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Show TRAFFIC IS HLAVY I nielli la I Inline, Hut Piiku ugi r Klip riigluea lliiN). Passenger traffic over the Wi stern Patlflu la the luuvlcst It hua Imen since the road waa built, und during the milium r tluro will be n large iiiiin-tir iiiiin-tir of kpiclal train run lutweon Halt Itke Clt) und Han Francisco to cure for tho lieiiv) travel to the exposition ntiordln gto CM Ive), vice prruldvnl and gemrul munagtr of the Western I'uilflc Mr Iive) nttompanlcd b Arthlbnld (Iru), general freight ugeut of tho road, arrived In Halt tako Haturda) Hat-urda) on an Inspection trip Mr Ievr) said that while traffic wo Improving ever) da), kom nil condition were adverse ad-verse to hcicv) freight traffic und that the motive power of the road I kept working through the lieav) Imrrase In passenger truffle 'Condition are Improving und 1 look for luuv) freight truffle- In tho fall" said Mr !ive) "The freight trafflv I not so good u It wu last summer owing to general butdneit condition. The heuv) freight which moved ovtr tho trankconttmntul Hut from senloird to MeabourU I now going go-ing through tint Panama canal und thi railroad will be the auffererx from the vvuttr competition The canal hu tauevd the earning of railroad rail-road to deerciiHo und tho truffle department de-partment ure In u quiindary a to how to mtet tho tompttltlon It) water Tin long haul I what return revenue to rullrutid und with the canal running run-ning opposition to the rail transportation transporta-tion lines. It will be u serious problem to solve It may be that Increase In short haul rate will hnvo to be asked that the rullroada of tho countr) may be utile to meet their running expense ex-pense and Interest on their bonds" |