Show RAil EXPANSION POINTS TREND TO PR PROSPERITY j Traffic Demands Heaviest in N Nations Nation's tion's History ExI Executives Executives Ex- Ex I of Lines Say Sayat at K IC C. C Conference ROADS ADDING NEW EQUIPMENT Union Pacific President Declares Crop Prospects Bright Business Shows Increased Activity Now I KANSAS CITY Mo March 15 By U. U P. P P. Railroad Railroad expansion I greatest t barometer r of prosperity is under way on a large larse scale Traffic demands heaviest in the nations nation's history prove business has passed the mere crest of normalcy and is actually approaching a aDew Dew high wave of prosperity representative representative rep rep- executives of or leading railways in conference here today agreed The nations nation's arteries arteries' arteries of ot comm commerce com corn m merce are first to feel he pulse of ot ofa ota a rising tide of or prosperity and the present unprecedented c dented demand for tor vast Tast freight movements emphasizes emphasizes em em- that condition according to tei rail officials here discussing terminal facilities Tie country never ne looked more prosperous than it does to ay declared J. J M. M Kurn Turn St St. Louis president of the St. St Louis San Francisco The Tho Frisco lines are addIng more new equipment today than at nt any previous time in the history history his his- tory of or their development Fifty additional locomotives and freight cars are Just now reachIng reachIng reach- reach Ing the tracks to assist movement of new business DOUBLE TRACKING I This is merely the beginning of a a. vast program of expansion as we anticipate a continued continue deman demand demand de- de I man mand fo for more We Weare aie are re also building trackS trackS' wherever wherever ever nece necessary sary to facilitate in increased increased increased in- in creased freight handling There I is nc no doubt that i we are entering an era of ot real and record prosper ity Greater Industrial activity ity In all lIn lines line's s and excellent cro crof prospects were observed J y C. C R. R Gray Omaha president of the Union Pa Pa- ethic From all indications along the lines of the Union Pacific system system system tem 1923 will will be a very prosperous prosper prosper- i I ous year ear in all lin lines of I stated Gray Prospects app appear ar arto j to to be excellent for tor good crops of or orall all kinds and tl er ther is s. s di activity in all commercial al and I trade lines In some districts there is al already ready a shortage of ot labor which ordinarily o n o panes active bush busi bushness ness conditions Nearly In new equipment equipment equip equip- I ment is being added to the rolling roIling stock of the Union Pacific Pacific- lines to keep pace with and assist in the progress of the territory it serves according to Gray The fresh out fresh ou t- t lay Includes new locomotives 2500 automobile cars and 2000 box 4 cars BUILDING NEW LINES We have also constructed approximately approximately approximately ap ap- ap- ap proximately sixty miles of second track the rail chief t. t declared ec ar d and u d. d have just authorized four fifty-four miles additional We Ve Ve are now v engaged engaged en I In the construction of or five tive new lines Into territories not heretofore heretofore heretofore here here- served by rail We Ve look for a general tonnage I considerably in excess of 1322 1922 Other rail officials who met here Included J. J E. E Taussig St. St Louis I president Wabash abash A. A Robertson St. St Louis vice president Missouri Pacific C. C B. B Burnham C Chicago I ago vice president Chicago Burlington Quincy L. L C. C h Chicago vice president Chicago Rock RockI I Island and E E. D D. SeWell Chicago vice president Chicago Milwaukee St. St Paul C. C L. L Hinkle Hinkle Hin- Hin kle Chicago vice vica president Chicago Chi Chi- I cago Great estern J. J A. A Edson Kansas City president Kans Kansas s City Southern |