With freight car loadings still at record levels, almost all eastern roads are showing very encouraging earnings. The B. & 0. in September gained $6,643,104 over the same month last year in net operating income, which for the first nine months of 1923 has averaged 16.4% on the common stock.
Even the New Haven has felt the prosperous times; for the first nine months of this year its net amounts to 80% of its fixed charges, against 77% for the first eight months.
Atchison provided one of the disappointing September statements; its net operating...
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