Show RAil E EQUIPMENT REPORT MADE BY BYI I. I Nine Per Cent of Freight Cars Unserviceable in January w WASHINGTON March 24 flail naU Rail Railroads roads during January 1923 had 9 per cent of ot their freight cars cara classi classified tied fled as aa unserviceable the interstate commerce commission reported against per cent so classified Inthe in inthe inthe the same month a year tAr ago go and 8 88 8 per cent during January 1921 DurIng DurIng During Dur Dur- ing the same samo period per cent nt of ot their freight t locomotives com were in bad order against per cent in January 1922 and 1 per cent durIng during dur dur- durI I ing 1111 January 1921 The Tho findings were submitted by bytho bytho bytho tho commission to the president In Ina a accordance cord with a senate resolution Introduced by Senator Lafollette L Rep nep Wisconsin directing that a n. monthly report be made on railroad equipment conditions The commission included Include in Its report the consolidated repair records records rec rec- of ot carriers which indicated I C that hat at the bad order preparation of ot i freight cars card during the shop strike o last summer had reached a high highpoint highpoint point of oC 14 2 per cent steadily dwindling in later months Approximately Approximately Ap Ap- proximately 30 per cent of ot freight locomotives were classified In bad order in September during the strike and at the same time per cent of oC passenger locomotives were in need of repairs I As with the freight cars the J percentage per per- er- er of oC bad bod order locomotives locomotive I Iwas was gradually brought down to the thelow j I Ilow low point given during January which was close to normal for tor all three classes sel of ot equipment The report the commission ex explained explained explained ex- ex was made from the sworn records of oC the carriers Equipment conditions also was WitS WitS' checked during the period by the commissions commission's own Inspection System tern tem em and the report added that durIng during dur- dur Ing ng February 1923 two thirty cases involving In violations of the federal federal federal fed fed- eral safety statutes by railroads were wore reported to district attorneys for or prosecution |