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TRAFFIC STATISTICS

DESCRIPTION OF REVENUE FREIGHT MOVED IN 1943 {concluded)
 

NUMBER OF  CARLOADS
Decrease Increase         1942            1943
 


 


 

796,043
 

790,828
 

2,503
 


 

10,570
 

8,067
 

1,891
 


 

4,467
 

2,576
 

4,023
 


 

8,500
 

4,477
 

109
 


 

216
 

107
 


 

1,266
 

6,133
 

7,399
 

19
 


 

1,936
 

1,917
 


 

815
 

15,173
 

15,988
 


 

6,293
 

44,841
 

51,134
 


 

12,413
 

63,335
 

75,748
 


 

2,905
 

8,404
 

11,309
 

4,671
 


 

6,838
 

2,167
 

2,022
 


 

15,015
 

12,993
 

107
 


 

27,603
 

27,496
 


 

227
 

657
 

884
 

2,112
 


 

31,110
 

28,998
 

2,652
 


 

29,364
 

26,712
 

1,701
 


 

20,908
 

19,207
 

30
 


 

11,078
 

11,048
 


 

448
 

2,089
 

2,537
 

6,202
 


 

64,66i
 

58,461
 


 

280
 

2,450
 

2,730
 


 

545
 

3,594
 

4,139
 

2,496
 


 

9,929
 

7,433
 

3,939
 


 

55,936
 

51,997
 

2,372
 


 

18,954
 

16,582
 


 

89
 

37,761
 

37,850
 

2,528
 


 

12,166
 

9,638
 

439
 


 

3,281
 

2,842
 

1,487
 


 

9,731
 

8,244
 

460
 


 

1,483
 

1,023
 


 

5,334
 

28,826
 

34,160
 


 

140,792
 

768,336
 

909,128
 


 

129,166
 

2,147,045
 

2,276,211
 


 

248,795
 

4,842,555
 

5,091,350
 

COMMODITY

MANUFACTURES AND MISCELLANEOUS

(concluded)

Brought forward

Plaster (stucco or wall) and dry kalsomine

Sewer pipe and drain tile (not metal)

Agricultural implements and parts, N. O. S.

Vehicles, horse-drawn, and parts, N, O. S.

Tractors and parts

Railway car wheels, axles, and trucks

Automobiles   (passenger)

.Autotrucks

Automobiles and autotrucks, knocked down, and

parts, N. o. S.
Automobile and autotruck tires
Furniture, metal
Furniture, other than metal
Beverages
Ice

Fertilizers, N. o. S.
Newsprint paper
Printing paper, N. o. s.
Cotton cloth and cotton fabrics, N. o. s.
Bagging and bags, burlap, gunny, or jute
Canned food products, N. o. s.
Tobacco, manufactured products
Paints in oil and varnishes
Furnace slag

Scrap iron and scrap steel
Paper bags and wrapping paper
Paperboard, pulpboard, and wallboard (paper)
Building paper and prepared roofing materials
Building woodwork (millwork)
Soap and washing compounds
Glass, flat, other than plate
Glass: Bottles, jars, and jelly glasses
Manufactures and miscellaneous, N, o. s.

Totals

Grand total, carload traffic

All L. C. L. freight

Grand total, carload and l. c. l. traffic
 


 

NUMBER OF TONS

(2,000 pounds)
 

1943
 

1942
 

Increase
 

28,321,653
 

27,340,207
 


 

288,692
 

272,956
 

15,736
 

54,173
 

80,542
 


 

80,030
 

126,465
 


 

1,988
 

2,575
 


 

179,314
 

115,326
 

63,988
 

67,520
 

64,399
 

3,121
 

108,051
 

94,097
 

13,954
 

527,249
 

432,923
 

94,326
 

1,613,623
 

1,253,995
 

359,628
 

201,877
 

142,270
 

59,607
 

29,278
 

92,343
 


 

122,894
 

131,428
 


 

786,286
 

697,719
 

88,567
 

27,839
 

22,351
 

5,488
 

1,181,425
 

1,141,747
 

39,678
 

787,334
 

826,175
 


 

563,460
 

545,057
 

18,403
 

189,429
 

190,026
 


 

62,607
 

45,097
 

17,510
 

1,933,982
 

1,851,110
 

82,872
 

69,605
 

56,213
 

13,392
 

94,880
 

77,532
 

17,348
 

440,389
 

615,963
 


 

2,228,514
 

2,246,100
 


 

478,393
 

464,602
 

13,791
 

992,908
 

884,237
 

108,671
 

281,328
 

289,833
 


 

59,372
 

63,538
 


 

231,325
 

226,950
 

4,375
 

38,074
 

43,328
 


 

698,617
 

542,983
 

155,634
 

23,444,344
 

18,251,639
 

5,192,705
 

67,345,906
 

60,074,072
 

7,271,834
 

199,124,563     184,922,759    14,201,804
2,709,066        2,393,145         315,921
 

201,833,629    187,315,904    14,517,725
 

N. O. S.—Not otherwise specified

Note:—Description of commodities moved omits items of strategic war materials which, at the request of Interstate Commerce Com¬
mission, are not included in regular reports to them, but are included in totals shown.
 

SUMMARY OF REVENUE FREIGHT

By classes compared with 1942, the tonnage and revenues before deduction  for  absorbed  switching,  overcharges,  etc.,  of  all   commodiW*'
 

Products of agriculture
Animals and products
Products of mines
Products of forests
Manufactures and miscellaneous
All less than carload traffic

Total
 

Tons
 

Increase
 


 

Increase
 

handled
 

(D-decrease)
 

Revenue
 

(D-decrease)
 

14,570,487
 

3,268,797
 

$34,227,558
 

$7,107,481
 

3,460,134
 

434,894
 

25,836,869
 

3,177,269
 

109,383,806
 

3,241,247
 

137,192,938
 

9,165,10^
 

4,364,230
 

D 14,968
 

10,709,929
 

D 116,65»
 

67,345,906
 

7,271,834
 

262,780,987
 

33,498,03"
 

2,709,066
 

315,921
 

29,572,252
 

3,307,550
 

201,833,629
 

14,517,725
 

$500,320,533
 

$56,138,78^