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Article: (November, 1906) pooling railcars?(100 YEARS AGO IN THE RAILWAY AGE)(Brief article)
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- Railway Age
- Article date:
- November 1, 2006
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The question of forming a freight car clearing house was brought before the American Railway Association by Mr. Stuyvesant Fish. Acting on Mr. Fish's suggestion, the association authorized the appointment of a committee to inquire into and report upon the causes of car shortage and the lessening efficiency of equipment and to recommend remedies. Mr. Fish cites statistics showing that comparing 1904 with 1895, the capacity of freight cars owned by all railroads in the U.S. had increased 110.42 per cent, while the number of tons carried had increased only 88 per cent; and that although the average haul had increased 8.92 per cent, the tons carried one mile had increased less ...