People's Pilot, Volume 2, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1893 — SHORT OF CARS. [ARTICLE]

SHORT OF CARS.

Western Railroads Unable to Attend Promptly to Shipments. Kansas City, Mo., Feb 21.—The car shortage situation at Kansas City is as bad as ever. The western roads are cramped for transportation facilities because of the arbitrary action of the eastern lines in holding cars from the west. Eastern roads have been using these cars for storage purposes, and in many cases are using them for local business. The shortage is mounting up rapidly. Western roads are short about 500 cars a day.