The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-10
FREIGHT
IS VERY HEAVY
All Roads Report Increase
over Same Period Of
One Year Ago
SOME HAVE DOUBLED
Attributed to Improved Busl-
noss Conditions and Re
covery From Strike

Another indication OF tho general
prosperity " Tulsa and lts envlrous
ls the trend OF trclgh, movements
I'm this terri 0ty.
without exception, movements OF
freight ON All lines are mucn henv-
!r, now than they wore a. this umc
"A year ago. Tho season has very
little 20 DO with &c. There are two
reasons for his iutrcase; the most
important one Is tho general better
meut Of conditions reflected no moFc
surely any other place than ln
felght shipments and the other IL
The Improvement Of road conditions
following tho more or less chaoIc
strike conditions Of last summer and
early fan
"Our freight movements are heay
fer now than they have boon since
the war period" f., W. Dunn, divl-
slonaI freight agent Of tho Katy said
yesterday. There has been a de-
olded increase in the last three
months and movements are getting
heavier all the time. This IL ndi-
cative OF course OF general prosper
ity. condition that Is reflected In
all lines Of activity here In Tuisn.
There has been an increase in ship
ping OF all commodities and there
is much more oil being shipped now
than there has been in some time
we are handling from 200 TO
800 more cars day over our entire
road now, than we ala at this time
last year said u. r.. Carter. Roner-
ui division freight agent ot the Flia-
co. we have reached that figure
In Just the last few days We at
tribute this 10 two things general
bet ermert of business conditions
ana recovery from the strike AS
/ said, we have two 20 three hundred
cars in service, with less engines
than we had last year, with as Of
the total cars handled. loaded and
25 per cent cmpties. our report
just issued yesterday showed hat
we nro running far beyond the bust
ness VIC dd tho first six days OF
December last year"
Freight movements on tho Mid
land Valley have doubled III the last
year, j. w. Klein. general paSscn-
ger and freight agent OF the Mid
land Valley said yesterday. The In
crease In shipment of commodities
has been general, and excellence OF
general conditions IL assigned by
him as the reason for the increase.
Freight movements on the Santa
Fe are 90 per cent heavier now
than n year ago, according to CEN
sorvative estimate made by H.. G.
l[itchng freight agent of the Santa
Fe. More oi, and Increased demand
for all products has given the road
n larger number OF cars TO handle
and IN this territory, the fact that
the Santa Eco was not so hard hit
by the strike gave thls road an In
creased volume Of business.
For November of this year the
Santa F'e lines handled total OF
7.434 cars over It's own road and
26.4lo cars from connecting lines,
making total OF 1S3,si4 cars, an
icrease OF 62.35Q over November OF n
year ago. This was n decrease OF
Z $50 cars as compared with tho rec
ord-breaking month OF October,
1922. october holds the system rec
ord for lts entire business history.
The record of the month Just past
shows an Increase Of 44O0 cars over
September OF 1922, the next best
month IN the roads history
Kitching pointed out some facts
In comparative shipping FOR the two
years. In l922 there were 2f ,020
cars OF commercial oil handled, and
1865 cars In 1921. almost faO
per cent increase this year. In 1922
there were l74tl cars Of livestock
handled, t1.l2t In 1921. There were
$3.50 cars OF grain moved In l022,
6,221 In 1921. The increase Is mer-
chandise shipping wns not 80
marked; 3i,6ll cars in 1922
and 30,722 In 1921. Another big
gain was In refrtgerating shipments.
there were 1850 cars handled In
1922 ana s.e70 In 1921, Terminal
points are cleared of all congestei
loads and service generally Is much
better improved.