510 
COMMERCE YEARBOOK 
increased efficiency in railway operation has resulted from the coop- 
eration of the shippers and receivers of freight, and other groups 
associated with transportation. 
During 1925 the average daily movement per freight car was 28.3 
miles, over 514 per cent greater than in 1924, and 1.8 per cent greater 
than the previous best year’s record in 1923. In October the average 
was 32.2 miles per day, 1.5 miles greater than during the best previous 
month, October, 1923. The average of car miles per car day has 
exceeded 30 miles during only five months in the. history of the rail- 
roads. The idle cars, serviceable and unserviceable, are included in 
the data on which these averages are based, so the actual mileage 
of the freight cars in use is greater than indicated. A high average 
in this item during a period with high car surplusages is thus indicative 
of even greater efficiency of operation than the figures alone show. 
Table 2,—Mileage and Traflic of Railways 
y NoTE.—Data for all roads for 1925 not yet available, but Class I roads handle the great bulk of the 
ISI Ness. 
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owned 
163, 597 
180, 657 
197, 237 
22,472 
37, 977 
3,904 
18, 101 
224, 363 
229, 051 
233, 468 
236, 834 
40, 203 
43, 979 
ue, 777 
9, 777 
252, 105 
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254, 037 
253, 626 
353, 529 
153, 152 
152, 845 
151, 176 
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250, 156 
(2) 
Revenue freight 
Revenue passengers 
Aver- | Aver- Reve- 
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Millions | capita | car train | lions | capita 
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mile 
{conts) 
85, 693 
113, 962 
47,077 
57,280 | 
73,291 
(4, 522 
186, 463 
25, 878 
236, 601 
218, 382 
218, 803 
255, 017 
253, 784 
264, 081 
301, 730 
288, 637 
277, 135 
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5,947 211 
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296 757 
311 2763 
308 . 780 
322 , 766 
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57. 759 
352 754 
363 763 
380 .783 
383 787 
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13,383 
13, 863 
17,354 
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20, 916 
1,923 
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35,167 | 
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29, 109 
22,338 
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3,132 
4, 673 
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? Not available, ¥ Class I roads. 
3 Mileage in 1895, 
Source: Interstate Commerce Commission. 
Revenue Freight Tonnage. 
The ton-miles of revenue freight carried by Class I roads in 1925 
totaled 414,140,000,000, greater by 6.6 per cent than in 1924 over