1 Includes $1,537 million of conditional sale agreements not included in amounts reported by SEC. Total equipment obligations included $3,721 million. Source: SEC Statistical Bulletin, and ICC annual report. TABLE 15.-Commercial intercity freight traffic in the United States* 1 Ton-miles of freight, express, and mail of class I, II, and III line-haul railways and electric railways. 2 Highway ton-miles include movements between cities and between rural areas and urban areas; rural-torural movements, city deliveries, and city movements to or from contiguous suburbs are omitted. Includes Canadian and overseas traffic on the Great Lakes. New coverage accounted for increases over the preceding year of 2.6 billion ton-miles in 1948, 4.3 billion in 1951, 6.4 billion in 1953, and 6.7 billion in 1954. Thus, the table indicates a greater increase in traffic on rivers and canals in recent years than has actually occurred. 'Preliminary. *Includes intercity freight traffic of private as well as contract and common carriers, except coastwise and intercoastal traffic. Source: Bureau of Railway Economics, AAR. TABLE 16.-Commercial intercity freight traffic in the United States, percentage 1 Ton-miles of freight, express, and mail of class I, II, and III line-haul railways and electric railways. 2 Highway ton-miles include movements between cities and between rural areas and urban areas; rural-torural movements, city deliveries, and city movements to or from contiguous suburbs are omitted. Includes Canadian and overseas traffic on the Great Lakes. New coverage accounted for increases over the preceding year of 2.6 billion ton-miles in 1948, 4.3 billion in 1951, 6.4 billion in 1953, and 6.7 billion in 1954. Thus, the table indicates a greater increase in traffic on rivers and canals in recent years than has actually occurred. 'Preliminary. Source: Percentages derived from preceding table. |