Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-02
SOME COMPARISONS - MUTUAL IN.
TERESTS.

As Illustrative of the differing condi-
tons surrounding railroading in the East
ern States of the Union and upon the Pa
citic coast, single class of citations, which
we compile from official exhibits, will be
appropriate, and may very well he pom
dered upon by the radical anti-railroad
people, who insist upon As low or lower,
rates in California for greater service than
are charged for less service in the East, al
though the mfavorable conditions there
are of the minima, precisely as the I'M
favorable conditions are of the maxima
upon this coast. Thus, take the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad for
the year 1881, road possessing every
natural advantage and every possible
artificial aid, with Its double triple
and quadruple steel tracks and splendid
equipment, and backed by the commerce
Of a section nowhere else equalled in its
volume or value, and fortified by 4 dense
population much given to travel In 1881
the New York Central operated 993.29
miles of road and carried 5000, 249 passen-
gers. But the Central Pacific, although
operating 2S74l0 miles of road, carried
diSproportionately but 1882, 500 paSsen-
gers. The New York road in that year
moved 1881, 379 tons of freight, while
the Central Pacific, over a mileage three
times as great, was given but 2,757, 1893
tons to move. Upon its 1913 miles of road
the New York lines total earnings were
$29, 322, So Is, while upon its 2.s74 miles
of road the California company'S total
earnings were S24,094, 100 %. The net
income, or earning of the Pacific road
was S9,5l4,672 So, while that of the
New York road was Sl2,SSS6l0 "a The
New York road traverSes section of
country, however, every mile of which,
from the tides of New York to the fresh
water of the great lakes, is under high
state of cultivation, and dotted with cities
and towns. The State was populated. ac-
cording to the census of 1880, with 5.0l6,-
OBJ people The New York road Is oper-
ated in a State where the population is
1881 to the square mile, while the popu-
iation to the square mile in California is
5.54. and in Nevada 0.57 The New York
road operated to 4 local clientage repre-
senting 1882 residences and l,01S,905
families. while the California roads local
clientage in California was l77 sos families
in l61 ,037 residences, and in Nevada
1888 families in 1857 residences. In
California there were engaged in agricult
ure 1896; in trade and transportation,
1892 and in manufactures, mechanics
and mining interests, 1882, whereas in
New York there were engaged in aericult-
ure 81, AGO persons; in trade and trans
portation 9,4l9; and in manufactures
and mechanics 629,S69 persons.
A" Business rates and profits depend upon
activity and extent of demand, is law of
trade applying to railroads as to all other
things, and the natural conditions out of
which these arise are therefore factors that
cannot be ignored The interests of the
California railroads are found in the in
crease of population, of families, of agri-
culturists, of trade of manufactures, and in
the cultivation and settling Of every desir
able region, and the fullest de-
velopment of all the resources
OF given section OF country.
Yet demagogues constantly seekto infame
the people against railroad corporations,
and antagonize these inseparable interests.