The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-17

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listing the ffmaIndaf ri iii nfst mnfiftF
bonds not nH ihe Stock exchange. amount
luf 40 tlt 1p01. The ermpang states /
hts ihus itr ~ peudad SIS 1900 Tor egulp
msni, 0ir between WauteeFsn aud liui
hll,
Asihe result Of Tho failure 10 reach ~
I RffesmOut lev fsfnfd ~ tho payment o
commissions an through passenger bnsl
ness from thu ssaboarl to Missouri rive
points, ho' Nosn Commissioner Plefs0n aud
the Missouri river lines, war has been de.
/ clArtd by thu Chicago 4 Alton and ROCh
| Island roads ON passenger rates east.bound
| These roads give notice that tomorrow
| morning they will begin selling ticket.
| from kansas CITY 20 New York 40 the same
/ rate 40 was made by COMMISSIONS PieTson
| inr the other Missouri river roads from
Now York 20 Kansas CITY, which IA cut
| ui 6 1u ir5l-elas8 rates. The connections
I have been notified - make the same rate.
I How iar the war Will DO carried by the dit
iefsut interests remains 10 be- seen,
Tile report 1l The commissioners OF rail
Ways SHOW steady growth IN she mileage
and 800 the buslueFs of The railways otOhio,
There were, June so 1878. GOO miles OF
railway ia the state az increase over Tho
number Of miles OF the preceding year of
Tbe capital stock Of these railways repre-
senis value OF $3.50 as, 37J II, On Increase
" 40 per cent,
Tine capital stock and debt makes he sum
Of Si7S O5l $50 10, shoWlnga decline In the
Indebtedness of 055 per cent.
Tho business OF this year was an advance
%! the preceding In the number Of rlssUn.
gers, ~ per cent; n.the passenger mile
age, 2.0l per cent; in the tonnage, OF per
cont; in ton.mileage, i.04 per cent. Tha
average rate per passenger per mile was
2.iUJ ceuts an advance over the former
years rats Of SO per cent. The average
rate per ton per mile upon freight, SIS
cents, an advance in the rate OF "A per
cent.
The gross earnings of the year were $40.
OlO,5 500 20, an increase OF 002 per cent. The
net earnings were $1,000, 2l3 81, an Increase
of is % per cent, making 3.42 upon the to-
tal amount OF stock and debs
The operating expenses OF the year were
S33 81 ,-D2 50, an Hdgance OF i,Gl per cent.
Those operating expenses were b7.2S per
cont. OF gross earnings.
SlEty-eiglJ per cent, of the railways Of
Ohio aTc now laid with steel rails.
There Gr1 3S,I23 men employed upon
these roads, GA average Of IL mea to the
mile.
Since 1869 ,he mileage Of Ohio railways
has increased lO7 per cent, the number Of
locomotives 10 pr cent, and tho number
Of cara i56 per cent. The number Of cars TO
each LOCOMOTIVES In 1869 was 10; now they
number 81. 10 will be seen that the i'm.
pr1yement in permanent way, by the lay.
ing OF steel rails and substantial ballast and
superior motive power, has increased the
carrying capacity OF railways 1876 per cent.
without considering the superior capacity
OF many Of the cars and the greater speed OF
transportation Of the present time.
During this period Of increasing facilities
&. I'D u Ilt
increasing production of the country there
has been nm almost constant decline in the
rate charged per ton per mile for transDor-
tatiOn. In considering the tonnage Of the
railways within Ohio alone and the decline
in the rate per ton, it is found that there
has been saved to the producer ard con-
sumner since 1869 to the present time sum
OF money exceeding by over $50 100000 all
the taxes paid by the people o. the state du-
ring the same period. BY this II will be
seen that. Notwithstanding the annoying
discrimination now and then by the rail-
way authorities in their rates. there has
boon saved 10 the people the almost meal
caculabe sum Of over Sl3S, OGJ 600 by the
decline in railway rates.
Upon these railways there have been
killed during the past year 372, and injured
05l persons. OF those killed I5i. over Al
per cent were railway employees. OF those
injured, CSC were employees. OF these en-
ployes that were injured, 345, or so per
cent, and the II that were killed, were in
the act of coupling cars. There 1850 brake.
men In Ohio. From this it appears that
one brakeman in every eight suffer yearly
by personal injury while In the act of coup.
ling cars, and many Others suffer death.
This great suffering by this class Of bold
and hardy laborers urge upon the railway
management the great necessity OF securing
some means for their alienation.
The many accidents in Ohio during the
past year by reason of misplaced switch
is a matter tor serious consideration. Forty
of these have occurred during this time,
and have been accompanied at times with
terrible fatalities. 1t is believed that if rail-
road switches opening into the main track
were so constructed that in the act OF Open
Ing the switch should move signal OF dam
ger at point sufficiently far out upon the
main track to enable the engine driver To
come to timely stop, there would be IL
great relief OF railway travellers from this
constant danger.
The annual inspection of the railways has
been made by competent engiDeerf, auf
they have generally been found in greatly
advanced condition.
The inclined railway planes Of Cincinnati,
concerning the safety OF which there has
been at times great fear by the multitudes
that daily pass over them, have been exam.
ined by an expert mechanical engineer.
under direction of the commissioner Of
railways, who found the appliances of such
substantial construction and the means Tor
SAT, ty 80 carefully considered that he re
ports tnat the passenger there ID less likely
to meet with an accident than in ordinary
railway travel.