Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1914 — BIG FACTOR IN RAILROADING [ARTICLE]

BIG FACTOR IN RAILROADING

Effective Work That Has Been Dons by the Master Car Builders’ Association.

That every railroad does not live unto itself alone is due in a large measure to the work of the Master Car Builders’ association. One could hardly imagine the chaotic condition in which we would find railroading had there been no association to do what has been done by the master car builders.

We all recognize the value of 1 the work of this association. Even the United States government through its proper department and officials, has shown that it appreciates the farreaching effect of what has been accomplished. The letters “M. C. 8.,” if they stand for anything, stand for just that which is opposed to chaos, and are synonymous with system, economy and operation.

Without the M. C.. 8. rules of Interchange, freight traffic would become a tangle impossible of unraveling; without M. C. B. standards, the expense of car maihtenance would be doubled; without M. C. B. recommended practice, not only would we be making no progress, but as railroads we would be going backward.