Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 1 | Records Broken by Missouri Pacific

Records Broken by Missouri Pacific I ST. ST LOUIS Mo Jan 2 Traffic Traffic records on the Missouri 1 Pacific were broken again in 1925 total volume of cars were ere bandl handl handled han ban dl d an an Increase of 75 per cent as asI I c compared with 1924 according to the statement Issued today by L. L W. W Baldwin president of th tb tha 3 Missouri Pacific lIn lines s. s December business t totaled carloads of revenue t an increase of 35 per cent over the volume handled in December December Decem Decem- ber 1924 The December business was di divided divided di- di vided between cars loaded locally on t the e lines of he railroad and carloads received from connections The total for the year was was divided between load- load cd d locally and from Cotton lumber coal oil and merchandise merchandise merchandise mer mer- chandise all were moved in- in SUbstantially substantially substantially sub SUb- Increased volume as compared compared com corn pared with the previous year and the same month in 1924 wheat and corn movement on the Missouri 1 PaI Pacific Pa Pa- I cHic citie showed decreases the wheat movement in 1924 having failed by carloads to equal the volume volume volume vol vol- ume of 1924 Despite this the statement statement statement state state- ment shows a generally prosperous condition throughout the en entire tin Southwest and West Vest served by the Missouri Pacific