Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-05-16 | Page 1 | Car Shortage Hits Utah, Senator Says

GAR CAR SHORTAGE HITS UTAH SENATOR SAYS 1 A S. S L I Efforts Result in n Sending I r Western estern Fr Freight ight Cars From East p L n fly JOHN Herald Washington Correspondent Dt Washington May Ity 15 Utah 16 Utah shippers stock stockmen cn and others othera are tho shortage e of ot cars and the tho partial of ot freight service of ot which various arlous other parts of df f tho the country complain as eld evidenced b by tho fact tact that Senator Smoot has received a number of ot complaints complaints com corn plaints and requests for tor relief relle He has taken these up with tho the commerce commission and urged that tho the west bo be provided with a greater I supply o of cars i It appears that many freight cars havo been taken from western roads and have been tied up at eastern ter tor- The Time Interstate commerce commIssIon com com- mIssIon Is stirring stirring- and gives promise o of relief It says large numbers num nurn- bers bors of ot freight earn cars which have been hold beld unduly on eastern roads are being allotted to tho the west and hurried there f