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TRAFFIC STATISTICS

DESCRIPTION OF REVENUE FREIGHT MOVED IN 1945 {concluded)
 

NUMBER OF CARLOADS
 

Decrease     Increase        1944
 

1945
 


 


 

821,404
 

646,019
 


 

1,475
 

5,754
 

7,229
 

7
 


 

2,496
 

2,489
 


 

1,035
 

8,925
 

9,960
 


 

14
 

101
 

115
 

991
 


 

5,539
 

4,548
 


 

245
 

2,356
 

2,601
 

2,830
 


 

10,117
 

7,287
 


 

2,867
 

20,842
 

23,709
 

6,848
 


 

83,861
 

77,013
 


 

2,660
 

16,041
 

18,701
 


 

355
 

2,109
 

2,464
 

904
 


 

10,863
 

9,959
 


 

3,569
 

35,311
 

38,880
 

58
 


 

1,059
 

1,001
 


 

1,975
 

33,916
 

35,891
 

1,743
 


 

24,463
 

22,720
 


 

893
 

19,459
 

20,352
 

8,151
 


 

15,789
 

7,638
 


 

1,206
 

6,307
 

7,513
 

4,491
 


 

16,053
 

11,562
 

1,101
 


 

10,966
 

9,865
 

48
 


 

2,853
 

2,805
 


 

11,528
 

71,711
 

83,239
 


 

483
 

2,465
 

2,948
 


 

284
 

4,592
 

4,876
 

500
 


 

5,250
 

4,750
 

290
 


 

46,791
 

46,501
 


 

1,363
 

18,528
 

19,891
 


 

684
 

41,350
 

42,034
 


 

632
 

10,986
 

11,618
 

548
 


 

2,088
 

1,540
 


 

796
 

9,404
 

10,200
 

13
 


 

912
 

899
 

188
 


 

32,769
 

32,581
 

32,188
 


 

974,795
 

942,607
 

204,220
348,705
 

2,378,225   2,174,005
 

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.
Alcohol, denatured or wood
Sulphuric acid
Explosives, 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.
 

Total
 

4,987,877   4,639,172   Grand total, carload traffic

All L. C. L. freight
Grand total, carload and l. c. l. traffic
 


 

NUMBER OF TONS

(2,000 pounds)
 


 

US 1945
 

1944
 

Increase
 

Decrease
 

22,246,299
 

28,479,657
 


 


 

236,015
 

190,630
 

45,385
 


 

51,020
 

50,706
 

314
 


 

165,014
 

151,417
 

13,597
 


 

1,944
 

1,571
 

373
 


 

92,451
 

117,826
 


 

25,375
 

92,219
 

85,846
 

6,373
 


 

48,194
 

65,625
 


 

17,431
 

243,146
 

220,583
 

22,563
 


 

1,640,547
 

1,878,217
 


 

237,670
 

303,644
 

266,616
 

37,028
 


 

44,360
 

32,523
 

11,837
 


 

90,809
 

108,880
 


 

18,071
 

1,080,722
 

971,454
 

109,268
 


 

32,118
 

33,724
 


 

1,606
 

1,456,714
 

1,380,217
 

76,497
 


 

661,443
 

721,859
 


 

60,416
 

574,198
 

555,101
 

19,097
 


 

206,447
 

423,510
 


 

217,063
 

392,918
 

320,823
 

72,095
 


 

461,987
 

665,495
 


 

203,508
 

168,009
 

187,744
 


 

19,735
 

67,321
 

69,399
 


 

2,078
 

2,829,576
 

2,441,889
 

387,687
 


 

72,499
 

61,858
 

10,641
 


 

105,522
 

101,392
 

4,130
 


 

275,167
 

301,980
 


 

26,813
 

1,950,327
 

2,020,230
 


 

69,903
 

541,497
 

508,543
 

32,954
 


 

1,079,234
 

1,064,238
 

14,996
 


 

337,727
 

316,571
 

21,156
 


 

32,721
 

45,587
 


 

12,866
 

268,927
 

258,445
 

10,482
 


 

36,235
 

33,523
 

2,712
 


 

661,867
 

655,366
 

6,501
 


 

23,478,882
 

24,632,064
 


 

1,153,182
 

62,027,720
 

69,421,109
 


 

7,393,389
 

177,935,030
 

193,270,438
 


 

15,335,408
 

2,887,770
 

2,916,405
 


 

28,635
 

180,822,800
 

196,186,843
 


 

15,364,043
 

N. O. S.—Not otherwise specified
 

SUMMARY OF REVENUE FREIGHT
 

Compared with 1944, the tonnage and revenues before deduction for absorbed switching, overcharges, etc., of all commodities, were:
 

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

Total
 

Tons
handled

14,979,088

3,862,422
93,340,427

3,725,373

62,027,720

2,887,770
 

Comparison

808,855 Inc
110,839 Dec

8,015,019 Dec
625,016 Dec

7,393,389 Dec
28,635 Dec
 

Revenue

$36,299,407
27,527,330

105,132,997
8,676,913

236,066,950
31,430,118
 

Comparison

$2,316,935 Inc
1,956,184 Dec

10,377,349 Dec
1,456,996 Dec

32,684,959 Dec
292,665 Inc
 

180,822,800
 

15,364,043 Dec
 

$445,133,715
 

$43,865,888 Dec