Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 280, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1917 — Saving More Men, Coal and Locomotives [ARTICLE]

Saving More Men, Coal and Locomotives

Reports just complied show that since the beginning of the war the railroads in the fifteen states of the Central military department have made reductions in passenger service aggregating 10,657,636.96 trainmiles per annum. By thus decreasing their passenger service the,railroads in this territory have effected a saving per annum of 1,176,085 tons of coal, 369 locomotives, 1,941 men and 203,839 barrels of oil. “The reductions in passenger service which have been made by all the railroads in the United States amount to over 25,000,000 train-miles per year,” said R. H. Aishton, chairman of the Central Department Committee of the Railroads’ War Board. “These reductions are made solely to enable the railroads to handle the freight service deemed more necessary for the country’s welfare, with the one cent object of winning the war. «\ “Because of different conditions prevailing it has not been necessary to make as extensive reductions in passenger train service in Western as in Eastern territory. Passenger traffic never was so heavy as it is now and the service must be maintained to the fullest extent possible. However, should war conditions create an emergency requiring reductions in passenger service we are fully confident that the American public will cheerfully co-operate in onr aim to do what is best for the nation.”