The weekly chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Craig County, Okla.) 1905-1913, 1911-09-29
PROSPERITY SHOWN
BY KATY REPORT
Growth And Development of the South
west Shown BY M, X. G T.
Railway Report.

That the southwest prospered dur.
ing the year ending June 80, 1911. is
amply shown by the statistics which
have just been compiled by the Mis-.
souri,, Kansas & Texas Railway com
pany For the twelve months the NJ,
X. & I. railway exclusive of its prin-
cipal subsidiary line, the Texas Cen
tral. transported total Of S,165,4 4O6
tons Of freight being an increase OF
67S,566 tons, or 9.07 per cent over the
previous year These figures pretty
accurately reflect the trade conditions,
farm production and the general deyel.
opment throughout the territory which
the road serves. As the NJ, X e T.
railway depends on no special commod-
ity for its tonnage, this volume repre-
sents diversified business agriculture,
live stock mine products, manufac-
lures, etc, and the figures are, there
fore, a reliable index to the general
conditions.
Three leading commodities in the
general classification, mines, manufac-
lures and merchandise, and agricul-
tural products, alone reach total of
6,606,745 tons. The heaviest traffic
was in mine products which amounted
to 1891 ,554 tons, or 1896 per cent of
the whole. This was an increase of
279,161 tons, or 10 per cent over the
year previous Manufactures and mer-
chandise show total of 1,S97,799 tons,
or 1924 per cent of all; agricultural
products, 1,717392 tons or 2103 per
cent; forest products 704,505 tons,
equal to S,62 per cent of the total. The
remaining 1145 per cent, equivalent to
S54,156 tons, represents miscellaneous
commodities such as packing house
products, wool, hides, etc, not includ-
ed in the above.
The items under the classification
mine products embracing coal and
coke, Ignite, salt, ores, stone, sand,
gravel and crude petroleum, show a
| healthy development. Increased ton
mage is shown in every item save pc
troleum, and this is offset by the in
crease in refined oil classified as a
manufactured product.
/ Manufacturers and merchandise in
dicate growth in many lines, the prin-
cipal increases being in less-than-car.
load commodities, oil, agricultural inn
plements, wagons and carriages, cast
ings and machinery, commercial iron
rails, furniture and household goods
brick, lime and cement. In agricul
tural products the stable wealth of the
southwest is best shown This classi
fication shows a net gain Of 20 pei
cent for the year. increases being
shown under such items as grain, hay
cotton, cotton seed tobacco, fruits and
vegetables.
An increase of 20732 tons in fruits
and vegetables fairly represents the
strides being made in the develop
ment of this important industry. II
serves, as we'll, to illustrate sub
stantial degree of progress, for ex
perience teaches that smaller farms
better titled and more diversified ir
their products, follow growth in popu
lation and a closer settlement of farm
lands.
Taken as a whole the statistics civ
en- out by the M, K. & 7. Railway &C
to prove the substantial growth now
going on in the southwest. AS one o
the pioneer lines in the southwest, anC
a prime factor in its development, it il
to be expected that the NJ K & T
Railway will participate in this de
velopment and continue to reflect tht
growth of the territory it serves II
increasing tonnage year by year.