Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-08-31
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The fe,1rus Of the railroads giving
the net results for the FIRST half Of the
v,or nre verv nearly .s connlete IA
eNer pciuIe Hhi cover luee NSill'V's'
with nearly half of the railroad mileage
of the country. There Is lust little
,,,,a's,,r. ~ .at,.e,.,,o, 4, a. toot that
measure Oh satisfaction IN the NV ,n"'
after NIL the bad weather and the low
rates they have not done any worse than
t,ov have Tho f,,,res ,,ven sbo,v ,here
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mas been an aclual gam OF one per cent
In tie net earnings on ISL roads from
June 1 to June 30.
o., ,,,.,,ia,,. $500 e9ie aco SIN.
NiV' sa.ntHts, ioV'' SofS,oo-' 0''i
lS92, S42d, o42,UOl; amount OF increase.
S15,12O.149: per cent. 1853. Operating
,.vnnn.es 1so9 sat1 ~ ols, 1sao spaT
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vtou ao' amount OF increase, Sio,oV-s
3l5; per cent. 100. Net earnings, 1893,
Sfgg. sol, 7gT; 1892. SlaJ JC3 .gG2; amount
70 ;,,,..,,.,,, q o. coz. ,,.. o,,, M
u i"N''"se F''-'''o''' P'' seHN A'VV'
IN aedluoh 10 the very pad weather
OF the first uuarter OF the year there
WA feli,,r IN Ia ,,roin racpipts n
va" "
nuch smaller movement ~ cotton pro-
visions and livestock, and then as. the
iron trade became contracted iron ore
shipments Of the Lake Superior region
began 10 feil OIL Besides hat, ii IS TO
be noted that the month OF June was
most disappointing, because toward the
latter part we began 10 feel very strong
ly the financial depression which may
possibly have passed its most acute
stage
The year opened with a heavy loss IN
January and a larger falling OIL IN Feb
rroVp and fha first nuurfar gyaq "a dis.
nal one. May made the best showing,
with gain Of Is H. per cent. while
June began to fall on. Although some
OF the changes are very serious on both
sides of the account. they are really less
numerous and not quite SO prominent
| The New England. the Trilni, lines, the
| Northwestern aud the Pacific coast lineg
| all show a loss for the first six months,
which IS greatest on the Pacific coast,
| while the increase was largest IN the
middle western and IN the southern dis
| tricts. where the improvement was sullic.
/ lent to make ~ The loss elsewhere and
| little more. How uneven are the pro
| portions Of the gross earnings TO the
! net earnings is shown by the fact that
| out Of the total Of forty-six roads show
| ing changes in gross earnings, as much
| as 100000 III six months, thirty-two
have an increase and fourteen show u
loss; but. linking the list Of roads which
have ,changes in the net earnings as
much as 100000 only twenty-five roads
out Of the forty-eight show gain. The
Atchison leads In gross giin with ST..
Sj2,3iS, but Is only fourth on the list of
net increases with Sis2,6T9 On the
other hand the Illinois Central Is fifth
In gross increase. but first IN the net;
.hc increase in the net on account Of
the Worlds fair business. actually ox-
ceeding the gross increase. The Penn
sylvnnia IS second IN grose Increase,
but significant in net gain. The Lake
S1.OGl.9il IN gross, but IA tenth. with
SCOOPS gain IN the net, The Chicago
Burlington and Quincy and the st. Paul
occupied about The same relative posi-