Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-01-30 | Page 6 | Stop Moving Empty Cars

STOP MOVING I EMPTY CARS American Railway Association Association Association tion to Meet to Curtail Loss Caused by Penalty for Use of Foreign Cars CHICAGO Jau lau 30 A special meeting meet meet- log ing of 01 the American Railway ay association tion hn has hai been called culled r for r Chicago loe February 7 i for tho the purpose l' l of adopting adopt iD ing measures to stop toi the tIll tremendous Joss ot occasioned ca by h. h the present cn t 1110 move move- menthol empty CHIP cars on nn the railroad railroads o of I rno 11 countr country It is js the Jjr first t special meeting in the I history l of the association and the emergency is regarded Ic a ed as great It is stated that since the thc falling oil off in in traffic fie bg began tn million dollars hl have hc wa wasted td by b the ra railroads railroad in their frantic efforts 10 to send tho the empty cars of other railroads home lionie and thereby escape the pen penalty lt of ot r 50 0 cents cent 3 u ucla day for the thc use uso of a foreign car This penalty was imposed h by hr the association i I tion less than n one year car ago age to accomplish push h the Hie very en thin thing which the railroads rail roads arc now now anxious to stop top At t the time tune that the tho 50 1 cents cent penalty was imposed imposed im im- iiii- iiii posed ho e however r. r the railroads were more than l ears cart short of the number numb r required to take care of or the of of- fere It Ita was a therefore desired to in insure in sure tho the speedy r return turn of f freight cars caTS carsto carsto to the road owning the equipment and to pi pl event tho the roads which were short of equipment from retaining and using cars ears belonging to other lines XO T the situation ha has haO so O mat materially changed that thief there thorp arc at least J idla freight cars ears in the United States and no road desires the speedy return of it its ith equipment It is stated that fully one filth of the tho entire frei freight ht car movement recently has hag been that thai that of empty cars being hurried to tho the owning or nr home bome roads This 1 his n movement costs an au immense amount of mone money and the railroads railroads rail rail- railroads roads have hwe come to the conclusion that it would be he better to permit the cars carsto carsto carsto to remain where they the theare are until they the theare are needed It is proposed to suspend the tho operation of the Ilie pOI per diem rules beginning beginning be be- ginning March arch 1 and continuing until the situation again aJain demands a penalty Railroad men declare that the tho prese present t Situation has bas never nc had ball a parallel