Show TALK HEAVIER LOADS Railroad Companies Not Satisfied With 24000pound Minimum The tendency of railway companies today Is constantly Increasing toward heavier loads and the advisability of Increasing materially whenever possible possi-ble carload minimums is a subject of much discussion In railway circles I Is thought something definite will be accomplished in this line this year Ten years aso a capacity of 30000 pounds was considered an enormous haul but with cars of 60000 pounds capacity at present the roads that carry car-ry the 24000pound minimum are forced to haul much larger cars than a necessary The larger business houses would b and are no doubt tiling to overcome the difficulty by contracting for the full capacity of a car but merchants of limited trade are not willing to do this It is believed the railways will agitate the matter and possibly arrive at some determination dunnir the next few months |