. Railway mechanical engineer . m to cent, but it is significant as indicating that the railroadshave at last begun to repair cars faster than they are madebad order. A survey of the present situation will show howgreat a task it will be to get the number of bad orders downto a noimal figure. On January 1, 1921, there were 191,234 bad order cars tures for car maintenance. Later the roads were looking for-ward to a reduction in wages and so were led to postponerepair work still longer. On July 1, when the new wagerates became effective, the unserviceable cars amounted to354,611, or
. Railway mechanical engineer . m to cent, but it is significant as indicating that the railroadshave at last begun to repair cars faster than they are madebad order. A survey of the present situation will show howgreat a task it will be to get the number of bad orders downto a noimal figure. On January 1, 1921, there were 191,234 bad order cars tures for car maintenance. Later the roads were looking for-ward to a reduction in wages and so were led to postponerepair work still longer. On July 1, when the new wagerates became effective, the unserviceable cars amounted to354,611, or per cent. Even though many shops werereopened on July 1, little progress was made in stopping theincrease of bad orders which rose to 382,440, or percent on August 15. As already noted, the number of cars in need of repairs Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sep. 8 15 22 29 5 12 19 26 S II 19 » 1 S 16 25 SO 7 14 21 28 4 II 18 2S 2 9 16 2J JO 6 13 20 27 S 10 17 24 I Oct Nov. 8 15 22 29 S 12 I Dec. 9 26 3 10 17 24. Fluctuation in Freight Traffic from 1918 to Date, as Shown by Weekly Revenue Car Loading reported which amounted to per cent of the total numberof freight cars on line. This is over twice the normal per-centage and ordinarily would have resulted in an intensivecampaign to improve car conditions. At that time, however,the roads were in a very serious financial condition. In fact,during the months of January and February, most of themoperated at a loss, so it was not possible to increase expendi- was brought down on September 1. The figures for Sep-tember 15, however, show that during the next two weeks thebad orders remained practcally stationary. Freight Traffic 76 Per Cent of 1920 The railroads would be unable to operate with such alarge number of bad order cars if business was normal. If 636 RAILWAY MECHANICAL ENGINEER Vol. 95, No. 10 traffic should increase rapidly, the large amount of unservice-able equipment would prove a serious handicap. Busi
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