The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1876-06-02

Germany at present leads European
countries in the mileage If its railroads.
Great Britain held first place at the be
ginning of 1879, but during the year
Germany opened one Thousand four hun
drcd and ninety-three miles of road.
against two hundred ard fifty in Great
Britain. France opened five Rundred
and seventy-three miles of road Austria
four hundred and sixty-seven; Sweden,
four hundred and six; Switzerland, two
hundred and eighty-three; Italy, one
hundred and niRety-siXS Denmark, one
hundred and thirty; Russia, eighty-one;
Portugal, sixty nine, and Belgium sixty
two. The total mileage in the principal
European countries i as follows: Ger
many, seventeen thousand three hun
bred and seveny-two; Great Britain,
sixteen thousand six hundred and ninety
nine; France, thirteen thousand four
hundred and fourteen; Russia, eleven
thousand five hundred and twenty !;
Austria, ten thousand seven hundred and
ninety-tw0; Italy four thousand seven
hundred and seventy seven; SPAN, three
thousand six hundred and two; Sweden,
two thousand four hundred and sixty
five; Belgium, two thousand one hun
dred and sixtySeven, Switzerland one
thousand two hundred and ninety-threc;
Holland, one Thousand and eleven. In
proportion TO area, Belgium has the
greatest railway mileage of any country
in the world. Great Britain stands next
in order, and in proportion to her popu-
lation stands first III the scale. Russia,
in proportion to her immense area, has
the least railroad development Of any
European country. Forty-eight and one
half per cent of the railroad mileage Of
the world is in Europe.
OF the mileage in Asia, six thousand
four hundred aud eighty-nine miles, or
more than four-ifths Of the whole, are III
HindoOstan six hundred and twenty
three in Russia in Asia two hundred and
torty-nine in Asia Minor, one hundred
and sixty-two in Java and thirty-eight
in Japan. OF the one thousand four hun
dred and fifty-one miles in Africa, nine
hundred and fifty. are in Egypt, three
hundred and tbrty-thrce in Algiers,
thirty-seven in 1unis, siXty-tive in Cape
Colony and sixty-six in Mauritius. OF
the three thousand seven hundred and
one miles in South America, nine hun
bred and eiEhtEseven are in the Argen-
tine Republic, nine hundred and sixty
two in Peru, eight hundred and thirty
one in Brazil, SIX hundred and eighteen
in Chill, one hundred and ninety in
Uruguay, sixty in British Guiana, forty
five in Paraguay and eight in Venezuela
OF the mileage in Australasia, five hun
dred and sixty.three are in Victoria, four
hundred and five in New South Wales,
two hundred and sixty-three in Queens
land, two hundred and thirty-eight in
New Zealand, one hundred and nine
ty-six in South Australia, forty
five in Tasmania, forty in West
Australia and two in Tahiti. In the
aggregate in Asia, Africa, South Amer
lea and Australasia, the number of
miles of railroad is fourteen thousand
five hundred and forty-seven less
than eight per cent. of the mileage in
the world, less than one-fifth of tie num-
Der of miles in the United States, and
less than there are in Great Britain and
Ireland, with an area of only one hun
dred and twenty-five thousand square
miles.
North America has forty-three and
one-third per cent. OF the total mileage
of the world, and the United States
alone forty and one-haif per cent. The
number of Mills in the United States is
seventy-four thousand one hundred and |
eighty-three in Canada, four thousand |
eight hundred and thirty-seven, and in |
Mexico, three hundred and seventy-sev- |
en-. There were constructed in the |
United States, in 1875, one thousand five |
hundred and forty-fve miles. This is |
more than was constructed in any other |
country, though when the area is taken
into consideration the progress was not |
near 50 great as that in Germany, and |
less than that in number of other coun-
tries. OF the five hundred and fiity-nine
miles of road in Central America and the |
West Indies, four hundred are in Cuba, |
fifty-six in Honduras, forty-seven in
Colombia, twenty-nine in Costa Rica and
twentv-seven in jamaica.