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Show HELP RAILROAD MOVE TRAFFIC Helpful co operation of tho shipping public and teamwork among Southern Pacific company employes and officers brought noteworthy results on the company's Pacific system in 1921. This was shown In a statement made public pub-lic by ,T H ItyT, general manager of iho Southern Pacific company. Substantial betterments of and add! lions to equipment and facilities were made during the year despite the general gen-eral depression affecting all lines of business, including transportation, and despite the particularly Irvine COndl tlons confronting tho railroads Thus tho compnny showed Its desire lo re spond fully to current, traffcic requirements require-ments and t oantlcipate Increased demands de-mands for traui-portation service that returning prosperity will surely bring. CAR LOADING HEAVIER. The average carload for 1921 was 26.2 tons, surpassing not only the 1920 record of 25 G tons but beatinc, be company's previous high record of 25.8 toni- per car during the war year of 1918 when the U. S. railroad idinin-is' idinin-is' rat ion was in a posiilon to deal more or less arbitrarily with patrons who wero not Inclined to load cars heavily. The splendid carloadincr of 1921 demonstrates dem-onstrates a growing spirit of co-operation between ilie public and the company, com-pany, based upon a broader under standing of the problems tin? railroads face. Tons one mile of freight, cars and contents, amounted to 20,489.758,000. a decrease of 2.?. 1 1.176.000 or 10.3 per cent in comparison with 1920 Early in 1921 freight traffic was so light thai li was unusually difficult lo secure se-cure efficient train loading, yet. by continuous effort, there was built up for the year an average ralnload of 1565 tons compared With 1497 tons In ' tM 1920, an Increase of 1.5 per cent. v An Increase of 5 7 per cent In aver- age speed of Iralns was accomplished bj reducing delays on Uie line, and .lliis, together with the increased traln-lload. traln-lload. produced an increase In gross ton miles per train hour of 10.6 per y cenl which had a direct effect in re- V Iducln ,- thi various items of train costs While on ihe subject of freight traf- . 1 ; f ic it i- Interesting to note the great l y volume of agricultural products ship- 1 ped out of California in 1921 In splto 1 jof the heavy decrease In total tonnago handled. The Southern Pacific moved from the state last, year 90,600 car- Ik loads of citrus and deciduous fruits, Hk tables nd nir'ons which was 1".- s irs, or 20 pel cent more than It DA In 1920 In addition, 19,900 car- Jk hipped to local markets', Br an Incr issi ol i uo ca r or 85 per cent ' Seventeen hundred and fifty car- .loads of fuel oil. or 21,009,330 gallon.-, H irere saved bj the Pacific sysiem In I V 1921 over L920 on a 'on and car mile. bas In straighl rreighl and passen- k V r business. In other words, the rail- V did Ita 1921 work with a saving Jk 0 17."o carloads of oil compared with mk 1 ailar amount ol work done la mk H i if a total of 69.761 passenger trains handled over the Pacific system last A ' HKa imi Thlt bea the 1920 rec- ord 1 1 per ol on-time L rains, j 'HL a fine showing, espe- wr Clally considering ihe formidable op- ratine difficulties confronting us on Br man parts of the Pacific Bystem i a rhi company acquired 10,658,510 A4M i i : i j i : -ii t for ihe system last I jwM year. Sixty-one per cent of this was uAH built in company hops and include I- 'jHH 52 locomotives 2". IS freight ears. .12 miscellaneous ' units. In addition, there were also HaLI built in company Btyopjl 892 box cars 7Mi.ir.tj lor otn lines In Tex- Hl as and Louisiana. Our shop facilities VPI were extended or improved during the Bnlsilll year at Bayshore, San Urancisco, Rose- LirLfl ivillc. Sparks, Tucson anil Sncramenfo. WfiB In connection with the summing up HHI of new equipment, II Is well to note HiLI that since 1920 the Pacific Fruit Ex- HhiI press, owned jointly by the Southern, Hnl and Union Pacific, has expended ?16.- Hliiifl tot new equipment and Ifl toi Iclhg facilities. Il During 502 miles of track? I WM were completely ballasted and rein- IDI in 24 x mil.M of new sidings were 4Lfl constructed: 361 miles of new 90- Ul pound rail, 13 7 miles of manganese IiIiIbI 69 miles ol B cond hand rail jj ' I I wore laid. 2,650,000 new ties v. em HLI 'placed in track and 4.210.000 lie plates lilifl i tment of right ' s. 1H m, mm aong mm the items making up this sum are: H Enlarging and concrete lining Teha- H Chapi tunnels (completed in 1921), new H steel bridge over Williamette river at JH Albany, Ore., warehouse at San Fran- H elsco, Elk Rock. Ore, tunnel, store H ai Sacramento, additional fcrrj slip, Oakland pier, elimination 1 of tunnel between Cable and Marcel, jLnLLI Cat., and various other structures at H bore Sacramento. Portland. Los ('rove. Nogalea and |