Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 November 1916 — Ask For Formal Quiz In Car Shortage. [ARTICLE]

Ask For Formal Quiz In Car Shortage.

x As a result of developments Friday in the formal hearing being held at Louisville, on the alleged car shortage on the railroads of the country, C. C. McChord, member of the interstate commerce commission, who is presiding, announced that he had telegraphed to Washington, recommending an order for a formal hearing being entered upon immediately. The apparent shortage of cars was declared to be the result of a lack of efficiency in their distribution, by W. L. Barnes.