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Show RAILROADS IKI S I GOOD Slli FOR A report to Director Genem.1 Mc- D Addo, from Hale Holden; regional di- Wk rector of the central western region, mS for the month of September, just re-Bfl re-Bfl ceiyed, shows that the movement of I Hi traffic over the railroads in that region HE was better than normal and reviews In . Kg detail traffic conditions as well as BI economies effected through better BBll loading consolidations of facilities "and Btt more direct routing. BS The report demonstrates that the EH," "sailing day" plan now in effect has ml already reached the point wher it Is jig ;: saving 3429 cars pet week. There has wmi been an Increased loading in the re- gion of coal, grain and live stock. Par-it Par-it tlcular attention ha's been paid to the I live stock situation with the result I that an Increase of 19 per cent in load-E load-E ing was brought about. Good results "were also achieved through more intensive in-tensive loading of all kinds-of commo-; commo-; dlties throughout the month. Full car supply was available in the midconti- nent oil-field for the loading of oil. Mr. i Holden's report also shows that in spite of disadvantages more shop work was accomplished In the region than In the same month a year ago. Ticket office consolidations in the region have been effected which will save a total of S567.97S per annum. The report follows: Dear Mr. McAdoo: Following my letter of September j 5th reporting general conditions on the I Central Western region for the month ! of August. I have to report for the month of September as follows: I Movement of Business. The weather has been seasonable , A and favorable operating conditions : have existed on all lines with but very j few isolated cases of temporary con- I gestlon or accumulation and it has been necessary to divert from proper j routes or delay very little trafllc. The movement of grain which was unusually heavy during the month of August, continued In September up until the 18th when on account of the i fact that the elevator capacity at prac- i tlcally all primary markets was filled i much earlier than usual it was necessary neces-sary through co-operation with the food administration aria" grain control! i committees to place a limited embargo! i under the Permit system, at the prin-j ; clpal primary markets. Grain control! ; committees were established and t through the splendid co-operation of R i the grain interests generally the' sit- I N i uatlon has been well in hand since tho 1 date mentioned above. The car supply generally? has been! adequate to meet requirements with K ' the exception of double deck stock! mm J . cars for special loading. Unfavorable I 5ijj ( . feeding and weather conditions on' Mm ' : "western mountain ranges caused prac-1 11 , J, tlcally all of the stock raisers and Bjj j ! feeders to want to ship at once. The MH '. supply of both single and double deck Km j stock cars is limited and there have BjCJl been some disturbing elements to the' HHh I situation in consequence resulting mmu from our inability to satisfy all the, HNHN interests. As a matter of fact, how-! Slnall 1 everf the business has been moved as1 SSlsIS ' ast as stoc'c yards companies J3! i could handle it and we have been com- UnU ! pelled to hold back stock at Omaha. Mtll ' an( Kansas City because it could nob MmW i aeu caro f bv e stock yards SlRH i company. sf UlKli Carloading as Follows, fljw! Total Cars Coal Loaded, flffitt ! 1918, 16-4.312; 1917, 112.299; Increase, Bill i 22,013; per cent increase, 15.5. iftufll Total Cars Grain Loaded. Mm 1913, 33,658; 1917, 27,102; Increase, Etlfflr J 6256: per cent Increase, 22.8. Until I Total Cars Revenue Freight Loaded. 'fltnlL ln my reDort for tl10 month of Au- I stmlf ' 51131 1 8lunvcd that the total sav- 'liUfJB i Ing from the installation of the plan )KB:iP I during that month aggregated 1338 UlHli cars per 'vv"eek- Tne lQtal savings to ifllljli ' dato ,s' tncrefor(?. 3-129 cars per week I !l fell! 1 which is without question having a fa- Ijl 5l j vorable effect on the car situation Hi If ai Ecnerally. IllUlr i Fruit -Traffic. i iunt're and twenty-six fruit specials, with -475S cars operated from California to the Missouri river and Chicago, with an average of 37 cars per train. Seventy-four fruit trains originated in Colorado, with a total of 2226 cars, an average of 30 cars .per train. As, in former months, all fruit specials were operated on con- servativc schedules and were filled to ; enough tonnage with dead freight to j insure economical train load and sat- isfactory time performance. Livestock. The loading of livestock in this region re-gion shows an increase of 19 per cent. Kansas City market handled a to- ital of 19,016 cars inbound, an increase 'over same month last year of 5705 cars or 12 per cent; 2396 cars handled outbound, an increase of 2022 cars or ' 31.7 per ccnL j South Omaha market had inbound j 14,040 cars, increase 3506 cars or 33 3 ; per cent. Outbound 72 13 cars, increase 1 1213 cars or 20 per cent. St. Joseph market handled a total of 5662 cars Inbound, an increase of 1312 "cars or 30 per cent; outbound : 1527 cars, increase 449 cars or 416 1 per conL j Oil Traffic. A full car supply was available in j the mid-continent fields at all times, i From this district a total of 516 oii j trains were operated, with 14,319 cars, an average of 28 cars per train, o! 1 which the Santa Fc handled 91 train? with 2984 cars or an average of 32 ( cars per train. i Troop Movements. Wo operated from all camps a total of 73 special trains, with 26,766 men. the larger movements being 21 trains. 8316' men; 20 trains, 6510 men; and IS trains S341 men. All trains were op crated on schedule and without accident. acci-dent. Coal Traffic. Tho coal situation in Illinois and Indiana during the month of September Septem-ber was more satisfactory in point of car supply than during the month of August, but much . less satisfactory I from a production standpoint, as indicated indi-cated by the following figures "which cove rthe loading in 'the central zone or district and are a little more in excess ex-cess of the, actual coal loading in the western central region: Aug. Sepl Cars loaded, 191S. .184,235 172.5S5 Cars loaded, 1917. .150,940 140,302 Increases over previous pre-vious year 33.293 26,283 It will be noted that less cars were loaded in September than during the previous month due to mines not work ing Labor day and niany mines being down on the 18-45! registration day. and for the primary a few days later. Conversely, these holidays enabled the railroads to make a better showing as J to car supply. Even with the decreasing loading the fuel administration has been pressed press-ed to provide markets, and has only been able to do so by arranging for the sale of coal to railroads for movement beyond tho normal commercial zone. In order to continue the ratio of Increased In-creased loading over last year," particularly partic-ularly in Illinois, the fuel administration, administra-tion, gave consideration that latter part of September to tho established zone lines. As a result, the present summer zone nne tnrougn Wisconsin and Minnesota will be continued as winter line on all prepared sizes and mino run.- The lower peninsula of Michigan will be held open all winter for Indiana, all grades, and for Illinois Illi-nois screenings. The accumulation of coal on track in tho Chicago district is growing leas and is practically down to normal. The state and Cook county organizations organiza-tions of the fuel administration have taken hold ot the situation vigorously and will undertake to force unloading. Taking It as a whole, the performance perform-ance Qf the railroads during; the month of September in this territory in coal loading, was all that could be asked by tho fuel administration. There is the closest co-operation between the railroad officers and the fuo! adminis tration and the general organization is working harmoniously and to the best interests. Reports for the five months since April indicate that the commercial commer-cial coal requirements for Illinois consumption con-sumption were 46,360 cars per month or a total of 241,300 cars. We have loaded and handled 290,380, an excess over the requirements of the fuel administration ad-ministration of 1S.450 cars or 17 per cent. Figures for September not yet available In detail indicate still further excess over the requirements. I Terminal Situation. I All the large terminals in the district dis-trict have been operated effectively nd outside of the abnormal movement I of grain and livestock, above men-; men-; tloned there has been no congestion either In carload or less carload busl-; busl-; ness. , Tho labor situation at freight houses has become more stabilized than for any other month during the past year and the result has been a clean-up at all the less "carload freight houses to practically a normal basis. Power and Equipment Conditions. Our labor situation seems to be improving im-proving and the force of men- in the mechanical department as" shown by the following stutcment is encouraging. encourag-ing. Figures quoted indicate a slight Increase in tho percentage of engines out of service, requiring over 24 hours I to repair, but the situation .is better than indicate in view of the fact that more of our power has had general overhauling and is, I think, in belter condition generally than It was this time last year. Our orders for new equipment are not being filled as rapidly rap-idly as wc .wouldvllke to see them but, Jthis condition is receiving necessary ' attention. Men in Car and Locomotive Departments. Depart-ments. Car department, for 1918, 25,63-1; for 1917, 22,558S; incrcaso 3046; per cent 13.5. I Locomotive department, for 1918, j 63.306; for 1917, 56,693; Increase 6013; 11.7 per cent. Total, 191S, SS.940; 1917, 79,281; increase, in-crease, 9659; increase 12.2 per cent. Total cars on line 379,106 Bad orders 20,134 Per cent bad orders 5.3 Bad orders same date last year. .20,020 j Increase, per cent 111.6 Total locomotives on line 12,242 ! Number out of service for re- pairs requiring over 24 hours 1,971 Per cent out of service. 16.1 Number out of service for repairs re-pairs requiring over 24 hours, same date last year 1,749 Increase, per cent : 225-12.9 Number of locomotives turned out of shops: 1918 S050 1917 2621 Increase, per cent y. 16 Number of foreign locomotives turned turn-ed out of shops: v Eleven locomotives Repaired for B. Number of locomotives repaired for eastern- lines, classified ropair: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy West Burlington Shops', 2 Baltimore & Ohio. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe To-peka To-peka Shops, 2 Baltimore ,fc Ohio. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific ! Silvis shops 3 Baltimore & Ohio. tJ. Illinois Central Burnside shops, 4 Baltimore &. Ohio. Number of locomotives on foreign lines- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 19 on Pennsylvania line. Chicago, Rock- Island & Pacific 15 on Pennsylvania, 8 on Frisco line. Illinois Central 3 on B. & O., 1 on Pennsylvania, 3 on Lousville & Nashville. Nash-ville. Southern Pacific 2 on Pennsylvania. Pennsyl-vania. Union Pacific 4 on B. & O., 3 on H. V., 7 on B. & O. oo |
