The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-07-28
Larger Traffic in Grain Due to
Enlarged Marketing.
Chicago Deliveries Last Week
Are 100000 Bushels.
DULL PERIOD is OVER.
Volume Expected to Improve in
Next Four Months.
Abundance OF Equipment Being
Shaped for Fall.

Chicago July 2S.-Improvad traffic re-
turns were made by all the railroads
last week. and Indications are that bus
mess from now on will improve stead
lily, as the new grain is commencing to
Rove and the real dull period for the
railroads has been passed. New grain
was marketed fairly last week, and is
expected to increase in volume for the
rext four months. Traffic conditions
were never better for the movement of
large crops. and the outlook is more
satisfactory for earnings. There is an
abundance Of equipment. and railroad
shops are actively employed in repair
Ing all rolling stock to get 1t In shape
for the heavy fall traffic which comes
in September and October.
cause of the large deficit in the supply
or moisture. and the irregular and gem
orally thin stands, there being too
many one-stalk hills over the leading
corn-belt states. High temperatures
have forced the crop along rapidly, but
the entire corn belt needs good rains
ana unless they come within a week
crop deterioration will result. There are
scattered complaints Of serious injury
from Oklahoma, Texas, southern kan
sas. and parts Of Nebraska. but so far
IT il no more than usually comes to the
crop at this season. 1t Is yet to pass
through the critical period which is
practically at hand.
Spring wheat estimates are being re-
duced. owing to recent high tempera-
lures and hot weather. Harvesting has
commenced in the Northwest, and will
be general by the last of this week.
Winter wheat threshing is on, and
yields are more satisfactory than SEEM
is also on with good results Haying
is nearly completed and yields are very
small.
Traffic officials of all railroads are
uncertain as to the outcome of the
fight between shippers and the rail-
roads over the question of advancing
rates. All the rates that have been
proposed by railroads of late have been
prevented from becoming effective, but
railroad officials remain hopeful of be-
Ing permitted to put the proposed new
rates into effect in the near future.
In the traffic movement last week
there was an increase in merchandise,
grain, and livestock, the best gains be-
ing in grain and livestock, the latter as
the result of a shortage Of feed in the
west. and the complete returns show
small gains over last year. The Rock
Island 1oadings for the last two weeks
decreased $50. cars from last year. 1t
is getting a lot of grain from Oklahoma
for Chicago, and 300 cars will be moved
from there this month. Reports from
the Burlington and Illinois Central and
Santa Fe, show material enlargement
in the tonnage movement the last week
which slightly exceeded last years.
Grain deliveries at Chicago last week
were above the az erage, and aggregated
4,103, 900 bushels, an increase of 1.327 900
bushels, or 66.S per cent over the pre-
vious week. and of $1,000 bushels over
last year. and 107, 600 bushels above the
average for the past five years. In the
movement Of wheat for the week there
was an increase of 249,000 bushels
wheat, 1, 100000 bushels corn. and 1907
600 bushels oats. AS compared with last
year there was a decrease of 674 600
bushels wheat. 21s,000 bushels corn, and
an increase of $4,000 bushels oats.
The Northwestern led all the grain
roads last week with deliveries of II
per cent, the Illinois Central was sec
end with 1876 per cent. The Burlington
moved into third place with 14S per
cent, the st. Paul had 1874, Rock Is
land e.4, Santa Fe moved up as it US
ually does at this season and handled
TO per cent; the Alton had sc, Wa
bash SIS, Eastern Illinois SIS. and Great
Western Al.
Reports to the Santa F'e on the Kan
sas wheat crop say that yields have ex-
ceeded expectations At Dodge City,
Kan, there are yields of rs bushels to
the acre, and in Oklahoma they run I'D
4 a 20 bushels. but the average is around