The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-15
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Expert b eclares 4 Condition of
III Cars ] viii u 1, Hamper Efforts
70 Speed Up Mines

FsssggVASH Aug. 15.--Pre-
Easserious coal shortage
NEXT were given additional
today by statements made
Il byg.Ju liusSH,@Parmelee, director OF
.of Railway Economics.
sssssEsven though the >coal strike
sSsf1ou1d he settled attempts to speed
sSIip stransportation OF coal will be
lgseri hampered by the cond.-
i Mono railway rolling stock. he
ssSfT here@areS today, Parmelee says,
sapproxfmately double the normal
sSsnum Der Of q bad-order cars-the
III the neig hborhood Of
1884 900 freight cars.
sand the conseque failure to make
necessary repairs, the number of
scars which will have to be laid up
sforsa@ general oyerhauling within a
sfew%mo nthss \ Is rapidly increasing.
;ssThs speakS of out-of-order cars and
Salocono tiyes seems likely to be
ETeached bout the time the peak
Hdemand for4coa1 transportation ar
SsriNes;ga ndaWill @add serious com
pIicat1o the fuel situation.
s.sN orma1ly 81, ' says Parmelee,
ITO - per cent Of freight
gcaEsAare2outSofse service for repairs.
Tnday,ShoWe that percentage is
ssin thesneighbo of IL per cent
Notwithstanding
ssssSs So5sfarj the numbers Of laid-uL
gtocomotivss# has shown no large in
sscrease.s but because of present shop
Hcondftions it is naturally to be ex-
Spected that that will; follow
s IN :l4eaviersEoau.
The number of cars actually out
sbecaIse of bad condition, however.
does not wholly reveal the real
gsftuati on By keeping in service
as1argeS&numbers Of cars which are
OF minor repairs, but which
sareS Sti LII sufficiently serviceable
that hey are not in danger OF
sactuaIlyE breaking down or endang-
8ering eir contents, heavier load
Spfs nal orr pairs will have to be
met Tin the early future. It is a
case of failure to take a stitch in
time. Cars that could be laid up
non and ~ epaired in day or two
taacostsofs perhaps $40 or $50. will
have tosbe laid up in few months
general overhauling OF
sTabudldtng alta cost Of several hun
adred dollars.
Despite the coal strike and the
great falling off in coal shipments
Tesulte ed, there has been the
condition Of an actual
incSsaseS IN total car loadings over
SRSMyea3 rago. That indicates that
was 8decidedly on the up
sgradesSa the time the strike came
sIhsf fact, 1t was the momentum that
sbusfnesssg generally was acquiring
that carried total car loadings
STEADILY upward through the first
Of n the strike, despite the
loss or nearly one-half normal coal
SO Per Cent Less.
In Apri1 !, the first month Of the
strike. the mum Der of cars of coal
was Just SO per cent less
than the number. shipped in April,
n The total cars loaded, for all
PURPOSES, however. in April, was
PED per- cent more than in April.
8 80 szInS NJ ay, coal shipments declin-
per cent, but total car load
slngs increased 3.5.
&c. sss June, coal shipments were
$: per cent, but shipm ents OF
sfreight exceeded those In June,
sd92Is by5s1 Q s per cent.
ssssssss.Anda in July, following the
shopmen's strike. with coal ship
sments off 49, per cent, total car
10 per cent above
The Spreceed ding July
ssss Copyright. 1929