Transportation and communication in the United States 1925

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Identifikator:: 1767626746

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-195828

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Transportation and communication in the United States 1925

Place of publication:: Washington

Publisher:: Gov. Print. Off.

Year of publication:: 1926

Scope:: III S., S. 508 - 549

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Traffic

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RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION 513 has been a marked increase in the tonnage of manufactures and mis- cellaneous traffic (in car-lots) since pre-war years. The volume of products of mines and of manufactures loaded during 1925 was greater than in 1924, the latter making a new high record. The other com- modity groups show a decrease, most marked in the case of agricul- tural products. Table '5.—Revenue Freight Originating on Railways, by Commodity Groups [Thousands of tons] Year ended— Total 1 >roducts of agri- culture Animals |_ and | oroducts Coal Products of mines All other Products of forests Manu- factures and niscella- neous Mer- chandise Jess than car lots)’ CLASS I AND II ROADS une 30, 1011. _..... TT —— LL —— Dl ccsonanan 1018. so mnnuiun Dec. 31. 1916 ______ 281, 293 , 011, 784 , 160, 863 1109, 271 + 005, 020 "203 091 34,478 39, 688 06, 067 102, 200 113, 040 116. 887 23,611 u, 799 26, 446 27,139 2, 660 31 904 335, 685 352, 770 390, 701 383, 882 348, 130 199 R53 i95, 907 206, 371 260, 239 242, 194 208, 443 314. 998 97,427 91, 359 12,079 -10, 878 93, 971 111 850 172, 554 176, 266 206, 787 186, 358 163, 988 239. 849 36, 203 38,118 12, 520 41, 474 48, 163 £4 490 CLASS IT ROADS Nec. 31, 1916. _..__, TU wns Srp 19... SII 2) mmm msn B00 cnvanay, EB annem 2000, cm mn 1925. eee Per cent change from 1924 __.___ , 203, 367 264, 016 263, 344 096,111 255, 421 940, 183 023, 745 £79, 03" 187,20 047 - 13, 635 04, 629 16, 051 15, 033 10, 840 1069 11,787 nore 30, 473 31, 858 25, 777 35, 494 16, 505 i, 263 a ogn ~~ 302, 409 143, 722 166, 483 375, 022 162, 440 65, 850 26, 438 ~ go 287, 624 288, 931 268, 312 214, 929 49, 705 45, 420 96, 560 69, 752 41, 107 wa Toy +18. 5 98, 819 00, 838 97, 256 94, 076 00, 766 76,419 2, 059 roa ~{ % 231, 038 240, 269 226, 077 710, 256 51, 864 72 169 20, 442 "7767 27 re-4 11 52,911 53, 769 53, 387 51, 302 33, 202 11,992 13, 220 14, 338 10, 549 10. 580 1 Down to 1916, inclusive, undistributed freight, as follows, is included in total but not shown elsewhere: 1911, 35,338 tons; 1912, 32,414; 1913, 16,022; 1914, 15.147: 1915. 2 Ai25° 1914 1.660° 1916, Class I. 1 RAT. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission Car Loadings—Surpluses and Shortages. The total number of cars loaded (revenue freight) during 1925 was 51,178,000, greater than in 1924 by 2,644,000, or 5.4 per cent, and the greatest in the history of the railroads (Table 7). During the third quarter of 1925 the car loadings exceeded those of any previous quar- ter, while even the last quarter surpassed the highest quarter in any previous year (third quarter of 1923). In Table 6 average weekly car loadings are shown by quarters, the original statistics being based on weeks rather than months to avoid the effect of varying length of the months. Car shortages were practically nil in 1925 except for the last quarter, during which there was a very slight shortage of certain classes of equipment. Although figures of car surpluses and shortages are not entirely satisfactory as an index to the carriers’ capacity to take care of traffic requirements, they present an approximate picture of the situation. Frequently shippers order more cars than are needed during a shortage period in the hope of thus getting their minimum 1950-——98+—— ©

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