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Show oo Southern Pacific I Business in Utah and Elsewhere SALT LAKE, July 8 -Annual r port of federal operations of the Southern Pacific railroad has be-n flied with the publie utllitie0 commission commis-sion of Utab. containing. In addition to the statistics for all the lines, statistics statis-tics also for the lines in Utah. The ha been commuted in accordance with rule laid down by the interstate -a. 'commerce commission but the railroad preatalj does not admit or approve Lhe formula or basis adopted in determining de-termining the figures given for the state. The report shows a lotal operaiir: income for the railroad of (153,950,030, I in round numbers, which was $81,800, 000 more than In the year 1 f 1 7 'be I report being for 191S. ( n the other hand the operating expenses of the -I'm jumped about $:i,n.-,o,Ofn, to I $1 13,6"0 000, leaving a net revenue from railway operations of $40,300,- 000, which was just about $8,850,000 ! less than in 1917. Taxes p.inl were riboiii $7,185,000 i There was a non-Operating income of i approximate!) $3,000,000, which was ;.bout Sl.r.'MTm more than in 1917, I so that the cross income .was about 1 16,125,000, or a decrease of approximately approxi-mately $7,000,000. Net income was ;.ibout 35, 125.000, and the balance I transferred to profit and loss was the game, which was approximately $7,-1 $7,-1 500,000 less than during the preceding preced-ing year. Freight provided about. $102,000,000 of Lhe revenue, and passenger service I ss than $40 iiiMMHiii. In I'tah (he freight revenue wa- Si 229,055 71. which was all but .4S.47rl ,0d on interstate traffie Intrastate traffic traf-fic furnished $20,251 45 of the passon Kor revenue In Utah of $798,391.18. The total railway operating revenue in Utah was $5,390,465.16. In Utah the operating expenses were $2,6361 747.22 ol Which $S14.5tio related som j to troicht, and ?IG5,j00 sclely 9 passenger service In Utah, tho operating ratio was at the low figure, according to this tabhj of 48.92 per cent. For the system sj (t whole tho (ipernting rnllo was 73.71 per cent, which means that the ejj pensea were thai proportion of th4 revenue. The Southern Pacific operates 2t0.M miles of road in Utah, with an add tional twenty-one miles of douM track, and about fifty miles of slfl track. j In Utah, the revenue per ton miM of lr i.: lit 'II .1-' 1 "1." i i ' TQA revenue per passenger mile is dvei 2 Ml ( cm.- Mniihir figure, the system at largo show 1 129 por to mile of freight anl 2.222 per paseei ger mile The freight onginatin within l'iah on the Southern Pacific' Lines is uiven as follows: Agricultural products (Including 26, 616 ions of fruit and vegetables), oif t'V. ttn: product- ol inimals, 51o 'on.-. product of miner., 1!M1 tons products of forest?, 7S:i tons; manufa turov. r 4 1 tons miscellaneous an legs-lhan-carload freight enough tl bring the lotal of r-u h toti u.i , to 51, 299 ton?. The grant total of treigbt carried 01 the system w.i , 2.i 22. "0( ton. 0 which 19.33S, 183 tons originated 0! tho Southern Pacific's. own llr.es. |