The Washington times., 1924-12-23
CAR LOADINGS
BREAK I'LL
RECORDS
More Than 10000. 900 Cars
Loaded With Revenue
Freight Since Sept. n

All previous records ~ rasB sea.
son OF the year are being broken
in the number OF cars loaded with
Esvenue freight.
Total loading of revenue freight
for the week which ended on De
cember 13 was 956,761 cars, accord
Ing to reports filed today by the
railroads with the car service d.
vision OF the American Railway AZ
ISOLATION.
This was an increase Of $1,000
cars over the corresponding week
last year and 77.709 above the cor.
responding week in 1922. It also
was an increase Of 23O,6S7 cars
above the same week in 1921 and
154.490 cars above 1920
For the week Of December IL the
total was a decrease Of 11.495 cars
under the preceding week due to
the usual seasonal decline In freight
traffic at this season Of the year.
Since the week Of September III,
IL 1866, 004 cars have been loaded
with revenue freight, an increase
Of 251,6S1 cars or per cent over
the corresponding period last year
when freight traffic was the
heaviest in history.
Livestock Loads.
Livestock loading for the week
totaled 1870 cars. an increase OF
247 cars over the week before and
2,410 cars above the corresponding
week last year as wen as 4,707 cars
above the corresponding week in
1922.
Grain and grain products loading
amounted to 52.651 cars. a decrease
Of 1873 cars under the week befor9
but 1881 cars above the same week
last year and 1866 cars over two
years ago. In the western districts
alone grain and grain products
loading totaled 32.493 cars. q de.
crease Of 1.204 cars. under the cor.
responding week last year.
Coal loading for the week totaled
1885, cars. a decrease Of 1.4O2
cars under the preceding week but
an increase Of 1926 cars over the
same week in 1923 COMPARED with
the same week in 1922 it was a de.
crease Of 1897 cars.
Increase In Merchandise.
Loading Of merchandise and less
than carload freight totaEed 24S, 237
cars, 737 cars below the week be
fore, but 1894 cars above the same
week last year, and 23,9S5 cars
above the same week in 1922.
Miscellaneous freight loading to-
tailed 325.S47 cars. $500 cars below
the week before but 1894 cars
above the corresponding week In
1898 and 1880 cars above the cor
responding week in 1922.
Forest products loading totaled
1855 cars, 1.431 cars under the
week before, but 4.474 cars above
last year. Compared with the cor
responding week two years ago, 1t
also was an increase of 1927 cars.
Ore loading amounted to 11s7S4
cars, 1,243 cars above the week lie
fore and ga cars above last year.
It also was 723 cars above two
years ago.
Coke loading totaIed 1913 cars,
41S cars above the preceding week
and one car above the correspond
ing period in 1928. Compared with
the same period in 1892, however
it was a decrease of 1852 cars.
Compared by districts, increases
over the week before in the total
loading of all commodities were re-
ported in the Allegheny and Poca.
hontas districts, with decreases in
ali others. The Northwestern was
the only district to report a de.
crease under the corresponding
week last year while all reported
increases over the corresponding
week in 1922 except the Eastern
and Allegheny districts.