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TRAFFIC STATISTICS

DESCRIPTION OF REVENUE FREIGHT MOVED IN 1944 {continued)
 

NUMBER OF CARLOADS
 

COMMODITY
 

NUMBER OF TONS

(2,000 pounds)
 

Decrease
 

Increase
 

1943
 

1944
 

ANIMALS AND PRODUCTS
 

1944
 

1943
 

Increase
 

Decrease
 

220
 


 

1,174
 

954
 

Horses, mules, ponies, and asses
 

11,790
 

14,700
 


 

2,910
 


 

4,342
 

25,871
 

30,213
 

Cattle and calves, single-deck
 

371,015
 

319,799
 

51,216
 


 


 

20
 

1,430
 

1,450
 

Calves, double-deck
 

17,898
 

18,020
 


 

122
 


 

268
 

511
 

779
 

Sheep and goats, single-deck
 

5,920
 

3,831
 

2,089
 


 

416
 


 

4,933
 

4,517
 

Sheep and goats, double-deck
 

44,281
 

48,303
 


 

4,022
 


 

157
 

1,578
 

1,735
 

Hogs, single-deck
 

14,624
 

13,631
 

993
 


 


 

681
 

34,155
 

34,836
 

Hogs, double-deck
 

437,152
 

432,405
 

4,747
 


 


 

15,155
 

56,095
 

71,250
 

Fresh meats, n. o. s.
 

1,101,544
 

828,995
 

272,549
 


 

1,388
 


 

15,706
 

14,318
 

Meats, cured, dried, or smoked
 

380,220
 

430,201
 


 

49,981
 


 

492
 

855
 

1,347
 

Butterine and margarine
 

31,853
 

20,959
 

10,894
 


 


 

2,810
 

7,266
 

10,076
 

Packing-house products, edible, n. o. s.
not Including canned meats
 

283,491
 

195,576
 

87,915
 


 

492
 


 

1,891
 

1,399
 

Poultry, live
 

11,610
 

15,025
 


 

3,415
 


 

1,145
 

5,461
 

6,606
 

Poultry, dressed
 

110,814
 

89,166
 

21,648
 


 


 

1,201
 

4,662
 

5,863
 

Eggs
 

96,373
 

72,871
 

23,502
 


 


 

803
 

4,418
 

5,221
 

Butter
 

97,941
 

83,027
 

14,914
 


 


 

369
 

5,070
 

5,439
 

Cheese
 

117,488
 

108,842
 

8,646
 


 

305
 


 

9,783
 

9,478
 

Wool
 

162,465
 

171,658
 


 

9,193
 

22
 


 

5,020
 

4,998
 

Hides, green
 

137,730
 

138,821
 


 

1,091
 

59
 


 

999
 

940
 

Leather
 

22,289
 

23,768
 


 

1,479
 

182
 


 

1,975
 

1,793
 

Fish or sea-animal oil
 

50,684
 

54,604
 


 

3,920
 

3
 

3,286
 

13

14,738
 

10
18,024
 

Animals, live, n. o. s.
Animal products, n. o. s.

(other than fertilizers and fertilizer
materials)

Totals
PRODUCTS OF MINES
 

106

•      465,973
 

143

375,789
 

90,184
 

37
 


 

27,642
 

203,604
 

231,246
 

3,973,261
 

3,460,134
 

513,127
 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 

7,475
 

141,891
 

149,366
 

Anthracite coal
 

8,342,777
 

7,725,431
 

617,346
 


 


 

9,858
 

1,198,049
 

1,207,907
 

Bituminous coal
 

68,405,030
 

67,651,577
 

753,453
 


 

6,850
 


 

86,512
 

79,662
 

Coke
 

2,832,855
 

3,133,749
 


 

300,894
 


 

229
 

132,798
 

133,027
 

Iron ore
 

9,281,036
 

9,553,105
 


 

272,069
 

9,739
 


 

25,331
 

15,592
 

Ores and concentrates, n. o. s.
 

890,433
 

1,476,892
 


 

586,459
 

6,680
 


 

37,628
 

30,948
 

Gravel and sand (other than glass or
molding)
 

1,736,245
 

2,160,739
 


 

424,494
 

4,834
 


 

23,296
 

18,462
 

Stone, broken, ground, or crushed
 

1,105,306
 

1,397,251
 


 

291,945
 

936
 


 

4,469
 

3,533
 

Stone, rough, n. o. s.
 

176,562
 

245,489
 


 

68,927
 

105
 


 

451
 

346
 

Stone, finished, n. o. s.
 

11,103
 

20,219
 


 

9,116
 

226,162
 


 

246,408
 

20,246
 

Petroleum, crude
 

676,314
 

8,394,954
 


 

7,718,640
 

1,451
 


 

18,326
 

16,875
 

Asphalt (natural, by-product, or
petroleum)
 

593,735
 

625,614
 


 

31,879
 


 

786
 

10,970
 

11,756
 

Salt
 

499,416
 

468,724
 

30,692
 


 

254
 


 

4,904
 

4,650
 

Phosphate rock, crude (ground or not
ground)
 

237,417
 

251,072
 


 

13,655
 


 

554
 

4,993
 

5,547
 

Sulphur (brimstone)
 

305,761
 

276,496
 

29,265
 


 


 

3,401
 

106,991
 

110,392
 

Products of mines, n. o. s.

Totals
 

6,105,995
 

5,807,923
 

298,072
 


 

235,452
 


 

2,046,756
 

1,811,304
 

101,355,446
 

109,383,806
 


 

8,028,360
 

N. O. S.—Not otherwise specified