Show TRAFFIC INCREASE TREBLED SINCE SINGE 1898 Greater Efficiency Enabled Railroads Railroads Railroads Rail Rail- roads to Meet Country's Growing Demands The American railroads s are aro more U than nn one th one third of the tho railways of of the world The traffic hauled on the railways railways rail rail- ways of the United Ualle l States Is now three times as ns glet great t as It was waB twenty years jears ears ago In four months now the tho railroads carr carry as much fl freight nn and as us many passengers as tile they did then lien in a n year Ju Iu the three mouths months alone of the harvest liar hare vest lI movement In the raffle equal equa equaled ed d that of the whole year of 1898 1808 In 1808 1898 freight ton miles carried bythe by bythe bythe the railroads of the country were more than a n year In 1910 they were more than In 1913 more than and andIn andIn andIn In 1918 more than Although Although Al Al- though the railway mileage Increased only about 5 per cent since 1800 1690 Improvements improvements im Im- Im pro In tracks terminals equipment equipment equip equip- ment etc have been so marked that the volume of goods carried su me measured cd II in the number of freight tons carried currIe I Iono one ono mile Increased more than thun five times from lo n 1890 to 1917 Increased Efficiency Taking account of both freight and passenger servI service e the railroads In 1000 1900 hauled traffic units freight tons carried ono one mile milo plus pIns passengers pas can carried led one mile for each railway em em- By 1917 the la last t year jear of ot private private vate fite operation of the railroads prior to the entry of the United States Slates Into the war that had been Increased to title The following fa table le shows the In Increase Increase increase In- In crease in efficiency of American railroads rail rail- toads roads since 1000 1900 whIch enabled the tile railroads s to keep pace with the growth groth of ot the country countr Ton miles mlles Increased sn Pa si l miles mlles Increased Increased ed GO 50 Cars and engine Increased 75 Worl Workers ers Increased 85 Output per pel worker Increased 00 Average train load lond Increased These figures show that the traffic hauled by the railroads of ot the country has increased more than three times time as fast as the more than twice as fast as the equipment nm and more than twice as fast as the number of workers This has been made possible possible pos pOSe sible by sighted far-sighted Investment of new capital to Increase the efficiency of the transportation facilities and thereby enable the railroads to Increase the amount of ot traffic handled and reduce the amount of labor required to handle it t |