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Show I Effect of No Pass Order. rn'laJ!airy 'n'as V10 flrst month that the railroad companies have made a report of earnings since tho order abollSe f eo transnortation went Into effect Although Al-though It Is impossible in these estimates of earnings lo ascertain the souite o"? v cnue it mny be noted that the raUroads affected by the order show a marked increase in-crease In Kross receipts. Thus the cross receipts of the lines directly opemtcd by tho Pennsylvania Railroad company increased in-creased 52.73p.4C0. while the increase on the lines West Is ?9S7,200. The Lehigh Valley ? ho.w?oiin Increase of SK7.9SS, Jersey Oen-trai Oen-trai J32S.4OT the Philadelphia & .adfnK l w'i57C tho Baltimore & Ohio i.ila.2fM. When tho final returns are com-piled com-piled the next annual reports will doubtless doubt-less show a very rcspectablo increase in passenger earnings. -rt-asc in |