Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1918 — Car Efficiency. [ARTICLE]

Car Efficiency.

Railroad car efficiency in the United States Increased g- per cent In 1919 over 1913, the previous best year. This Is equivalent to an Increase of 102.000 cars over the total 2,400,000 now in use on our railroads, according to tha Railway Age Gazettes which also estW mates the mlleage-for each car a day in the fiscal year, 1916, as 27 miles. At the same time the average car can parity has risen from 38 to 41 tons.