Abnormally Heavy Fall Business Is Handled By Roads WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Although railroad facilities are far below traffic traf-fic demands, an abnormally heavj all business is being hndled with ltM8 shortage lhan existed at times before the war. Director General Hines i-aid today. Mr Hines asserted that It has bem impossible to make er- extensive mi provements on account of the uncor-tain uncor-tain status of the railroads and raid there had been, howncr. an increase of 52,436 cars in serviceable condition between August 16 and October 4. He announced that the rail rood administration ad-ministration Is deNOtlns particular attention at-tention to the transportation of coal and grain More than 11,000,000 ons of bltu nunous coal are bom': moved weekly. In order to relieve conditions in Texas, where an unusually large crop ind scarcit of storage facilities have made the situation acute, it was ii'iurvei th:ii the crain corporation will send additional enrgo vessels to Galveston and that the number of i" '-mlts '-mlts for carloads of wheal into Galveston Gal-veston has been increased from 50 to 100 per day oo