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"PAGE TOUR CANADA'S RAILWAY TRAFFIC INCREASES Heavy Grain Movement is Chief Factor in Higher -- Ditawa, Aug. 1.--Railway sta- for the month of May "show increase in traffic of 24 per ~ cent over the corresponding period 'with the heavy grain. movement | the chief factor. In the Maritime Provinces, however, operating ex- penses increased and were reflect. ed in the operating deficit. According to the Bureau of Sta. tistics bulletin on the subject, gross revenues were the largest earned in May, exceeding those of May 1927 by $3,395,708 or 10.1 per cent, and net revenues were larger by $1,261,707. The number of employes increas ed by 7,039, or 3.9 per cent, and the pay roll was larger by $1,830,- 805, or 8.3 per cent. Freight train loading was heav- fer by 57.1 revene tons and rev- enues per train mile increased by 14 cents, Passenger trafic decreased by 3.6 per cent, and passenger train revenues per train mile decreased by 13 cents. For the five months, January- May, gross revenues were larger than in 1927 by $13,167,895, and FE net revenues increased by $4,746. On the Canadian National Rail ways, freight revenue increased by $1,145,618 or 9.3 per 'cent, for an increase of '18.7 per cent, in ton miles 'and passenger revenues de- creased by $26,343 or 1.1 per cent, for a decrease in passenger miles of 6.4 per cent. Total revenues were larger than in May 1927 by Hane or 6.9 per cent, and I by §403,26 relat ain loadir g was heav~ tor by 56,7 revenue tons and by 62.2 gross tons. The loaded cars per train 'increased by 1.7 and the empty cars decreased by 1. 2 Decrease Shown revenue Passenger train per train mile was lighter by 20 cents |- for a reduction in the number of passengers per train miles of 6.9, lalthough the average journey in- creased from 83.5 miles to 93.6 miles which indicates that the de- crease was in the short haul traffic. The New England lines had a larger operating deficit, but the other lines in the United States earned larger net revenues and the system net revenue (excluding the Eastern Lines) was larger by $322,- 796. For January-May the net operat- ing revenues of the Canadian lines were greater than in 1927 by $2,- 807,301, but on the United States lines there was a decrease of $99, 205, making the increase for the system, $2,708,096, Canadian National eastern lines produceed gross revenues larger than for May 1927 by $92,465 or 4.5 per cent, but operating ex- penses increased by $262,096 or 9.7 per cent, which increased the operating deficit by $159,631, Freight trafic was heavier ny 13.1 per cent and the reduction in the average receipt per ton mile was only 066 cent, or slight. ly over § per cent. Evidently the increase was in export frieght not affected by the rate reduction or in high class freight. For the five months gross rev- THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1928 "1 am told," will be of great value in the fellow men." says Major-General J. H. Ma of the Aviation League of Canada, "that Bell Tele are directing their attention to improving communication with aire ways and to aeroplanes in flight. Developments along such lines axtension of aviation. ¢ President one scientists commercial "The effort suggests to my mind the immense strides which wire and radio communication have made and how greatly Moder civilization is indebted, not only to the telephone scientists and engineers who evolve the apparatus, but to the great army of telephone operatives, male and female, who make it function throughout our waking and sleeping hours for the benefit of their. - the picture is shown the aeroplane now being used by Bell Telephone scientists in their experi- enues were less than in 1927 by $348,693 and the operating deficit was increased by $007,447, Canadian Pacific On the Canadian Pacific Ralil- way freight trafic showed the re- markable increase over that of May last year of 38.1 per cent and trafic of May 1927 was heavier than that of any previous May. Freight revenues increased by 2,- | 607,628 or 24.8 per cent ana to- tal revenues were larger by $2, a FN Ul SN FLOOR WAX FOR FLOORS "LINOLEUM Telephone Grover 7247 At Our Expense FURNITUKE STANDARD Co., Limited Manufacturers of GOOD RED STOCK BRICK AUTOMOBILES 500 Greenwood Ave, Toronto, Ont. 694,542 or 17.6 per cent, Operat- ing expenses were heavier hy $1, 588,053 and the net operating revenue increased by $1,105,588. There was an average of 80.8 more revenue tons of freight on each freight train and the earn- ings were increased by 31 cents per train mile. For the five months, gross rev- enues were larger than in 1927 by $7,008,601, net operating rev- enue increased by $3,154,166 and the operating income increased. by 11 $2,826,706. SIX AIR FORCE OFFICERS CARRY PILOT TO GRAVE Winnipeg, July 81.--Bix officers of the Royal Canadian. Air Force carried Ralph B, Brown, 25-year: old pilot cadet, to his last resting place at Elmwood Cemetery here yesterday. 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A first edl- tion of "The Dynasts" brought $1,250, and $1,150 was paid for the first edition of "Two in a Tower," another Hardy work, A first edition of Hardy's "The Woodlanders," was 'sold for $1, 075, and a first edition or wm "Satires of Circumstance" went for $1,025. The Westmoreland manuscript of the poems of John Donne was sold for $2,000. A. first edition presentation copy of Hardy's "Van- ity of Human Wishes," realized $1,100. Sir James M. Barrie's "Tommy and Grizel," a first edition, which sold for $1.50 on publication in 1900, was sold for $800. Dr. Sam- uel Johnson's poem "In Imitation of the Third Satires of Juvenal," a first edition, was purchased at $1,300, A presentation copy of Rnéyard Kipling's "Departmental Ditties," brought $350. The first edition of Edward Fitzgerald's translation of the "Rubaiyat of Omar Khay- yam' realized $1,600, John Keats' "Endymion," a first edition, brought $1,200, and $1,025 was paid for a copy of "The Ramblers," 2 magazine conducted by Dr. Jolin- son, MYSTERY IN HALLE CASE NOW CLEARED Autopsy Confirms the Jury's Verdict of Accidental German Transoceanic Flier is Seriously Ill Berlin, July 21--Baron von Huene- feld, transocean flier, who was oblig- ed to undergo an operation for appendicitis last night in West Sana- torium here, is in a very critical cone dition tonight, according to reports from the hospital. Though the operation was successful, and no complications are expected from that source, there is a grave question of whether the Baron's physical condi- tion is able to stand the shock. With two such men as Hoover and Smith in the lists the country, for once, cannot lose.--Argonaut. WESTERN CANADA VISIT 15 TONIC Sir Henry Thomton's Opin. ion of Trip to Prairie Provinces Winnipeg, July 31.--A visit to Western Canada is at any time a tonic, this time it is like taking a draught from the elixir of youth" stated Sir Henry Thorntom, presi- dent of the Canadian National Rail. ways, on his return to Winnipeg from an inspection of the com. pany"s lines in the West. He left for Montreal Saturday night. Farmers and business men were united in a feeling of genuine op- timism, Sir Henry said, and both were looking forward to the great est crop in the history of the West, In face of the promising outlook, preparations were being rushed by the company to handle the crop. Already more than 40,000 grain cars. have been assembled in the West, Sir Henry said, while ar rangements were being made to move approximately 25,000 harvest hands to the Prairies as soon as the farmers are ready to receive them, The head of the Canadian Na- tional Rallway system also predict. ed a tremendous development In the mining industry in Western Canada. "The problems of the West," he said, "are relatively simple of solution or adjustment. You are alive to your possibilities and you are particularly fortunate in having few limitations to recog- nize." BRITISH RADIOLOGIST LAUDS CANCER CURE London, Aug. 1.--Professor Peary, Royal Victoria radiologist, has just returned from Stockholm with high praise for the work of Professor Forstel and the wonder- ful demonstration of the latter's progress in the treatment of cane cer hy radiation. 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