Show MORE ENGINES IS RAIL NEED H IN budget set aside for 1800 but this Is sh short ort of requirements efficiency CAMPAIGN IS ON efforts directed toward buic quicker ker repairs and plans to prolong lococo tive life falling off in ili production OT or engines new york expenditure of more than for new locomotives for american Ameri calt railroads lail tall roads will not meet urgent transportation needs tills this year according to a statement issue by the association of railway Exec executives in its bulletin entitled lloro transportation quicker repairs an on disabled locomotives ind and efforts to increase the years of service of each engine are badly needed in the program for utilization of the revolving loan fund provided for in the transportation act says the bulletin there are loans to some thirty two companies amounting to S to enable them to acquire qu ire 63 cag 6 freight locomotives and switching locomotives that will cost even if this Is a maximum possible program tor for increase of motive power at this time pending the availability of new locomotives lies more service must be obtained from the locomotives we have heavier loading needed an immediate reduction in the number of locomotives now un unfit t for service Is obviously an essential part of the more transportation program heavier loading may be achl achieved eNed car movement may be increased but lide adequate means to haul tile traffic is indispensable on oil sept 13 15 of all locomotives per cent were out of service for repairs requiring over 24 hours arid and 04 per cent for repairs requiring less than 24 hours As a basis for comparison although the repairs were kept on a different basis at thit that time in september 1017 per cent of freight locomotives were in shops for repairs or awaiting repairs it must be agreed that the number be r of locomotives out of service for repairs Is too many it Is too many even if there were in service nil fill the locomotives needed but since there Is a shortage of locomotives it Is all tile the more necessary that the last ounce of effort should be exhausted to reduce the percentage of locomotives out of service the average number of locomotives acquired yearly by class I 1 roads in the four years ended june 80 30 1916 was 2554 and the average number retired 2071 showing an average annual increase Inc increase in the number in service of in 1017 1917 and 1018 1918 the locomotives acquired totaled in the same years 2400 locomotives were retired this shows an increase in the number of locomotives in service of 1275 a year but this rip apparent parent increase ere ise was due to reduction in the rate of retirement drop in production in 1019 1919 the three largest locomotive building companies constructed only locomotives for standard d gauge roads in the united states this compares with an average 0 oc f 2008 locomotives built annually by these companies for the roads during the preceding eleven years the companies in question supply throe three quarters of nil all locomotives used by class 1 roads telling of tile the success of the other features of the more transportation program the bulletin says average daily ally d movement of freight cars ha has been increased from miles in february rebr uary to rilles miles 1 in july and incomplete statistics for august indicate a still further improvement average loading per freight car lias has also been largely increased tile avera average for all roads for july was tons but for later months the average Is not yet available with respect to car repairs the utmost efforts have been made improvement in III tills this respect will be accelerated iv by tile the efforts to increase tile the number 0 f cars and on owner roads for tile lie week ended october 9 american railroads roa ds handled cars ns as ini i ni 11 pared with in the correal vid ing week of 1919 and in the corresponding week wed of 1018 1918 tills 3 lithe first time that car loading has bils i the million car mark this year |