Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 245, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1917 — NEW FREIGHT CARS WANTED [ARTICLE]

NEW FREIGHT CARS WANTED

Council of National Defense Negotiating for Construction of 100,000 — Shortage Feared. The United States government, through the council of national defense, is actively negotiating with car builders for the immediate construction of 100,000 freight cars. Inquiries have been made of the car construction companies as to how many of these cars may be turned out by them within a specified time. The government is planning to avoid a possible car shortage when the time comes for assembling supplies at the seaboard cities when the American armies are engaged at the battle fpont in Europe.