Show increased efficiency by the we use of gas and electricity railroads are reducing cost ot of repairs and add increasing efficiency in freight yards A number 0 of railroads over the country are using gas turned into heat treating furnaces and portable blow torches it has been found bound possible by using gas to salvage much rolling stock and other material which had formerly been scrapped last year a large railroad installed a scientific system of electric flood lights in its classification freight yard after several months operation a comparison of freight handled during this period with that handled in a similar previous period was made it was found that number ot of cars handled at night had increased 15 per cent and average cost of damage to cars handled at night had decreased 21 per cent |