Word: freighted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...support of his contention that the railways can economize by efficient operation, Mr. Couzens offers statistics obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission: The net ton miles per 1,000 pounds of tractive power in 1920 was exactly the same as in 1903. On the 10 most efficient roads freight locomotives average 77.2 miles of travel a day, but on the 39 largest roads the average is only 63.4 miles. Coal consumption on the most efficient roads is 160 pounds per 1,000 gross ton miles, on the large roads it is 202 pounds. These figures suggest the possibility of economics...
Goods will soon be transported through the entire length of Russia at a fraction of the railroad charges. This is the result of a newly formed Russo-German company for " conducting and development of freight transportation through Russia to and from Persia, and also for the accomplishment of all kinds of commercial operations connected therewith...
...generally are still rising, and premiums are reported for early deliveries, especially of sheet for automobile manufacturers. The larger mills are said to be declining additional business for the time being. New railroad equipment orders for 1923 are estimated as very large, comprising 6,000 engines, 150,000 new freight cars and 800 new passenger coaches...
...sentries for refusing to stop when challenged. Two former members of the Soviet police were summarily executed for returning to Buer after having been expelled. At Freimersheim, near Treves, the Germans moved the switches and caused a collision between a troop train bringing reinforcements from Alsace and an empty freight train. One soldier was killed and six were injured...
...BEACHCOMBER IN THE ORIENT-Harry L. Foster-Dodd, Mead ($3.00). The Beachcomber's wanderings take him through Borneo, Siam, French Indo-China, Japan, the Malay States, the Philippines, under freight cars, and among types seldom met at first-hand in the pages of books. The volume is illustrated...