Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1917 — Railroads’ War Board Takes Steps To Conserve Fuel Supply. [ARTICLE]

Railroads’ War Board Takes Steps To Conserve Fuel Supply.

The Railroads’ War Board, organized especially to operate all the road® of the country as one system for the purposes of national defense, has advised railroads to adjust their services to conserve fuel supply, and increase the capacity of the lines as a whole. This is done to secure the maximium transportation energy for moving coal, food, materials and troops necessary for the successful conduct of the war. The communication to the individual railroads jays in parti 1. 'Consolidate, where practicable, through passenger train service and eliminate trains which are not well patronized. 2. Reduce, the number of special trains and give up running excursion trains.

3. On light and branch lines, where two or more passenger trains are operated, try to reduce to ne train a day. 4. (Substitute, where practicable, mixed train service for separate pas senger and freight service on branch linee. Closely review number of scheduled freight train®, .where ionnagte is insufficient to load them, with a view to reducing tihp number of trains.