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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 56, 30 November 1918, Page 7

The additions mnde to the rolling stocl during the year consisted of : 21 new loco motives, 9 bogie, cars, i bogie brake-rand and 11-9 wagons, says the General Jlana ger of Bailways in his annual report Of the new engines added ti (ho stock, fourteen were built ii the Government Railway Workshops, am comprised seven simple superheated ten der. engines; Class AIJ, two heavy snbur ban tank engines; .Class WAB. and h'vi heavy tank engines,' Class \VW. Sevci simple superheated heavy tender, engines Class Bl), wpro completed under contract with Messrs. A. and G.' Price, Ltd., o; Thames. Three second-hand tank enginej were sold, and one tank-engine was con, denincd. One car-'and sixteen 'wajjoui were sold and written off, and G!)2 tarpau lins were condemned, written oft', and rfl placed with n similar number of nev tarpaulins. The rolling slock aeluall; on order and in hand at the end of Hit year comprised 15 locomotives, 38 cars 12 bogie brake-vans. 175 bogie, and 871 four-wheeled wagons. Owing to the diffi cully in obtaining material Ihrwork hat been considerably retarded, and the pects for the near future in the matte! of obtaining constnietie-ii material fron abroad are not encouraging. During thi year 512 modern car, van, and wagoi axles were substituted for the old iroi type, increasing the carrying capacity o: each vehicle by two lons. The 21 { addi tional locomotives,.taken in conjunction with boiler renewals of locomotives ii service, has increased the tractive powei In- 4:41 per cent. The new wagone givi ail '-'additional capacity of ■ 2517 tons equivalent to an addition of 1-25 ordinarj ti-ton trucks, or 1.35 per cent, in carry ing capacity. The permanent; way'slrac lures, buildings, and appliances _ hav( been efficiently maintained: l.'l} miles o! track were re'lnid during the year witt inew 701b. material. This is, however mucli below the fixed standard, owing t( the difficulty in obtaining inateri.il anc the necessity for conserving the stock t< meet any emergencies that- may arise. A contract.*' has -been entered into• for- tin supply of rails, but the prospect of ai early delivery is not promising. Ninety three thousand eight hundred and fortj new sleepers and 1G1.507 cubic yards oi ballast were replaced in Ihe track durint the year. The, difficulty experienced ir obtaining material lins retarded th< work of strengthening bridges, anc the removal of the restrictions as to th( use of the heavier, type of locomotives m certain portions of the main lines has k consequence had to be deferred. ; Mr. Ernest li. Tyke, in a London address, mii<l that while he was internet at (he lluhleben prit-on camp in Germany ho was allowed out once a week to buj provisions iu Berlin. George Hackeii; schinidt, the world's champion wrestlovi was formerly a big mnn, weighing )Bst Meeting, him in Berlin, nnii noticing thai he. had gone down to a. shadow. Mr! l'yke said to him. "George,''filing's don'l look good with you."' '"No," : waH J reply, "I have- 27 .food, cards ''entitling: me to 27 difi'erent items of food. I can'j (ret any ,of them, and the only satisfaction, I suppose, I can get is to eattht —— cards." ''' '• ' I Owing .to the high price of coal, Kan; eas City, U.S.A., people are using'conl; cobs for fuel, and .have stored thousands of tdiis of them for winter use. ' " ' . Owing to .the wide devastation of wijdd areas.-by drought and wind', Canada- \vil| this year raise barely 150,000,000 bushels of wheat against 210,000,001) last year. !