The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-02-19
Big INCREASES IN
RAILROAD REVENUE
They Are Due to Heavier
Traffic and TO Advances
in Rates in 1915.
FEDERAL FIGURES GIVEN

wAsHiNGroN. Feb. IA statement
given out to-day by the Interstate Com.
merce Commission shows the large In
creases In revenue Of the railroads in
the United States for December. 1915.
over December. 1914. and for the six
months ended December 81. 1915. com.
pared with the period ended December
81. 1914. The figures indicate the iarg-
est increase for the railroads for this
nscai veal Of year in their history.
The figures Of the commission cover
railroads having operating revenue
above $4,000 900 for the a ended
June 80. 1915.
from railway operations on railroads In
the United States was 343.s60,02% more
a in December. 1914. the net rev.
enue In December. 1915. being $780,
ls+.O+7. n against %s5s.s3A.o:3 In DE.
cember. 1914.
81. 1915. the net revenue was $685. 49,
745 more than for the six months ended
December 81. 1914. the net revenue for
the six months ended December 81. 1915.
being @scs.sei.:c as against $780,
i32.<75 for the six months ended De-
cember 81. 1914.
Operating R~eveases.
Thu railway operating revenue Of the
railroads In December. 1915. was $751;
O4s.64o more than in December. 1914.
IN December. 1915. t.. figures being
s:S1,3s7.at3. and for December. 1914.
$2.6.3ls.73e.
For the nix months ended December
81. 1915. the railway operating rev.
enues were 3lss. 056. sis more than for
the six months of 1914. for the first six
months named the gross revenues az
GreGating si.105.767.03i. and for the
six months of 1914. Si.5Is.7io.ll3.
Railway operating expenses for De-
ctmber. 1915. amounted to &lS3.sS3. 2?6.
as agains, SiS6.&s4.1is In December.
1914. an increase OF Si7,3s8.SS0.
For the six months ended December
81. 1915. railway operating expenses
were H.O11.015.Sii. AZ compared with
P, 81. 0is.277.63s for the six months ended
december 81. 1914, IN increase Of 3?7.-
7es.l73.
The phenomenal Increases in the rail-
( road revenue are due largely to the in
creas. In the traffic handled and partly
U iHCroases IN rates. Inc revenue Nv
, rived from freight In december. 1915.
amounted to 32O3.935.s:6. as against
sl5+.ts7.s?l in December. 1914. a gain
of more h $4,000. 900. For the six
months ended December 81. 1918. the
freight revenue amounted to N.ls4.347..
So. against Si.037.'ei.I7s for the six
months ended December 81, 1914.
Passenger revenue amounted In de-
cember. 1915. to sj3.aN.o53. AZ asains,
3l?.s5s.7s9 In December. 1914. a gain 81
S5.5S2.:3%. For the six months ended
December 81. 1915. passenger revenue
amounted TO S33S.i3s.o0s. against &3%3.-
'os.ts2 for the STA months ended De.
c-mber 81. 1914. a gain Of slo,&%S.3l4.
Mail Revenue.
From mail in December. 1915. tho rev.
enue amounted to 35.03s. 2s7. as agains.
S&.!7S.jis in December. 1914. For the
six months ended December 81. 1918
the revenue from mai! Was S29.95<.s0s
An compared with S2s.5S3.353 for the sir
months OF 1914.
The net railway operating income
Of the railroads for DecemFr. 1915
is given AS 39~l.?o5.oo7. AS compared
with St9.Ss7.1o4 IN December. ls.,. and
FOR the six months ended December 81
1915. II WAS S~536.797.5lt. compared will
S&o3.3l3.547 for tho s.A months ended
December 81. 1914.
I ON railroads in the Eastern district o.
the United states the net revenue from
railway operations IN december. 1915
amounted to sl.1&+.20j, compared with
S2O.lss.Ss& in December. 1910, and FOL
the six months ended December ~. 1915
s272,s23.s77. az agains, $iss. 705.s5o fol
the six months ended December 81. 1914
Freight revenue on the roads amounted
in December. 1915. TO &9l.sob.3 's. ~
compared with s65.5&0.lSj in the cor
responding month 81 1914. and for the
six months ended December 81. 1915
s5~3:.s7s.79s, as compared With S+'.'
22h.Ai0 for the SIX months ended Do,