Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1918 — Car Efficiency. [ARTICLE]

Car Efficiency.

Railroad car efficiency in the United States increased 8 per cent in 1919 over 1913, the previous best year. Thia is equivalent to as increase of 192,000 cars over the total 2,400,000 now In use on our railroads, according to the Railway Age Gazette, which also estU mates the mileage for each car a day in the fiscal year, 1916, as 27 miles, At the same time the average car paclty has risen from 38 to 41 tons.