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requirements. This causes an overstatement of deficiency in equipment.
 Both surpluses and shortages are reported as aggregates, for
the same days, owing to the fact that there may be a shortage in one
region and a surplus in another, generally due to differences in certain
seasonal factors.

Chart IIIL—CAR LOADINGS, SURPLUSES, AND SHORTAGES OF CARS, BY
QUARTERS (CLASS I ROADS)

THOUSANDS OF CARS

1000

Fa

Car Loodings ~ Nee

ROO

S00

400

nfs

Yerage

200

= Shortage -Daily Average

200

1921 [922

1923

Lisboa Lt
1924 1925 od

Table 8.—Revenue Car Loadings and Surpluses and Shortages of Cars of Class
I Railways, by Quarters

Period

\verage weekly loadings:
January-March_.._____________.
April-June. _______ TTT
July-September. ___~___~_7 7777"
October-December... "7
erage daily surpluses:
January-March. .___.____.__.__
April-June... ._.._ "77
July-September... ___"
October-December... ._____~
srage daily shortages:
Tanuary-Mareh. o.oo... ___.
ADHI-JUne. ooo eeeeeammn on
July-September..._..._........
Detober-December. ovo eeoeo

1018 | 1990 |

702, 894
761, 511
316, 634
237 18%

317, 186
334, 485
147, 449
371 521

11, 721
39, 520
50, 888
33. 308

8, 027
4250
2067
3 ORR

1,570
2, 969
12,188
32 264

81, 280
96, 057
13, 212
35. 820

1021

603, 533
743, 845
303, 787
723’ A023

370,195
436, 206
278, 712
120, 039

781
301
1,835
nD LOR

1099

761, 626
778,895
868, 218
O15 4920

301, 000
309, 668
118,271
6. 468

504
1,519
51,000
(38. E04

1993

$70, 518
976, 059
.022, 903
G82. 221

20, 568
29, 923
69, 664
190. 104

73,975
27,019
9,735
8 128

1004

1925

391, 385
302, 088
962, 830
tT

005, 018
204, 030
, 042, 253
1. 025. 484

196, 469
332. 097
255,729
161. 501

265,078
327, 368
216, 150
148. 762

3,008 | 260
197 58
237 444
69] 1193

Source; American Railway Association