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Show mm in 111 MINGS iction Company's Report hows Decrease in Number Num-ber of Passengers. ;rort of the Utah Light & Traction pany for April, filed with the pub-utilities pub-utilities commission yesterday by F. Dicke, manager of tho company, ts that tho number of revenue pas-;ers pas-;ers carried during the month was 3.P60, which was 36,600 less than the corresponding period ef April U lav t, inclusive, one year ago. Tho i fares totaled 3.120.103, aud the cent commutation tickets totaled 7.C86. while 106,572 three-cent ticlt-were ticlt-were presented. Tho cash fares j 41.7 per cent of to total revenue cngers. he company's gross earnings were ' $36.26. a "substantial increase oyer year ago, on account of the iu-se iu-se in fares alowed by the commis-.. commis-.. On tho other hand tho operating .uses grew 'oven faster, to 98,709.-lea.ving 98,709.-lea.ving a net from operation of 076.69, which was $10.1.-io less than the month of May, 191 S. Tho net, vcr shows an fncrease, as eom-d eom-d with April, 1917, of $3,175.13. lore were 427,664 transfer passcn- carried (luring tho month ot April, 11.342 passes, r. Dicke comments: Operating results for the month of il were practically normal, as far raffic was concerned, and. too, as as operating expenses for that par-lar par-lar month, yet April is the la8t t.h under the old scale of wages. :mencing with May 1, the wages of carmen, shopmen, and trackmen ) increased by arbitration, in tho unt of slightly in excess of $6000 month. ' ' |