The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-04-08
BIG EXPENDITURE
AND BIG BUSINESS
pennsylvania RAIL ROAD SETS
GOOD EXAMPLE TO OTHER
RAIL r oAp S - INCREASED
EQUIPMENT SHOWS PHENoM.
EMAIL RESULTS FOR MARCH.


| Philadelphia Pa. April 7.-Some
| idea Of what has been gained from
| the Pennsylvania Railroads. recent
! improvements may be gathered from
| figures which the company has compil-
ed, showing that during the years 1899
to 1906 the various companies IN the
Pennsylvania System increased their
! tons Of freight moved one mile from
| 1S,SlS.947 ,142 to 32,2Io,172,70S, or 7l0i
per cen.
1 Figures inst reported indicnte that
! in spite Of the fact that during the
month Of March, heavy gnows and the
| food at Pittsburg rendered ralroading
4 exceptionally difficult. the freight car
movement in the month was the larg
est in the company's history and psob
ably constitutes the largest number
of freight car spasing a given point
during similar period in The history
Of This country.
| During March 1874 loaded and
2,S49 empty carsa total OF 200 9S3--
passed Mifflin, whereas during March
| d ysar ago IN open month, the total
| was 1896. The total movement
| through Altoona for last month was
| lS5.749. against l77,2Sl cars for the
same period Of 1906. Passing Column
| bia the number was lS9,42l. against
! 1SE905 in March Of last year.
In spite Of this extraordinary move
ment there has been no congestion Of
cars AT any point, this being larg ~
due to the relief lines yards and other
Improvements which the company has
been completing
In its effort to arrange in advance
to handle this rapidly increasing traf-
fic the company has, during the past
seven vars, expended $l95 SO6,546 for
new equipment The number Of en-
gines of all classe has been increased
from 1913 to 6,029. with an increase in
tractiye power from 73199, 1913 to 16G,.
0S2,44l pounds 2,553 engines in all
having been built, or rebuilt, at cost
of $G0,551, iS1.d9; 122,71S freight cars
have been built. or rebuilt, al a cost
Of 1924 S4l 1854, and with an increase
in capacity of 4.927122 tons: IA
passenger cars have been built, or re.
built. at cost of $10,413.74640.
The increased volume of business
has made necessary an increase in
the number of officers and employees
from 115,725 to 19S.990. Since 1900
two advances of 10 per cent each have
been made in The pay of all employees
whose monthly wages are less than
5000. The payroll of the system will
be s12,0000O0 greater in 1907 than it
was In 1906.
During this same period renewals Of
permanent way, yards. terminals and
scale and in more substantial man
ner than ever before, and at cost
of $3.50, 720 2S9.63. all of which has
been charged to operating expenses,
New construction has been made at
cost of $26S773, 1880 The sum of
$62.103.367 has been spent in the pur.
chase of real estate for right of way.
for additional lines and extensions
and for yards, terminals and stations
The aggregate cost for the six and
half years ended June 80. 1906. of al
material and supplies, which have
been bought by Purchasing Depart
menis for The use of the several com
panies was 412.499 .G9S62. The Pur,
chasing Department of the Pennsyl
vania Railroad company proper spent
500 5SS.66S in 1906.
These unexampled expenditures
have add d very largely to the com
pany's earning power as well as to its
ability to properly serve the public
The money has been spent literally In
each one of the fourt en- states
through which Pennsylvania lines run