Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 303, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 December 1912 — Caution Causes Delays. [ARTICLE]

Caution Causes Delays.

Delays on the rail In winter are caused as much by caution as anything else. All operators are warned to run no risks during extreme cold weather. Sometimes the cold prevents the automatic signals from properly working. The expense of operating a railroad during extreme cold weather is enormous. Fuel bills are greatly Increased and revenues are reduced beof the nonmovement of perishable commodities. This winter has been extremely cold, rather than one with quantities of snow. There are Instances where one night fall of snow will represent SIOO,OOO of expense to a railroad the next day. It is not uncomomn that the item of clearing a railroad system of snow will represent from $500,000 to $1,500,000 In a winter. Notwithstanding all this, passenger traffic has moved with considerable freedom and certainly a\ minimum amount of discomfort to the traveling public.