Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1915-07-03 | Page 16 | Levey Declares Traffic Grows

1 LEVEY DECLARES TRAFFIC GROWS I Says Freight Is Lighter but Passengers Keep All Al of Engines Busy v Passenger traffic over o er the tue western wester Pacific Is tho the heaviest It has been since the road rond was built and during the tIne summer summer sum sum- mer iner there win will he be a l large number of special trains run between Salt Sai Lake Lako and San Francisco to care for the heavy travel tra ll to the tho exposition accordIng according accord- accord In Ing to C. C M. M 11 l l Levey ve vey vice ico president and general General manager of ot the Yes Western tern Pa- Pa cHic Mr Lev Levy Levey n accompanied h by Archibald Gra Gray general freight agent of or the tho road road arrived In Salt Lake Lak yesterday yes yes- es telda on an Inspection trip Mr oIl Levey Leve said that while traffic was Improving jn every day general conditions were ad adverse adverse nd- nd verse to heavy freight traffic and that tho the motive power of oC the thc road Is kept working through tho the heavy Increase In passenger traffic Conditions are aro Improving and I look for a heavy henvy freight traffic In the fall said Mr Le e Levey The freight t traffic is s snot not as good as it was last summer owing to general business conditions Tine The Te he heavy vy freight which moved over o the transcontinental lines from seaboard seaboard sea sea- board to seaboard IB is II now going through the Panama Punama canal and the railroads will wi bo be the sufferers from frem the thc water competition The Tho canal has caused the earnings of or railroads to decrease and the traffic departments are In a quan- quan daiy as aa to how to meet the competition by water The Tho long haul Is what re returns returns returns re- re turns revenue re to railroads an and with wih I the canal running opposition to the rail rai tran transportation lines It will wi be a serious problem to solve It t may muy be bo that In Increases increases In- In creases In short haul rates will wi have ha e of ot the to be asked that the railroads country may be bo able ablo to meet their running running run run- ning expenses and interest on th their lr b bonds