Show ROADS HAVE BIG FREIGHT YEAR Earn Per Cent v on Own Valuation WASHINGTON Jan Jan 7 AP AP- AP The American Railway association V r has hIs announced that the railroads t L I in 1925 handled the greatest freight traffic on record and the bureau of railway milway economics disclosed disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed that for the first eleven months In the year class 1 railroads railroads rail raU- roads earned on the basis of their own property valuation figures an aft an r annual return of 4 83 per cent The bureau which is by bv the v carriers placed the th net operating I income for the eleven months at atI I against Ep iI i during the corresponding 1924 pea pe period pe- pe a t f Returns filed tiled by the railroads 1 with its car service division of the railway association showed that car loadings in 1925 totaled cars cars an increase of J over 1924 1924 and 1365 over 1923 as well 1 es an advance ance of over the divisions division's estimate for the year y f made last spring I The record traffic of 1925 was handled without transportation difficulties dlf- dlf t the association said andI and I f with practically no car shortage the peak was reached In I. I J 1 the week ending August 29 with r 1124 cars handled the greatest f number for any anyone one week on rec- rec j A ord old the association declared that ir VA- VA for twenty sep separate rate weeks begin begin- 4 ring nine about Jul mid loadings exi ex- ex i 1 T 1 the million mark 11 Sf 4 t f Turning to loadings for the week i ft 4 f ending December 26 the jA tion declared that these totaled I Vi g O 9 an advance of over the h corresponding orre week last year It tv I. placed coal loadings at cars i f a decrease of ot under the previous pre- pre t. t 1 k j week grain and grain prods prod's products prod prod- s 's acts a decrease of miscellaneous freight a a de- de crease of ot merchandise and less than carload lots a drop of and livestock a decrease of |