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Southern Pacific reports improving railroad service and efficiency
General Manager J J Dyer notes better rail operations alongside the Sunset Limited and through tourist sleepers San Francisco to Washington. May July 1920 freight totals rose with 220.81 loaded cars at 254 tons average, up 14 tons from 1919, saving 43046 cars. Gross ton miles reached 668 705 000, up 575 905 000 from prior period.
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Jobo TH. Drum
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Good Railway Service Association of California
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