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Show NEW RECORD IN STOCK TRAFFIC TO CHICAGO CHICAGO. Feb. 12. The Chicago A Northwestern railroad established a new record for live stock traffic yesterday by brlnajina; to Chicago 1028 rarloada of stock, the larsrest amount aver brought here in a single day by any railroad. At least 75 per cent of this stock originated origi-nated in Iowa and Nebraska, the average haul being about 400 miles and the average aver-age speed twenty-five to thirty miles an hour. A remarkable fact Is that all of the thirty-five tralnloads of live stock were delivered here before 6:30 o'clock yesterday yester-day morning and the last car of live stock waa unloaded at the I'nlon Stock yards before 10:10 a. m. The faat of handling such an amount of live stock with such expedition is all the more re - I markable from tha fact that the average temperature ia Iowa Sunday waa about 10 degrees above aero. maXIng the test oa the motive power severe. |