Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-07-23
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO
SHOWS RAPID PROGRESS
Great Railroad With Headquarters in
Richmond Is Working to Full
Capacity.
SOME ENORMOUS COAL FIGURES
President Stevens Issues Report Gov
erfng Last Eighteen Months Of OPP
Grafton, With Statement of Re-
ceipts and Tonnage.

In an appendix to the thirty-ninth
annual report of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Company President
| George w. Stevens makes public a
statement OF the operating revenues
and expenses for the six months ending
December 81. making the report in
realty one for eighteen months This
was caused by the action of the In
terstate Commerce Commission. in its
order requiring all railroads of tho
country to make their fiscal years cor
respond with the calendar year.
President Stevens's report shows that
for this period the traffic of the Chesa-
peake and Ohio showed comparatively
heavy increases over the corresponding
period of the previous year. During
the early months of this year. the rail-
road company has handled all the traf-
hc it would care for, and weekly and
monthly earnings. with few exceptions
have shown favorable increases over
the corresponding periods Of last year
COAL AND COKE
TONNAGE SHOWS GAIN
During the six months ending De-
cember 81. the revenue coal and coke
tonnage was 13,3S3.361. an increase of
"a per cent; other freight tonnage was
5,6s2,s37. an increase of 80 per cent.
Total revenue tonnage was 19.O76.lss
tons. an increase of AS per cent
Freight revenue was S19.S95.015.S6, an
increase of AZ per cent Freight train
mileage was 5.111.41s miles. an in
crease Of FL per cent Revenue ton
miles were 5.12S,17S,o98. an increase
| OF 2.S per cent Ton mile revenue was
3.S7 mills, an increase of 1.3 per cent
Revenue per freight train mile was
s3.SS5. an increase OF 81 per cent. Rev
enue tonnage per train milo was 1908
tons an increase Of OF per cent; in
Guiding company's freight, the tonnage
per train mile was 1.o6S tons, an in
crease Of 10 per cent. Tonnage per
locomotive. including compa ny's
freight, was 954 tons, an increase of
| 19 per cent. Revenue tonnage per
loaded car was 34.2 tons, an increase
OF O.6 per cent. Tons of revenue freight
carried one mile per mile of road were
2,l53.e1l. an increase of 2.5 per cent
There were 3.766,174 passengers car
ried. an Increase of SIS per cent The
number carried one mile was 171,243.-
92o. an Increase OF 1877 per cent Pas
senger revenue was 33.615.s716o, an
increase Of 1877 per cent. Revenue per
passenger per mile was ALL cents. an
increase OF o.05 per cent. Number of
passengers carried one mile of road
was 7l.9l5 AN increase Of 1874 per cent.
Passenger train mileage was o,735,oe4
an increase Of 100 per cent Passenger
revenue per train mile was sl322 an
increase of 3.3 per cent; including mail
| and express. 1t was $1,545, an inrceaae
| OF So per cent. Passenger service
train revenue per train mile was s1.5s7
! an increase OF rs per cent.
| TONNAGE GAIN FOR
| LAST FISCAL YEAR
FOR the fiscal year the revenue coal
ana coke tonnage was 27o9SIo5 an
increase OF 17.2 per cent; other freight
tonnage was 11.f53.T55, an increase Of
1874 per cent. Total revenue tonnape
was 3s.451.SSo tons. an increase of l6.1
per cent Freight revenue was $40
sss'932.23, an increase of 1873 per cent.
Freight train mileage was io.3s7.774
miles, an increase of &c per cent Reeve
nue. ton miles were 10437,225. 643, an
| increase OF 12.5 per cent Ton mile
revenue was 1872 mills an increase Of
% per cent Revenue per freight train
mile was s3.s47. an increase of So per
cent. Revenue tonnage per train mile
was i,ooI tons. an increase OF Sc per
cent including companys freight the
tonnage per train mile was 1869 tons.
an increase OF Sc per cent Tonnage
per locomotive, including company's
| freight. was S46 tons, an increase Of
o. per cent. Revenue tonnage per
loaded car was 34.1 tons. an increase of
33 per cent Tons of revenue freight
| carried one mile per mile OF road were
4'sS7,7S6. an increase OF 1872 per cent
There were 7.o12.014 passengers car
ried. an Increase Of TT per cent The
number carried one mile was a01,e6l.-
szf, an increase Of 12.5 per cent. Pas
senger revenue was s6.435,02533 an
increase of 1875 per cent Revenue per
passenger per mile was 2.131 cents. an
increase OF Oh per cent Number OF
passengers carried one mile per mile OF
road was 1c6.944. an increase of 1872
per cent. Passenger train mileage was
5,212.1l1. an increase Of rs pc. cent.
passenger revenue per train mile was
s1.235, an increase of AZ per cent: in
GLIDING mail and express, 1t was 81 .454
an increase OF 4.3 per cent Passenger
service train revenue per train mile