Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-08-04 | Page 2 | Shortage of Rolling Stock Faces Shippers

Shortage of Rolling Stork Stock Faces Shippers HAil AOL WA ARS N CAR A SHORTAGE H TA Advises Shippers Against Loading Only to Minimum Minimum Minimum Mini Mini- mum Capacity Peacetime Brings No Surplus Cars WARNING ARNING shippers that an alarming shrinkage of the average carload vuth the the the-conse conse conse- consequent consequent quent waste vaste of of transportation facilities is taking place B. B W W. Robbins assistant general freight and passenger agent for the Denver Rio Grande railroad today In Salt Lake Issued an appeal to tp shippers to not relax their wartime vigilance Serious shortage of cars on all lines throughout the United States will re result result result re- re sult by September or October 1 the Salt Lake official warned According to members rs of the United States railroad administration shippers shippers shippers ship ship- pers throughout th the they country are relaxIng relaxing relaxing relax relax- ing their efforts to preserve the advantages advantages advantages of ot full carloads believing ap apparently apparently ap- ap that the railroads have a surplus surplus surplus sur sur- plus o 0 fears and that the restoration of peace makes heavy un un- un- un necessary This is an erroneous and dangerous Impression declares The demands of or p peace ace will equal If not exceed the necessities of war Much material stored during the past I year or two Is now being absorbed by bymark mark markets ts as fast as It can be moved UNDER MISIMPRESSION Intermountain shippers declared Robbins with the exception of smelters smelt smelt- ers and sugar Interests are falling back on the minimum prescribed by tariffs Laboring under the Impression Impression Impression sion that there is plenty of ot rolling stock they are loading the cars only to the minimum weight Notwithstanding the fact tact that the railroad administration has put the problem square squarely before them this laxity Is Increasing By taking advantage advantage advantage tage of the minimum shippers are are re only hurting themselves From this time on there is going to tobe tobe tobe be much activity in shipping circles Up until the present time we have felt no serious shortage with the exception exception exception tion of suitable sugar cars but from the present time on with winter supplies supplies supplies sup sup- plies to be moved Including vast shipments shipments shipments ship ship- ments of or coal we are confronted with witha a serious problem Shippers should Increase their car carS car load transportation to the tho limit At present we are forc forced d to get sugar cars from Colorado this a serious shortage Though it is early In the season thirty or sixty days das will decide whether or not Intermountain shippers will be able to transport their commodities on time or at all all'