The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-03-26
LINES IN The WEST
SLIGHTLY AFFECTED
Official Reports TO Com
merCe Commission Show
Conditions Improving

(By Associated press.l

Washington. March 26.-Every indi-
cation points TO an improvement gen
orally ia the railroad and industrial
situation OF the country according to
reports made by the great railway
systems of America to the interstate
commerce commission. These reports
are to the effect that. while the rail
roads suffered to some extent by what
has come to be referred to as the "Oc-
tober panic the loss was by no means
so serions as generally has been sup
posed
II appears from the reports that the
effect was felt particularly by the
eastern lines an the lines in the
southeastern pait of the country,
while western and transcontinental
roads have not suffered materially
The figures available to the interstate
commerce commission indicate also
that the general condition in the coun-
try is improving materially, with a
prospect that II soon w.n be normal
or better
Lane Makes cSn'ps icon.
Commissioner Franklin X Lane has
made careful analysis OF the figures
submitted by the following railroads:
New York, New Haven & Hartford
New York Central, Baltimore a Ohio.
Pennsylvania. east and west of Pitts
burg; Louisville a Nashville, Rock IL
land, Atchison. Topeka. a Santa Fe
Chicago Milwaukee Il st Paul. North.
western Southern Pacific. Great
Northern and Northern Pacific
During the three months. July
August and September, the total oper-
ating revenues of these roads" said
Mr.. Lane today, Amounted to 1899,
10000; for the panic months OF Oc-
tober, November and December the
total revenue was s37G.e00,000. The
freight revenues of the systems named
We're. for the first quarter, $264 .00O,-
600, and for the second quarter s259,-
100000 The freight revenues for No
vember We're larger than those 10.
July or September
These systems during the last six
months of 1907 received from passen-
ger and freight revenues a grand to-
tai Of s775 600 900, which is $54,000.-
600 more than they received for the
same period in the preceding year,
1906 and their net income from opera
tion In 1907 was Sl4.000.00 more than
in 1906.
West Suffers Little.
IA study of these figures shows
thaf the panic, so far as it affected
the railroads, extended but slightly
beyond Chicago toward the west II
we take the transcontinental roads
reaching to the Pacific coast we find
that every one OF them increased Is
gross operating revenues during the
last half of the year 1907
Taking freight revenues Alone, the
Santa Fe system. for instance shows
larger freight revenues III December
than in July or September, and the
Southern Pacific's December freight
revenues were but few thousand dol
lars less than in any other month eX
ceptihg October and November
The Rock Island increased its rev
enues during the last half of 1907 over
those of 1906 by over $3,0O0,000- The
Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul shows
a decrease Of approximately 5000, 900
in operating revenues and the North
western an increase of about the same
amount. although the Milwankee's ne
ineSine waF larger in 1907 than IL
1906.
The New York Central. the Balti
more q Ohio and the Pennsylvania
lines. both east and west OF Pittsburg