Show Railroad Official Foot 75 Cars for Auto Taos ore C C. M. M Ball Assistant General Manager of df f the O. O S. S L L. L Says Plan Is s Feasible for Mountainous Roads of the Regarding the recent agitation of or orthe the automobile manufacturers in theE the E East st to have specially designed sevI sev- sev foot enty-foot cars built for exclusive auto I transportation as against the regular thirty six box car now in use C C. C M l Ball assistant to the general generalI I manager of the Oregon Short Line states that the proposition is practical in spite of ot the fact that sharp curves and short would be encountered encountered encountered in the intermountain country by these special cars of extraordinary length th Mr Ball Bali states that the carriers operating in Michigan where the majority majority majority ma ma- of ot auto shipments originate should respond primarily to the su suggestion suggestion sug sug- of the and not the I carriers In the Western country Mr Ball questions the strength of at the seventy-five-foot seventy car at t the center although the manufacturers in their proposition advocate wheel six-wheel trucks and special truss construction under under- neath noath According to Mr Ball BalI the financing of the should be taken i icare care of by a corpor corporation tion probably with some aid from the I appropriation from the revolving I fund provided in the transportation act rd The auto manufacturers' manufacturers su suggestion I is as follows follows- All AU automobile box boxcars boxcars boxcars cars should be made seventy-five seventy feet in length mounted on wheel six-wheel I trucks If It this could be done it I would mean a reduction in the cost costI I of the average automobile to the consumer because of ot the decreased 1 transportation Flat cars have been resorted to which has often otten necessitated necessitated necessitated the overlapping of the automobiles automobiles auto auto- mobiles with the constant danger of at I their being damaged Shipping in anything but a closed car is unsatisfactory un un- satisfactory |