| Show RAilROAD ALWA EARNINGS gS t. t SHOW BIG INCREASE Salt Lake Route Sets Ne War Not ReI ReSPonsible Responsible Re Re- I sp Heavy s Silk It Shipment j Passes H HereN Here i ere f fW W Five carloads of ot p silk valued at nearly the the- first import of the ind N ever ver ever mado mado- through h Los Angeles harbor passed through Salt Lake Laje t to today aIen en route east on the Union Pacific systems system's overland limited The he silk sili was part of ot the record cargo brought from the Orient Orienta Jar af a before yesterday by bythe the steamship Hazel Dollar Toe TIle total w weight ight o at the silk Ilk shipment was 0 pounds It was sent east in baggage ars rs each In charge of a picked man I In ln addition the Hazel Dollar brought in 1 pounds nf QC tea and nea poun pounds ot of various ta other commodities including a large consIgnment of dye stuff In the past practically all the silk Imported tram from moved through the of San Francisco port sometimes s in trainload lots Establishing Establishing- a a. new record for tor the I ISalt I Salt Lake Lak Route earnings for the 1 Elive tive Ive months ending December 1 showed an Increase of over the corresponding period of last year accordinG accordini to a a. statement made public public pub- pub lic in Los Angeles Angele yesterday b by General Gen- Gen eral Traffic Manager Warm Looked upon ulon by traffic t men as the j railroad most typical of the Southwest Southwest Southwest South- South west the Increase in the Salt Lake Route earnings is considered of of particular particular particular par par- significance It is too believed be- be to indicate that business has been been batting a considerably higher average in th the Southwest than was 1 generally thought Stretching miles across the thet t country from Salt Lake City to Los Lost t An Angeles eles with an additional miles mUes or of fec feeding Ung lines the Salt Lake Route els Is without industries that might be forced into feverish activities by wartime wartime war- war time prices Therefore Its prosperity lis is that of the country through which Sit It passes and more particularly that of this city and Its harbor Nor does a a. segregation of the Salt Salt alt Lake Route earnings in spite of the thc pI phenomenal passenger traffic att of at t the summer r and fall disprove this According to Mr Wann ti- ti the 0 freight earnings for the five months ending December 1 were 2 i in fn 1 excess of ot the same period of at last year Jear This leaves as as' as the Salt Lale Lake Routes Route's excess in the way of passenger earnings compared with the five months of 1914 This inci- inci 1 dentally is an increase in passenger earnings that will probably stand as asa asa asa a record for many years Speaking of the showing made Mr Wann Vann said We are naturally gratIfied gratified gratified grat grat- with the increase in earnings particularly as the increase has been beena fa a cumulative one presages This fur fur- ither ther increases in the future Personally Personally Personally Per- Per I believe that the coming year will see a a. remarkable increase in all aU lines of business In connection with the Salt Lake j Routes Route's increase announcement was was was' made yesterday by the bur bureau au of I railway economics that the operating operating ing log ing revenue net operating revenue sand end 8 nd net operating income of roads in inthe inthe the Western district for September j were I-were were the greatest in history The total operating revenue of ot these roads loads was an increase of 28 g 8 per cent the net operating revenue reve- reve nut nue an Increase of 77 per cent and operating income 42 an increase of ot 8 per cent I |
