Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 February 1918 — Car Efficiency. [ARTICLE]

Car Efficiency.

Railroad car efficiency In the United States increased' 8 per cent In 191® 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 tha Railway Age Gazette, which also ektW mates the mileage for each car a day in the fiscal year, 1916, as 27 miles. At the same time the average car parity has risen from 38 to 41 tons.