Word: freighted
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Finance Minister started other reforms in motion: tax collecting is proceeding on strictly business lines to the embarrassment of big business men, freight charges were raised 2,000%, the postal telegraph and telephone services are all being put on a sound paying gold basis. On account of these reforms the cost of living advanced 192.2% last week with considerable damage to Herr Hilferding's popularity...
...rates this Winter along the lines suggested by the statesmen of the wheat belt, the railroads seem due to have unusual prosperity. During the last few years money has been freely placed in new equipment and maintenance of way, which has tended to lower operating costs. Moreover, the current freight car loadings continue even through the Summer slackness to run at almost record figures, with yet heavier traffic anticipated by everyone for the Fall. Thus far, too, the railroads have handled a tremendous year's business with ease and comparatively little congestion, despite the inferior condition of equipment caused...
...earnings, but from increased indebtedness. The railway mileage in this country is slightly less today than it was in 1915, although since the latter date the population of the United States has increased about 12%, and its volume of business probably even more. Also, the number of locomotives and freight cars has remained about the same, although their capacity has been increased somewhat through the adoption of more powerful locomotives and larger freight cars...
...electric freight locomotives will weigh 360 tons, and their sixteen driving axles will develop a normal capacity of 4,000 horsepower, and a maximum of 5,000 for an hour. Their maximum speed will be 45 miles an hour...
...system has now been in regular operation for several weeks on the Lewistown branch, after a year's preliminary trial. All freight and passenger trains have been controlled by it. Whether it will increase or decrease the carrying capacity of trackage is not yet known. The tests were conducted by A. H. Rudd, chief signal engineer of the company...