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Show RECORD PROSPERITY Vi OF U. S. RAILROADS i WASHINGTON, Aug. 7. Record ..' prosperity for the railroads is shown 1 in interstate commerce commission returns for June. Q'ft The- 153 roads covered by the fig- . 'Mj ures, operating three-fourths of the country's mileage, reported that tbeir "'.Q. net revenue Increased nearly $8,000.- . M: 000 over June. 1916. the previous rec- 5 'A. ord month, and reached a total of ' ?88,283,329. Operating revenues in . jf C creascd moro than ?3S;000.000, total- : ;FR ling $273,867,527, while expenses were Prt approximately $30,000,000 higher than ' 'aac a year ago. .. -h |