The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1917-01-02
REVIEW OF IMPROVEMENTS
BY OREGON SHORT LINE
DURING YEAR 1916

L
. b;e corporation may justly be
/ nroud, and in which the public
natrons and benefactors Of that
corporations activities readily parti-
cipate, 1t is the service the organiza-
tion can do without injury in any
wav 10 those patrons In the last 10
wears, the Oregon Short Line Rail-
road company has carried nearly 49,
O6O. 900 passengers,a distance on the
average of IS miles each, and in the
entire time only two passengers OF
the entire number met with fatali-
ties due to railroad accidents. The
record is one OF which the company
boasts. and OF which the railroad
fraternity. or an admiring public,
may also boast.
This already noteworthy record is
attributed to the persistent safety
first" activities of this big company.
From the time Of the organization
of the company, one of its chief aims
has been to perform its service
wholly or as nearly SO as possible,
without offending occurrences to the
patrons. The enormous amount Of
passenger traffic. which. reduced to
one passenger would represent
trip of approximately two and one
eighth billion miles, or a trip of one
mile each for 2,135.000.00O people.
is uncomfortable and yet has been ac-
companied by two fatalities only.
Following out its general plan Of
promoting and developing the coun-
try from which its traffic comes, and
apparently cognizant Of the fact that
its own growth will be about in dir
ect proportion to that Of the terri
tory 1t traverses, the Oregon Short
Line this year has not slackened in
the slightest in its campaign Of ex-
penditures along the lines. This
company has put out millions Of dol
lars on various kinds OF improve
ments, and while there have been
years in which 1t made more and
longer extensions, there probably
never was a year when its campaign
Of lettering and increasing facilities
in the different cities and along its
different lines could compare with
1t.
Falling below the profits of
1915 in the passenger traffic. the
company has more than retrieved
the loss through the enormously in
creased freight business. An in
crease of gross tonnage. or of ton
mage per mile, this year over 1915,
is told in figures ranging in the bill
lions. Actually in October of this
year. 579,47O,041 mile tons OF
freight were hauled, an increase OF
S6.S19,641 over the corresponding
month Of 1915.
This of course was during the
crop time. and the larger tonnage
was east bound. but the west bount
traffic was remarkably heavy as were
the company's profits from the traf
fic. In this amount OF freight $500
cars of potatoes were included
about the normal crop of the Idah,
territory. and these Of course wer,
hauled long distances in most cases
The grain crop, though slight.
lighter in Idaho. has been extende,
in acreage to such an extent as max
the total yield about the same as II
the previous year. and this. Will
not moving 80 much during tn
month Of October. contributes large
ly to the tonnage during the white
months.
Traffic to the Yellowstone par
was cut down considerably this yea
over last year, and yet was half a
heavy again as any previous yea
except that when the exposition
were held at San Francisco and Sa
Diego. Thirty-six thousand person
visited the park this season as con
pared with $4,000 in 1915. and onl
10000 in 1914. Due to the thres
tened railroad strike just at the en-
of the season this year, two of tn
/ seasons best weeks were cut from
: 1t is estimated that but for this fa'
the total park traffic would hay
been no less than 10000. or tn
number the Oregon Short Line hau
ed the larger part.
Mr.. Calvin's Resignation.
An incident of no small impo
lance to the people of the intermoul
tain region was the resignation tn
year of f. E. Calvin. vice presidel
and general manager OF the Sho
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