Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1916 — Car Shortage Is Jumping. [ARTICLE]

Car Shortage Is Jumping.

Chicago, .May 12. —The American Railway association’s idle car report May 1 shows a surplus of 59,657 cars and a shortage of 29,050. These figures compare with surplus of 292,269 and a shortage of 966 a year ago.