The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-06-07
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Ton Mileage Doubles Itself Every Ten
or Twelve Years,


While va know that on I'll" l'cnnSyI'
lHria lies Tho ton mileage doubles itself
about every ton ar lively" years. and ~"
have programmed our work IN dnilCIra
li"n Of Tins. the attitude toward the
railroads has been such that ii has been
quite lm.puSSIhl" Tor u$ L. market So
rurlilr$ ami furnish tarlliIIrs ana equip
m-nt winch "" knew would b" nrrd.d.
Fifty Engines Bought In 1915.
In March. l9lG We contracted Tor 30
additional locomotives. - OF which are
Yet undriycrrd. They were promised
!" us prior /" January 81. lyl7. and cost
$@|.I:a c;tch. which W7LS $500 per an
gin" above normal price. Ne hay" just
completed contracts Tor 100 locomotives
at which ~ arr IrriHh: engines which
are Ia cost nn an av"ritr" "f So .n01 each
or about $ta.6V" per 'nSInu above nur-
NAL.
1t MAJ l." Interesting /" you 10 know
that thirty Years az" our h"HI lest
freight engines cost about $4.0nu each
I% r"mi'nr"d with III, present priC" Of
>n%.p"n. .nJ although Tia" average train
load has Increased in that period from
%6h toms IL h"u Ions.
Negroes and Mextoans Brought In.
Within Tho last ten months we have
brought from tn" south tn work on our
track and IN our shops i."Sg negroes
at which wa now huv,. in SrrNl Ice >n7.
We ha|" all" brought III 80 MeNic;.ns,
hut ROW We have only ~ III service.
Nbnut rs fast NS "" br""ght them III
they wrr" employed by IN" manufacture
"rS. VIII" on account az their being Ahlr
!" add Ia their selling prices, Wer" able
:" pay hIEhcr Wages. | make rhiS state
mont with no criticism but simply as
TACT.
Increase In Gross Revenue.
For The first !uur months ut this
lear our operating r.N"nIr:s have in
vrra$"d S".N6?.u>I. or H.? p"r cent. Our
expenses. including i;hArS. have In
creased $T.nch.@i". or IL per cent. re-
$u!tlnc in Il decrease IN our not aprrAl
INK revenue Of Si."06.lG2. or 4j.2 per
cent.
After taking care nf cur fN"d charges.
including; inlcrsS, and dividends. there
is deficit Of $".2;,?.a26. 'aS against a
profit for the same period Of last year
Of $7i?.5li.
Expenditures for Non-Productive
improvements.
TIL" expenditures Tor n"n-pr"ductiNe
improvements TN tn" Pennsylvania lines
west OF Pitts hurEh during tho last eight
y"H7v amount I" approximately Sl%.n00.-
m0n. The extra crow laws have cost
IN" lines west of Pittsburgh Ia date
$l."23 moo.
$4,000, 900 to Spend In Next Five YenrG.
To furnish ad"Quut" facilities and
equipment tho Pennsylvania lines wcst
~ l'i1ts hurch should spend in tho next
rly" years not less than S+N.n"O,oo0 per
year.
Industrial Agent Cooke Talks.
Ralph W. Cooke. industrial agent or
tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
paid glowing tribute 10 the advantages
offered In this section OF tho upper Ohio
valley. tho almost in"ShauStihl" M
tural resources in its hills and IN" val
lrys and as 4 manufacturing center IL
was second I" none In tho world.
MI Cooke said in part:
Cookies Speech.
\ prominent eastern financier and
business man recently SAID. I'7a" n
iina from Pittsburgh To cleveland, 20
Detroit. 10 Chicago. IN s.. l."uiS. II"
Louisville, :" Wheeling. to Pittsburgh
and YOU hav" the niird States indus
;rially."
After five vrarS ~ Il moro or less de-
tailed stud% ~ industrial conditions We
ar. firmly convinced "f tho truth al this
assertion and. Ia farther partiCulariHc
h" facts arr that in no part OF tho ter
combination 81 thnS" conditions. !unda
mentally essential I" manufacturing SUE
,."SS than Ill The rr"r bhin valley. COM
monty known as the pittsburgh Wheel
ing district.
Big Coal Territory.
The most important NJ th"S- L. 'hr al
most in"HhauStihlr suppl; ri high grade
hiiumlnnuS coal This coal - rincNr"li-
"u Tor steam and gas prpdu"inE pur-
poses and with Tia" improvements c"i,-
FINALLY being mad" IN hy-prNdurt coke
oven processes. i'll - very short time. il
rnav he used, either alone ar IN comhna-
tinn with rth"r Goals for coke prOdur-
tinn. Several -: III" moro important
deposits nf CANNED coal are also found
Within Il r"asouHhi" distan"" Of this val
10y. Including ia" large fields in east