Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1918 — Car Efficiency. [ARTICLE]

Car Efficiency.

Ballroad car efficiency in the United States increased 8 per cent in 1918 over 1913, the previous best year. This is equivalent to an increase of 192,000 cars over the total 2,400,000 now in use on our railroads, according to the Railway i Age Gazette, which also estW mates* the* mileage 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.