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:: Plan and equipment

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526 COMMERCE YEARBOOK awaiting repair point clearly to the fact that the carriers are now fairly well equipped, and are among the causes of the greater efficiency in handling traffic. ; Table 17.—Percentage of Unserviceable Freight Cars and Locomotives Percentage of unserviceable freight cars Percentage of unserviceable locomotives Month Monthly av- [20:7 TR Isnuary... cccosnins February. _......... Morph. cosnssnennnin 4) v1 Tay a eicinmceaaaan MWe. ces mmncacmanen TY pms AUgUSE. Lc meaanan September. .ocoenoa. October. .couacaoan.. November. ....--.- December. ooo... 21 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1025 | 1921 13.1 8.8 9.8 0.8 ta 6 4 F 12.8 13.5 14.0 13.8 oa 8.0 9.0 B.8 B.{ ~ 7.8 8. 7 a] i.¢ 79 23.7 4.8 4.81 2 1922 24.9 23.4 37 73.4 2.* 1923 21. 4 25. 6 24.8 24. 4 23.6 wd Ala! Ly 8 1924 | 1925 18.7 18.8 19.0 19.2 9.1 t € : 17.9 18.9 18.9 9.1 £5 0 I 7! i. 17. 8 168.9 Source: Compiled by Bureau of Railway Economics from Interstate Commerce Commission Reports Railway Construction. The total track mileage (including first, second, third, and other track) built during 1925 was 1,354 miles, comparing with 1,114 miles in 1924, 1,176 miles in 1923, and practically double that for each of the three years preceding 1923. The mileage of new first track, representing extension of lines, was greater, in 1925 than in 1923 or 1924, and accounted for almost half of the total new mileage. The Railway Age records the following new track (in miles) built in the United States: Zant [004 vrmmn amma wa wm a as 898 ooo. First rack Second track Third track Fourth rack or more 578.95 | 456.12 | 51.22 | 25.88 643. 53 B82, 46 18. 86 9.65 Total 1,113.77 1. 354. 40 Of the first track built in 1925, Florida, with 99 miles, again accounted for the greatest mileage, while Texas ranked second with about 2 miles less. Over one-third of the second trackage constructed was in Florida, while over one-eighth was in South Carolina. The total length of line abandoned in 1925 was 606 miles, as com- pared witly. 693 miles during 1924, 518 in 1923, and 677 in 1922. The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized abandonment of 77 additional miles in 1925, Aside from trackage, there was a considerable amount of construc- tion during the year designed to assure better operating facilities, including terminal iraprovements. both passenger and freight, grade

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