. Railroad freight transportation . Classification of Freight Car Situation on the Lines of theDelaware & Hudson Compant. situations existing on the lines of the Delaware & HudsonCompany on the following dates: August 31, 1920; March BAD ORDER CARS 367 5, 1921; June 8, 1921; August 31, 1921; March 5, 1922;June 8, Classification of Locomotive Situation on thp Lines op theDelaware & Hudson Company. 165. Bad Order Cars.—The United States Railroad Ad-ministration performance sheets show per cent of thefreight cars as unserviceable on December 31, 1919, as com-pared with per cent on
. Railroad freight transportation . Classification of Freight Car Situation on the Lines of theDelaware & Hudson Compant. situations existing on the lines of the Delaware & HudsonCompany on the following dates: August 31, 1920; March BAD ORDER CARS 367 5, 1921; June 8, 1921; August 31, 1921; March 5, 1922;June 8, Classification of Locomotive Situation on thp Lines op theDelaware & Hudson Company. 165. Bad Order Cars.—The United States Railroad Ad-ministration performance sheets show per cent of thefreight cars as unserviceable on December 31, 1919, as com-pared with per cent on December 31, 1917, when theytook over the roads, an increase of 27 per cent, or say 35,771cars. But this by no means tells the full story. The director general, in taking over the roads, beganat once to create an organization. Now, it is impossible toextemporize an organization even if it could be shapedunder a trip hammer with the heaviest blows, and thisimpossible adventure was the outstanding feature of his 368 MOVEMENT OF CARS failure, made the more certain by the inclusion of some menwith little experience, of violent temper, and pronouncedviews. Under the oversight of the Railroad War Board theCommission on Car Service had virtually pooled the boxcars of the country by order issued April 26, 1917, an
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