Ontario Sessional Papers, 1920, . e-opened, and is now a com-mercial telegraph office. The following is a statement of commercial telegraph, telephone, and cablebusiness handled:— Local messages handled 40 989 Conjoint messages handled 87,113 Total 128,102 Cable messages sent 410 Cable messages received 161 Total 571 Cable words sent 7,010 Cable words received 2,249 Total 9,259 Telephone calls handled 66,519 1920 XOIJTHEKX OXTAKIO ItAILWAY COMMISSIOX. •io The following is a summary of the mileage of telegraph and telephone wirein operation, October 31st:— Kind. Gauge. Iron No. 8
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1920, . e-opened, and is now a com-mercial telegraph office. The following is a statement of commercial telegraph, telephone, and cablebusiness handled:— Local messages handled 40 989 Conjoint messages handled 87,113 Total 128,102 Cable messages sent 410 Cable messages received 161 Total 571 Cable words sent 7,010 Cable words received 2,249 Total 9,259 Telephone calls handled 66,519 1920 XOIJTHEKX OXTAKIO ItAILWAY COMMISSIOX. •io The following is a summary of the mileage of telegraph and telephone wirein operation, October 31st:— Kind. Gauge. Iron No. 8 Iron No. 12 Iron No. 12 Copper . ...\o. 9 B. & S Telephone Train Despatching Copper No. 10 Long Distance Telephone .... Copper No. 12 B. & S. ... .Long Distance Telephone Use. Telegraph Long Distance Telephone Local Exchange and Party Line. Style B. ,68417727457488( Pair Local Exchange 45,000 ft. Total W^ire MileageTotal Pole Mileage 3,823341 4G THE REPORT OF THE TEMISKAMIXG AND No. 48. 1920 NORTHEBX OXTARIO RAILWAY COMMISSIOX. GENERAL FREIGHT AND PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Annual Report Year Ending October~31st, 1919 Comparison of freight tonnage handled and gross freight receipts for thefiscal year ended October 3Lst, 1919, as against the year previous, shows thefollowing result:— Tonnage, 1919 1,068,775 Revenue $2,036,274 38 Tonnage, 1918 1,233,510 Revenue ,054 80 Decrease 164,735 Increase $99,219 58 The increase in revenue in face of the decrease in tonnage is accounted forby a large decrease in the tonnage of grain and grain products handled and auincrease in the volume of other higher revenue paying freight; also, the factthat whereas the so-called 25 per cent, increase in rates as allowed under Order-m-Council 1863 was effective only from August 12tli, 1918, in the fiscalyear ending October 31st,1918, it is reflected for the entire fiscal year endingOctober 31st, 1919. The movement of through traffic between the east an
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