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Show You Can Help Now If you Ilnd It difficult to get on a truin, remember that the railroads rail-roads and the Pullman Compuny, by order of the Office of Defense Transjxrttatlorf, have withdrawn from service all sleeping cars operating op-erating between points 450 miles ur less apart. The action wag made-necessary made-necessary be unexpectedly heavy arrivals ar-rivals of troops from Europe. - This action makes available an additional 895 Pullman cars and gives the military the exclusive use of about half the sleeping cars op- crating in the United States. These cars afford a greater measure of comfort to our troops moving to the west coast prior to embarkation to the Pacific theatre. It Is Interesting to note that in 1918, with a total of approximate 41,000 coaches and sleeping cars, th railroads performed 42 ,070,000,00 piisseiwr-miles of service. In 1944 with approximately 27,70t passeiujer-carrying curs, the rail roads performed 95,575,000,000 pas senger-miles and the 1945 passenger load is expected to mount 10 per cent, to more than 100.000,000,000 passenger-miles, or nearly two an one-half times the 1918 passenger load to be moved in 30 per ten less passenger carrying equipment On account of wartime restriction the railroads have been unable ti buy passenger carrying cars. The hauling job and the maintenance job, they have done with the equipment at hand Is almost beyond belief. They have rendered service more xpendltluusly, more courteously and with less waste than In 1918 when there was vastly more equipment, more engines and much more man-lower. man-lower. You can do your part to help ou in the greatest transportation Jol In history by traveling only when necessary for purposes other tha; pleasure. |