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The Missouri Pacific has been doing a fine freight business from this point for the past eight months according to a report by agent J. I. Wilkin. The raiload shipped out 550 loaded cars from Stockton during that time. Of this total number of cards 219 were loaded with corn, five of wheat, 86 with livestock, 175 of various grain, such as barley, oats, kaffir, sudan grass, milo, etc., and 65 cars of other merchandise. Only 235 loaded cars were received, being 25 cars of livestock, 52 cars of coal and 57 of oil and gasoline, and 101 loaded with lumber, machinery, automobiles, potatoes, flour and the like. A total of 1,054 locals cars were received—containing one small box from Woodston to almost carloads of merchandise. There were 413 cars localled out, usually loaded very light. The passenger business has not fared as well. The ticket sales are about $150.00 a month in excess of that of a year ago. Many Stockton folks going to Kansas City buy tickets as far as Downs and there buy for the Missouri point. This works a hardship on the local station, as only local sales are considered in deciding what service can be profitably supplied on any branch line.