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Show U. P. lias High Mark I for Moving Freight j Railroads of the I'nited Stales have speeded im then movement "t freight cars so thai the daily average exceeds Lhlrtj mil, acei rding to neporta compiled com-piled recently by the railroads Th railroad executives in their campaign in i mpro' , ii in; porta i un i ice ha ; set 30 miles per day tor a daily average aver-age which all roads should reacii, This average based on all freight travel2 i ing o er the country-. The Union Pacific system is the 'leader In transportation, this report indicates. 01 fifteen hading roads in thcLcOuntry the Union (Pacific is unex-i unex-i celled. The following table shows the progress of thev arloiis roads and the iar miles per day for the month of 1 J one and J u!y : , Boston and Albany. 3 J.I and Z'. i miles; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, l and 2.S; Chesapeake and Ohio, 37.2 and Norfolk and Western .18.1 ami :4.4: Illinois ;.n-lltal ;.n-lltal 44.2 and m i miles. Louisville land Nashville ;:i.!i and '2V . Northern Pacific 88.1 and H9 miles; Oregon-Washington Oregon-Washington Railroad and NaVagatioii company ::"7 and L'T.'i miles; Atchison, Atchi-son, Topeka .in, S-.inti ! 27 and 84 I miles; Chicago Burlington and Qulncj Z'2 and 7 miles. I'nion Pacific St. 7 miles and M.l miles. Oregon Short Line g and '.-' i. miles; and Southern I Pacific 36. and 3G miles. oo |