Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1918 — BUILDING FREIGHT CARS TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE AND SPEED WAR MUNITIONS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

BUILDING FREIGHT CARS TO RELIEVE SHORTAGE AND SPEED WAR MUNITIONS

The photograph shows a scene in the great freight car assembling yardi at Los Angeles, Cal. Due to the great shortage In freight cars this new plant has been opened' to turn out cars at a rate never even Imagined. The method is the same as in the assembling of automobiles. The trucks are first lowered into place, then the frame is set on top of them. Following that, the sills are set Up and! boarded and the car is painted and finished. This remarkable assembling! is accomplished at the rate of one an hour, and there are scores and score® of crews working in the yard.

ONE CAR IS ASSEMBLED IN AN HOUR.