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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511 37 per cent more than in the highest pre-war year, 1913 (fiscal year), and slightly above the previous record figure of 1923. Table 3.—Freight Traffic of Class I Railways,! by Districts ear 9147... 015% BS Jom nwmn mmm 1 eee 925... ‘er cent change from 1924__._._ Revenue freight originated (thousands | of tons) Total Eastern | Jouthern| Western | . 008, 460 923, 428 203, 367 264, 016 263, 344 096, 111 255, 421 240, 183 13, 745 279, 030 157, 208 47,137 450 196, 101 153, 741 790, 301 317, 844 314, 704 23, 811 106, 786 19, 674 7,238 07 892 . -. 595 331, 208 174, 319 164, 482 196, 392 1, 475 216, 082 24, 564 24, 127 17,258 “586 ¥ 338 338, 040 315, 205 116, 674 134, 697 132, 558 377, 737 4, 508 43, 250 ©7919 = 919 £ 181, 621 42.3 411. 4 Ton-miles of revenue freight (millions) ! Total Eastern Southern, Western 284, 025 273, 913 362, 444 394, 465 105, 379 164, 203 110, 306 106, 840 130, 285 a7 43,116 (35, 643 77,487 187, 966 190, 943 70,118 88, 518 8, 503 31,210 13, 088 ", 039 9, 730 19, 524 17,325 31, 708 38, 371 72, 101 34, 000 6, 925 9, 679 ‘9, 565 1 705 “5 92, 285 90, 945 123, 251 (38, 128 142, 335 30, 176 44, 363 08, 658 18, 511 27, 034 36,025 “49 460 At n "4.7 { Includes all roads with an annual operating revenue exceeding $1,000,000; these account for about 93 per cent of the nunber of tons originated and 99 per cent of the ton-mileage. ? Year ended June 30; excludes some unassigned originating freight. Source: Interstate Commerce Commission. The tonnage of revenue freight originating in 1925 was 5 per cent greater than in 1924 and only 2.5 per cent less than in the peak year, 1923. The increase over 1924 in the eastern and western districts amounted to 2.3 and 4.7 per cent, respectively, and in the southern district to no less than 11.4 per cent. The relative importance of the three districts has not changed greatly during the 10-year period covered in Table 3, although in recent years there has been some gain in the southern district at the expense of the eastern. While both tons originating and ton-miles are excellent indexes of railway traffic, neither presents an entirely accuratd picture. Statistics of tons originating somewhat understate the increase in volume of freight handled, since they do not take into consideration changes in the average length of haul, which has increased since pre- war years. On the other hand, an increase or decrease in the number of ton-miles does not necessarily represent a proportional change in the transportation burden imposed upon the railways. Neither “he revenue nor the expense of handling a shipment 200 miles is twice as much as for hauling it 100 miles. The ton-mileage of revenue freight carried by Class I railways during each month of 1925 exceeded that in the corresponding month of 1924 with two exceptions. Each of the last five months of 1925 exceeded the corresponding months of 1923, the previous peak year. In absolute figures the eastern and southern districts showed almost equal ton-mileage increases; relatively, however, the southern dis- irict gained 11.7 per cent as compared with 5.7 per cent for the eastern district The increase in the western district was 4.7 per cent.

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