Garland Globe | 1908-02-01 | Page 2 | Blue Outlook for Railroads

" Pi Blue Outlook for Railroads. - v Now York. FlgurcB prepared for 'n ono of tho largo railroad companies, i sayB tho Trlbuno, show that a weok tr ft ng0 thoro woro 320,000 ldlo freight fM carB ,n tno Un'tcd States, and about m 8,000 locomotives which aro laid up : on account of tho falling off in traffic, . W; Figuring tho valuu of cars at 1,000 ! Mi' each, and of locomotives at 116,000, tho statement showB that the rail- ; f roads have 1440,000,000 tied up lu roll- , -k ing stock for whtcti thcro is no pros- I ent uso. i