Show AUTO ELP RAILROADS Records Show car loads were transported in year 1923 1925 that tile the automotive ind y was one of tho the largo jorge customers of ali the railroads during 1025 la Is disclosed by freight records just made public tills ds disclosure closure follows announcement that at tile railroads enjoyed record earnings last year freight car carloads londs of automotive products hauled by the railroads in 1025 1925 totaled 30 according to J S marvin mariln chairman of tile tho traffic managers conference of the national automobile chamber of commerce tills this total included shipments of motor cars and parts gasoline used in automobiles road material and kindred freight frol glit many blany other items such na As building materials and equipment for factories and garages less than carload shipments of parts and access accessories orles and express matter are not included because there Is no separate classification for these report of statisticians statisticians find that it would take all the passenger and freight locomotives and nil all of the various kinds of freight cars of the railroads nearly ten lays days to handle tills business at one time nil ali of which Is another way of stating the fact that of carloads of freight of all kinds linn ban died by the railroads in 1025 more than three million carloads were in deuced by the manufacture and use of motor cars the importance of tills this business to railroads Is emphasized by comparison with tile the shipping of other principal commodities in 1925 coal lends with carloads followed by forest products OOS grain and grain products ore live stock shipments of automobiles and parts alone during the year ap carloads compared with in 1021 1921 1 record railroad earnings the record railroad earnings coupled with the record carload shipments of motor products are significant fl of the ordinate coordinate co interest of till all lines of transportation says the automobile chambers statement motor transport Is one of the major customers ca of railroads and more important still it aids the rail lines in developing national resources and wealth just as the railroad Is more economical lu in long haul transportation so in ninny many forms of short haul travel the motor vehicle Is the most anost efficient cm clent |