The border vidette. (Nogales, Ariz.) 1894-1934, 1923-09-01

tons in April to % tons in May,
the latest month for which com
plete data are available. This
is the highest mark for any May
since 1917. The goal set is 30
tons.
Southern Pacific is establish.
ing a striking record in heavy
car loading. It's accomplishment
may hardly be measured BY the
goal set for all the railroads be
cause a large part of the ton
mage carried by Southern Pacific
is light loading perishables, a
full car of which averages about
IA tons. Southern Pacific car.
ries comparatively little coal,
iron or other heavy loading com
modities that comprise large
part of the tonnage on eastern
roads. Yet Southern Pacific OBJ.
tanned an average net tonnage
per carload of 1856 tons, thus
beating its good record of rs 6
tons for the same period of 1922
and 249 tons in 1921. In June
this year Southern Pacific's aver.
age was 271 tons or /. L tons
heavier than the average load in
June 1922. This increase had
the effect of adding 1000 cars to
the supply available to shippers.
Making progress towards the
goal of 80 miles per freight car,
per day, the railroads increased
the average daily movement of
freight cars from q 9 miles in
April to 20.6 miles in May. as
compared with 22.7 miles in May
1922. An increase of one mile
in the average movement is
equivalent to adding 100, 900
freight cars to the country's
available car supply.
Southern Pacific made a strik.
ing record in movement of cars,
obtaining an average daily mile.
age of ALB miles per car for the
first six months of 1923 as com.
pared with 81 9 miles in the
same period of 1922 and 1876
miles in 1921.
The combined effect of the
Southern Pacitic's heavier load.
ing and greater daily mileage of
cars resulted during the first six
months of 1923 in each car haul
ing each day the equivalent of
GA tons of freight one mile, an
increase Of ISL tons or 30.6 per
cent over 1922 and 1874 tons or
26 3 per cent over 1921. Ship.
pers had more cars because each
car was made to do more work.
Shippers and consignees con.
t,ibuted to this result by their
90 operation with the railroads
in heavy and quick loading and
in prompt unloading of cars.
Besides making successful
efforts to increase their operat,
ing efficiency, the railroads from
January /, 1922 to March Is,
1923 either actually expended or
authorized the expenditure of
approximately 81, $40, O00,O 900 for
equivalent and other facilities.
In the first six months of 1923
the railroads placed 1920 new
freight cars in service and 1898
locomotives. On July / a total
of $685. freight cars and 1902
locomotives which had been or
dered we're yet to be delivered.
Southern Pacific is taking
delivery this year for the Pacific
System of so locomotives of the
latest and most powerful type,
in addition to similar number,
costing 81, 900. 900, delivered last
year. Other rolling stock order.
ed for the Pacific System this
year, including 1925 new freight
cars but excluding new refriger.
ator cars, will cost more than
$12, 900, 900.
THE company's improvements
in other directions this year
keep pace with it's great increase
in equipment. Many millions
are being spent on double track.
ing, new ballasting and heavier
rails over stretches on the Pa
cific System from Portland, Ore. :,
to El Paso and from San Fran.
cisco to Ogden. Terminal struc
lures and yards, shops. tunnels,
bridges, rock crushing and creo.
soting plants, and storage faci.
lfties are being built or enlarged.
Southern Pacific's physical
properties, always we'll main.
tanned, are being substantially
improved. The efficiency of the
Orpa njzatiOn that 0Dnratns IL has