The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-04-20
EARNINGS OF RAILROADS
GROSS REVENUES FOR MARCH So
1885 MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
Feet Is More Striking in View Of the
Falling Of in Movement of Crops.
Situation Reviewed.

a review Of railroad gross earnings for
Morch shows a splendid increase over the
FORMER wear. As au index to the CONNER
cial progress OF the country IL mav he
counted as phenomcnally favorable. In the
face OF notable reduction In the yield OF
agricultural products and correspondlngly
Sihaier movement which would ordinarily
hamper earnings, the growth has been sur.
m n,lt to- attract the attention of even the
EEi i,',lI, GaIelesS observer. The New York
lhanelal Chronicle gives complete
record of the Improvement In The following
article from last weeks issue:
me striking fact in the exhibit Of rail
."Sl gross earnings for the month of March
Is that the improvement in REGENTS con.
tlhues, Notwithstanding there existed dur.
ing the month In question a number of un-
LaNoraple factors and circumstances There
was much interruption from bad weather.
while the cotton movement In the South as
wen as the grain movement in the West
1ell considerably below that of year ago.
Yet our compilations covering 02 OOO miles
Of road show an Increase in gross revenues
as compared with the corresponding month
last year Of over $4,000 O0-S3, ,S56, or
$50 per cent
As in preceding periods. added sirnifconce
liz given to this gain by the fact that we
are comparing with very heavy totals of
earnings In 1901 March has been showing
successive Increases Of large amounts for
several years past In that month OF last
year our statement recorded an Increase Of
S4,29GWI, or 7,93 per cent. over the month
Of March, 1900. The latter in turn had re-
c,ooopGGed m Increase Of Sb,9l9,9S0 over March.
lS9b, and March, 1899, had shown So G5S. 963
better earnings than March 1898. whilc the
total Tor the last mentioned month had run
80 l3o,SlS ahead Of the same month In
lSSI. In view of these successive gains the
further addition Of So, 1917, sJ6 the present
year Is decidedly encouraging
We nave stated that the meteorological
conditions the present year in March were
90 A. lNtrNst al.
he remembered we had experienced eXccp-
tionally severe winter weather That
month closed with aoods and freshets re
ported nearly everywhere rs the result NJ
melting SHOWS and rains, from the North
70 the South and from the Atlantic way be.
yond the Mississippi river. with ice gorses
working serious destruction in different
parts Of the country. This state Of things
continued through the early part of March,
Mt many points, particularly in the North
Atlantic States, seriously interrupting rail
road operations. In the latter part Of the
month heavy rains did more or less dam
age in the Southwest and along the Misss
sppl valley. In the mining sections Of
Colorado considerable Interruption was re
ported during the mouth from snowsides
These snOWslldes we're noted Al a number
Of points, and on certain lines 1t was stated
earnings had been very materially reduced
as the result.
The grain movement I'm the West under
went serious cOntractions thus rejecting
2 he falling Off extended to all but one OF
the cereals, and to practically all points
except Duluth, where the enlarged arrivals
Of spring wheat rs the result Of last sea-
sons excellent spring wheat crop compared
with the previous seasons poor spring
wheat crop, operated To produce an in
crease. II Is a noteworthy fact, however,
that Notwithstanding the enlarged spring
wheat movement the total deliveries Of
wheat (spring and winter combined) for the
four weeks ending March % this year We're
only 10,9OO01S bushels, against l6,213 OBJ
bushels In the same four weeks Of the pre-
vious year. or corn the deliveries in the
four weeks we're 7065,J05 bushels, against
II, 1875 9ST bushels in 1901; Of oats I,62S lt3
bushels, against - 122, 400 bushels. Com
bining wheat, corn oats, barley ana rye,
the receipts this year foot up only So :
S94 bushels, against 4j,322 AT bushels IN
the corresponding period last year More
over. this follows decrease last year, the
deliveries in 1900 having been %, $50 iO3
bushels Thus the loss, ms compared WIN
two years ago, has been 2ila million
bushels equal roughly, say, TO between
100000 and 100000 tons OF freight,
Passing now to n consideration Of the
point by Itself we see the falling on re
/ Elected in a striking way. In this case We
have the statistics for the even month and
I they show receipts Of only 922S,2i2 bush
els the present year. AGAINST ~ D., ~
bushels last year and %. lSt,36s bushels the
barely 40 per cent Of that Of Marrh, 100
From the following II will be seen that th'
provisions movement At the same point
more particularly cut meats and lara, was
also smaller than in either OF the tW9 pre-
/ vious years, though the deliveries OF HN'
hogs were considerably larger.
/ Receipts at Chicago during March an'
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