Show vv RAILWAY SERVICE USING LESS FUEL I CHICAGO Dec By 27 27 By The Associated Continued Press Continued rail railway way progress marked 1 1928 6 longer and heavier freight trains moving at greater speed si each ton mile of freight service and anti each car mile of passenger service being handled on loss less fuel And despite the ten ten- of rates to decline and of taxes to 10 Increase net famines earnings ad- ad advanced ad advanced These facts were point pointed d out today by L 1 L A Downs president of the Illinois Central In his yearly Letter to the tho public In the seven years up to and Including 1926 1328 the railroads spent for improvements and extension of thel their facilities approximately 5 5 he ho said because of ot the tho Increased Investment the tho performance of ot the railroads I in 1921 1928 was notable for tor its Ils atle- atle adequacy ad quac efficiency and anil economy More than one million freight car cars were handled bandied audi euch week on the average |