Show MANY RAilROAD CARS ARE IDLE Equipment O Orders f for fr r Next Six Months Depend Upon Development of Traffic NEW NEV YORK TOnK Nov B lt-ks lt As to equipment orders the railroads would place wins folio passage of ot the railroad funding bill and more mor or less prompt settlement of account ac cc Counts count with the tIle government opinions opinion of ot railroad officers sic are not exuberant On October 8 8 tire re were werf cars carl IsLand standing In idle In good order and were e on hand In bad d order probably y moro more than h half lra of k whIch 11 c could be made madO fit In ten to thirty days Surplus of boxcars boxcar In good g order was only but the peak of ot grain Brain movement lias has passed and grain U is bringing these ears earn east put to become available available available avail avail- I able for movement of fall and winter s m merchandise mer r chandise westward surplus was In good order with something like Ilka awaiting repairs Railroad men pay say that no matter whether tho passage of ot tile the funding bill puts to cash at their t dis or not they see no reason to order equipment freely while they cannot use e what they have and orders tho the next si six months to a YE year ar depend entirely on development de tIe of traffic That could get a good deal better before It absorbed the present surplus of ot cars B Bad cl order cars and engines could be re repaired repaired repaired re- re paired In much less time timo than delivery ot new now orders order would take Such orders If it placed now would mean delivery aro around nd the tur not the not much ahead of the normally low traffic period ate repair demand of existing for steel pe equipment plate treb bars would etc create ere ere- also I Ifor for parts and nd accessories Including couplers springs wheels I e brake e sets and parts ts particularly particularly par par- I r rr y as railroads hr have not been e stocking stock stock- t I ing log materials For a year they have beem beel turning Inventory Into cash by using up ui stock on hand They have thus been able to reduce substantially sub Rub their unpaid vouchers which parly the past mat summer were estimated at around Nevertheless first application application ap ap- of ot cash obtained by the fundIng fundIng funding fund- fund Ing bill would be to cleaning up unpaid ld and the second to to pretty liberal buying of materials and supplies for shop us use USA and of rail rails and ties First sign of revival of ot traffic railroad executives say would be followed b by ordering or- or dering of equipment Amount of such ordering ordering or or- dering dening would be Influenced by prices prIce business business business busi busi- ness outlook and market for equipment se se- se Passage of the funding bill alone they believe would not mean liberal buYIng buyIng buying buy- buy Ing of equipment for despite restricted equipment building the tho past five years ears the carriers have moje equipment than they see any chance of using In the near fu fu- fu- fu ture tune At any rate railroads will be In no great haste to get rid of f cash from final settle with wILh the tile railroad administration tion The whole amount of ot such uch cash would no more than restore working Capital capital capital capi capi- tal to something like normal proportions while In many cases there are nearby capItal capital cap cap- ital ltd maturities to meet |