. Electric railway journal . th there is a duplica-tion of facilities, as be-tween a steam railroad andan electric line, the facil-ities of the electric lineshould be used to their maximum capacity to re-lieve the steam line of the short-haul traffic. The gen-eral equipment, the motive power and cars of the steamrailroad which are used in this short-haul service couldthen be released for long-haul through freight and pas-senger service. Thus the present unprecedented con-gested condition of the steam railroads could be verymaterially relieved. The unused and undeveloped facilities of
. Electric railway journal . th there is a duplica-tion of facilities, as be-tween a steam railroad andan electric line, the facil-ities of the electric lineshould be used to their maximum capacity to re-lieve the steam line of the short-haul traffic. The gen-eral equipment, the motive power and cars of the steamrailroad which are used in this short-haul service couldthen be released for long-haul through freight and pas-senger service. Thus the present unprecedented con-gested condition of the steam railroads could be verymaterially relieved. The unused and undeveloped facilities of the electricrailroads of the country are of such magnitude and canbe made available in the present crisis at such a com-paratively small cost that it would seem extravagantand wasteful, both in man power and in money, were thegovernment to countenance the much discussed motor-truck transportation plan before the freight carryingpower of the electric roads has been fully developed. 894 Electric Railway Journal Vol. 51, No. 19.
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