Show railroads are growing the railroads ot of our country will spend about 15 per cent more in 1925 tor for improvements and new equipment than in either 1923 or 1924 expenditures are expected to exceed 1200 during 1924 freight cars were ordered compared with in 1923 number of 0 passenger cars ordered in 1923 was 2214 and in 1924 4 was 2554 five hundred seventy nine miles of 0 track were built in 1924 compared with previous year the number ot of miles of 0 second track was slightly lower than in 1923 all railroads are looking tor for increased tonnage during 1925 |