Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1917-03-17

II. Harlan, the surveyor, was at |
Ellis last Friday on business.
r. A. Hall, of Ellis. was in the
city Thursday on business.
Read the grip OF evil on page 2.
See it at the Garden on Mondays.
| Adv. Att.
Mrs. c. Collins was called to Clark,
Missouri last Friday on account of
the illness or her mother.
Miss Mabel McAtee went down to
Ellsworth last Friday for a visit with
her BROTHER near that place.
Clarence E. Pearce and Miss Emma
E. Rufenacht. both of Ransom, Kan,
| were married at the office of the
probate judge in this city, March sth.
j. J. Ashenbrenner has a new
Great Western Separator and Joe
! Nemechek says it's got everything
skinned in the whole neighborhood
and that is going some. adv. 3 2t
i There will be preaching at the Blue
Ribbon school house commencing
| Friday evening and continuing all
next week Rev. L. w. Curtis of In
dependence, Mo, will conduct the
| services. Everybody invited.
| The management Of the Union
i Pacific System has been confronted
during the year 1916 with the prob.
lem Of keeping pace with the tire
mendoas growth Of the business in
he "A
serves.
Much Of the increase in business
descended suddenly upon the Union
Pacific as a result OF the European
war in the same manner as it descend
ed suddenly upon the other industries
OF the country.
At the outset of the sudden spurt
IN business the management of the
Union Pacific found itself confronted
with the fact that approximately 10,
600 Of the box cars owned by the
System were being held up at eastern
terminals because the consignesa
were either unable to deliver the
freight on ship-board, or to provide
the necessary warehouse facilities &c
that the cars could be unloaded. Thii
made II necessary to utilize the re
naming equipment to the greatest
degree of efficiency, with the result
that during the month of October
1916, the average daily car movement
for all cars on the Union Pacific hai
reached a total average of TAI miles
The average daily car movement OF
the railroads throughout the country
is only twenty-six miles.
The increase in business handled 1,
! shown in the following figures,
From July LIST, 1916, to December
1st, 1916, there were 190,833 cars o.
freight loaded at the various station.
on the Union Pacific Railroad.-an in
crease of 20,425 cars over 1915.
During the same period the UnioI
tactic received from its western con
nections s2,425 cars of freight, or 16,
GIG more than in 1915, and the rail
road delivered to it's eastern connec
tions 1f7,674 cars of freight, or 20, 4ot
more than in 1915, and during thu
same period received from their east
ern connections los, TAI cars of freight
which was 2s,315 cars more than il
1915, and they delivered to their west
ern connections 51,410 cars, or 10 SO:
cars more than in 1915
As further example of the sudden
Y ness with which the increase in bust
8 ness developed, the following figure
are interesting:
From July list to December LIST
1916, 1000 more cars of wheat wer
handled than during the same periot
in 1915, PA more cars of oats, 1923
more cars of mill products, 9S2 car
more of potatoes, 1,475 cars more o
cattle, 1,427 cars more of hogs, LOB
cars more of coal, 1885 more cars o
general merchandise, or total of IT
sos more cars of these commoditie
alone were handled from July LIST t
December LIST, than were handled Il
the year previous
From July LIST, 1916. to Deeembe
list, 1916, the Union Pacific Railroa
burned 1,342,02S tons of coal. or 207
261 tons more than during the sam
period in 1915; and used 20,613, 90
gallons OF water during the month O
October. 1916, or 3,443,000 gallon
more than during the same month Il
1915; in other words an averag
monthly consumption of water a
great the entire city of Omaha, il
Guiding all of its Industries.
During the year 1916 approximate
$12,000,000 were spent for mainter
ance of way and structures; 40 mile
r. | of new side track were built. tw