| 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | |||||
| Cars | % | Cars | % | Cars | % | Cars | % | |
| ————— | ————— | ————— | ————— | |||||
| C.N.R. | 27,334 | 31.3 | 26,771 | 31.7 | 33,101 | 27.4 | 52,924 | 36.2 |
| G.T.R. | 11,044 | 12.6 | 12,511 | 14.8 | 12,238 | 10.1 | 19,226 | 13.2 |
| ————— | ————— | ————— | ————— | |||||
| Total | 38,378 | 43.9 | 39,282 | 46.5 | 45,339 | 37.5 | 72,150 | 49.4 |
| C.P. | 48,491 | 55.4 | 44,799 | 53.0 | 75,375 | 62.4 | 73,219 | 50.1 |
| G.N. | 677 | .7 | 455 | .5 | 146 | .1 | 690 | .5 |
| ————— | ————— | —————– | —————– | |||||
| Total | 87,546 | 100 | 84,536 | 100 | 120,860 | 100 | 146,059 | 100 |
From the foregoing it will be noted that a total of 72,150 cars have been handled by the National Railways—September 1st, to December 31st, of this last season’s crop—in contrast with:—
| 1920 | 45,339 | cars | equal | to | 59.1% | increase |
| 1919 | 39,282 | ” | ” | ” | 83.7% | ” |
| 1918 | 38,378 | ” | ” | ” | 88% | ” |
A new movement of grain took place in 1920, of some 600,000 bushels of wheat from Alberta points to Vancouver, for export via steamships using the Panama Canal route to Great Britain. A substantial increase is shown this present season, and will possibly total close to three million bushels by both railways; the National Railways are handling considerably more than 50 per cent. of this quantity. To December 29th we had delivered at Vancouver 754 cars and on the same date had 1,114 cars in transit and were making deliveries in Vancouver as rapidly as the grain could be handled by the Government elevator at that port.[3]
The easy grades of the National lines through the mountains are favorable to such a movement. The grain this season is going forward to Japan as well as to U.K. ports.
In the last crop year the Canadian National Railways also handled approximately 50 per cent. of the grain moved East, all rail, from the head of the lakes to Eastern Canada and the eastern seaboard—thus indicating the ability of the railway to participate fully in this competitive movement.
LIVE STOCK:—The Canadian National Railways are also actively participating in the competitive movement of live stock traffic from Winnipeg and West as illustrated by the following:—
| To Eastern Canada and United States | To United States via Emerson | |||||
| Number of Cars | Number of Cars | |||||
| Total | Via | Via | Total | Via | Via | |
| Years | All Lines | C.N.R. | C.N.R. | All Lines | C.N.R. | C.N.R. |
| 1919 | 3,274 | 974 | 30% | 5,476 | 739 | 13.5% |
| 1920 | 5,235 | 2,404 | 46% | 3,182 | 1,496 | 47.0% |
| 1921 | 2,983 | 2,027 | 68% | 1,559 | 758 | 48.6% |
This very favorable showing is largely due to rapid transit, excellent transportation arrangements and recognition by the shipper of the efficiency and quality of our service.