AMERICA N RAILWAYS
DISORGANISATION AND CON GESTION.
A COLLAPSE THREATENED,
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)
NEW YORK, May 17. The United States railways face an immediate collapse owing to disorganisation, car shortage and traffic congestion, unless the Government steps in. The Railway Labour Board is expected to take action to-day, imposing an embargo on everything excepting essentials, food and fuel, thus returning the railways to Government control again. Many centres are short working owing to lack of material and fuel. The shortage is widespread.
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Southland Times, Issue 18825, 19 May 1920, Page 5
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87AMERICAN RAILWAYS Southland Times, Issue 18825, 19 May 1920, Page 5
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