Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 April 1917 — Plan Uniform Cars. [ARTICLE]

Plan Uniform Cars.

Uniform ears for freight on railroads, is about to follow the use of all lines in common by the government. An official has just stated that there were difficulties to he overcome, due to the fact that different companies built different types of wagons to suit their own requirements, and that some companies’ stock was superior to that of others, but now that the arrangement has been made the common user has come to stay, no inntter whether company operation of the lines is reverted to or not. And, with, common user, there will necessarily arise a demand for standard types of wagons which, being standardized, will be readily built and repaired by all railroads.