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RAILROADS MAKE
INCOME IN YEAR
OF $1,000,000,000
? .iul> and Auku^T Officials assert
that passenger receipts foi the icmain
;n?: three months probably will fall
belov those of September. but iionnal
increases In other ii'vlnues* aie e.v
:?e<t*d to compensate for this loss.
Notwithstanding the enormous volume
ot business handled and the resultant'
:iew high level in net income, oflicials
deelare that the ear-shortage situation
has seriously handicapped the roads in
recent months and that were it not
for this and the congestion in the
Has'. the roads would show Mill
greater revenues and Income
iti-:ci-:u*T> in sot tii
Th'* monthly receipts on South
ern loads, unlike those of East
ern and Western roads, remained
fairly stationary during the nine
cent between January and Septem
ber Is shown, as against a 1'.". per cent
increase for the entire country. High
water mark in siioes receipts of South
ern railways way reached in March,
when a total of Jit,776.uc: was
recorded. I?eceipt> from the carriage
of freight were the main source of
r? venue, with a total for the nine
months of Ji'Sil.tJia.4H?>. fatsenget i e ?
eoipts contributed $71,'J"C.1M7 to the
total of S::s0.a51.0S4.
The chief items of operating expense
for the nine months on Southern triads
weir; maintenance <j( way. $t7,"."?0. lul.
maintenance of equipment. ?*7u.ulM.2uu;
transportation. $ 113.9fn>.7 17 : tnitlic,
5.S.Rfi?t2;>S, miscellaneous operations*.
> 1.070.1 !?.">: general expenses. J:?.7.".v'.
tltiO. The total operating expenses for
the nine months' period were I.'.'SS.
!<1 ?!. These figures include onlv roads
having an annual income of more than
$ 1,000.0(10.
