from othe,
railroads and handled by Pennsylvania
system.
"Enor,~ are being made by the man.
agcnent 10 secure such cooperation
from shipp~rs that loading and un'
iosslins OF carr may be spceded UP will
view TO obtaining the maximum ser.
vice from the equipment; in use"