Honolulu Republican, Volume IV, Number 503, 22 January 1902 — RAILROADS’ LOSS BY SHORTAGE OF CARS [ARTICLE]

RAILROADS’ LOSS BY SHORTAGE OF CARS

__ NEW YORK Jan. 10 —A Peansylran.a Railroad official has compile! statist rs shower that ISO/dN) freight cars were bollt in this country last year. Notwithstanding this enormous addition to the transportation faci' •>« of the country it is estimated rha* the railroads of th** cc :ntry have lost core than $30.0C*0,000 because of the scarcity of freight cars. Nearly all of the Eastern lines have re \ offers of ii* f-r cent more traffic than they coutl handle. Every raiiruad of Importance in the United Sta»* . has complain*:- i f a shortage of freight cars.