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Show DECREASE SHOWN' if MIL DEFICIT Figures for May Made Public Pub-lic by Federal Bureau of Economics. WASHINGTON'. July 2. The deficit In-ennvd In-ennvd In operation "f railroads under government control HirinK ttie month of ; Miiv amounted to approximately mfo, -'000; net operating income total. n k -;;pi.)ihi, compru-'d Willi the rental obligation obliga-tion of the government to the r:i IlroadH for .Mav of J i' 7. IJti.iniit. according to unofficial unof-ficial fiKUi'H of railroad i-arnlnx f'"' the month, rtiade public lodav by the bureau of railway economics. The May deficit, however, showed a decrease from the av-i av-i eraifo montb'y defl.M of J-.1.r0i),ttiU in-1 in-1 cur red durlYiic the fir -it foir months of l'.illi. The total deficit for the f ist five mont b cf the year was show n" to be J 'J U. nun, 00(1, not inchnlitiK' "minor expenses" ex-penses" of t lo raili oitd admhiisl r.i t Ion. ( 'onipareil with net operating lurnine In May Inst year. a decrease of $33,-I $33,-I 3i;:t,ini0, or 'Ifi.-ll per cent, was shown this J vear. although r.ies operatlntf revenues I increased from $:7;;.:"7,(imi to IDT.i'-r.:, . nrjU.L'S per cent. The disproportionate I IliriMine In onenitlllK cxpenseM frm i.'X'i.-j7''l.inft i.'X'i.-j7''l.inft 1 1 $:(;'.!. Mil. ii'", or more tluiu J1',-DOOjUiO, J1',-DOOjUiO, caused the decrea-u; in net revenues. i While the vnhinin In freicht t raffle last MfiV Wiih slmwn to be 13. li per cent below be-low the blKh volume In May. I ! 1 S, It wns estltnated to have been only one-third of one per cent bvis t ban the average vol - time for May during tin- tbiee-yeiir period i of operation prior to covi-rnmcnt llrnl. rMsenK"r traffic last May was shown l j i ;( ii per cent In excess of the living 1 i traftl" durliu; that period, yielding 70 i per cent Kt eaf -r revenui-s wKh th" blub I pasnenK'T rales put tub' effect durhiK (he period of Kvcrnnient eontrrd. : An Increase of ?:. per cent In the "basic 1 1 cost or operation" ilurlnir the first, five j montb-i of r.Hf.. compared with the aver-I aver-I aire for the coitespoudinK period dnr ni: j the tliren.year period of private control, I wa h est 1 inn t 'd. The :i vera i;e dally opera 1 1 UK expenses j 1aM May decreasi'd a little mme than $;'. (Hie from the January dallv averaKe I of 1 , lil'H.fMK). nct ordliiK t" the flKUi'-M. ! |