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Show car com SltS REPORT How seriously the influenza epidemic that was raging in Salt Lake a year ago out into the earnings of the Utah Light & Traction company, is revealed in a report made by H. F. Dteke, malinger of the company, to the public, utilities commission commis-sion of L'tah for the month of October. There were other contributing causes, such as tli e number of men who were j absent from the city in 'nited States service a year ago. Mr. Dicke said, but he attributes to the influenza epidemic the greater part of the fluctuation in the figu res. The total number of revenue passengers carried in the mouth of October, lit 19, ihe report shows, was 0,113.97s. For the corresponding period of 1 9 1 S. from Octo-i Octo-i her - to November I, inclusive, the total : number was "M93.44r. This made an in-: in-: crease of 9i',3o3 for tht month. The state fair this year was held a week later than ! it wa3 in 191S, ami for that reason the first four days of October this year show j a decrease as compared wit h file corre-! corre-! spunding four days of last year, i The "flu ban" wcnt into effect Octo- I ber 10. 191$. and on October 11 the street I ears carried only 0$. 19S passengers. On Ociober 10 of this year, which was Chil- dren's day at the fair, the total number j of revenue passengers was lo3.-57, nearly t twice as many as were carried a. year I before. Octoljer 10, this year, however, . was the record day of the month in the j Utah bight Traction company's busi- I llHSS. 1 1 'uri'ig i he month thcj-e were 1 . " G ! . 4 7 S cts'i f;-. : l.r.L'e.ij-.' 3-ce:U tic he1 s. a nd ;liil.492 .-chuol lickeis us,(i, Hie cath fares being per cent of the ttHal fares. ( In the -'interne tit vi e:irr,iiius r::d cf-' cf-' pen.-es lor October. 191 s. . as compared v. ith I'tl'.e-- t-ars. .Mr. Micke ccu.pal ct , with 1917, raih-r than wi'h 191S. tor the . rea-'on piveii in the letter to tiie commi.--! siou that "last fall the epidemic of Span-1 Span-1 :sh Infleunza complL i'.y deniorahzed our busine-s. and. "lioijd eoniiarisons now ! be mafic wit'i tli1' lit t. th" deduc-Itions deduc-Itions would not oi.iy bu mi a uingless but ioM i vel v i iibk-ii ii ,ng." I K'urim; 'cL- ber. 1 9 1 7. lrauv soldiers 1 u-ie -ralien-d at For: I'imikUis. and n.lt many men hart as yet gone to traintiiK camps, with the result that ilie total revenue passenfrs carried in October. 1!'17, was I5.0U7 more than In 1S19. There were 57y,oo9 more cash fares that vear than this in October, but the rate then was 3 cents while this year It is 6 cents. On the other hand, there are 4f.9.J 12 more commutation tickets (3 cents in 1918 and 4 cents in 1917) this year than two years ayo, and 72.0:ii) more school children's tickets, the report shows. Gross earnings in 1919 were 51t9. 936.17, a compared with ?149.0'.'9.ti4. an increase of Sltt.'.'O'j.CC. ijperating expenses have increased also. 1-ul not so rapidlv, the report ?.aid. This year in .Octoljer they were M 1 o.'J LM . Pri. while in 1917 they were ie-2,4;lo.l. an increase of S779I.1.S. The net income from onerations, exclusive of depreciation, was S 7, S . 7 1 1.21 this year, as au'amst p'...",9:..S:l in 1917. an increase of $12.1 1.7.3S. according to the report. |