RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION - 509 
TRAFFIC 
Traffic Program. 
During 1925 there was a continuation of the concerted effort to 
handle traffic without delays and to meet all requirements for car 
supply. The success of the carriers is borne out by the fact that 
with practically no car shortage during the year, the average daily 
car surpluses were never less than 148,762 cars in any quarter, and 
that the percentage of unserviceable equipment was lower than 
during either 1923 or 1924. As compared with the ideal goal set 
up of reducing unserviceable freight cars to 5 per cent and unservice- 
able locomotives to 15 per cent, the carriers averaged 7.7 per cent 
and 17.9 per cent respectively, during 1925. Although the number 
of new locomotives and freight cars installed during 1925 was not 
Chart I—REVENUE FREIGHT ORIGINATING, BY DISTRICTS (CLASS 1 
ROADS) 
MILLIONS OF SHC" 
700T 
Tog 
500 
300 - 
400 
300 
200 
00 
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1914 1915 1916 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 
FISCAL YEARS 
ENDED JUNE 30 CALENDAR YEARS 
(2088-112), 
as great as in immediately preceding years, it compares quite favor- 
ably with other earlier years, and the average size of equipment 
units is constantly rising. 
Twelve shippers’ regional advisory boards have been organized 
by the American Railway Association. These boards, composed of 
representatives of production, distribution, consumption, and finance, 
in cooperation with the carriers, are voluntary public organizations, 
each representing a territory of common business and transportation 
interest. Their purpose is to promote the economic and transporta- 
tion welfare in each territory, assisting the railroads, individually 
and collectively. Bach of the regional boards is organized by com- 
modity groups to the end that the various business interests in 
sach section may be adequately represented. A great part of the