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Show RAILWAYS TOLD WHERETO SAVE McAdoo Outlines System of Unified Operation Under Private Control WASHINGTON Fab. 2. The cost of operation of th? nutlon's ruilro.uls could bo greatly reduced and efficiency effic-iency greatly lncrc;ised by a well dl-ti dl-ti i ted a"il uniform system of operation opera-tion under private control. William O. '.McAdoo, w.irtime director grenerui oi railroads, declared today in continuation continua-tion of his testimony at tho Interstate commerce commission railroad inquiry. in-quiry. ECONOMIES DVO MEED Declaring there Is no competition' at present between the railroads In either freight rates or passt n'-r fares, which are established by Kov. rnnn-nr I authority, Mr. McAdoo said the only possible competition at present was in service. He added that while railroads rail-roads gorge themselves with business which they have not the facilities to handle, tho public would profit were It possible to have the carriers make some economical common use of terminal ter-minal labilities, and to have "paral 1 tracks of competing carriers considered consider-ed double tracks for the benefit of both." The public has paid B high price for alleged competition." Mr. McAdoo declared, asserting that "Its alleged advantages to tho public aro largely mythical." i ins trial ri r.i i. Great advantage would have been cont;dned. In Mr McAdoo's Judgment, had tho railroads been retain" . 1 under federal control for a trial period ol five years to enable the government to obtain accurate data as to tho actual ac-tual needs of the railroads in the way of betterments, maintenance and operating op-erating costs, and the advantages to tho pubic of removing what Mr. McAdoo Mc-Adoo denounce-.! as the unnecessary and expensive recognition of the properties prop-erties according to their Individual ownership. |