The daily critic., 1890-11-08
RAILROADS or THE UNITED
STATES

w .NI. IN' lh". ~. N..H ANN|s Hs I"H|.
RAILROADS or THE UNITED
STATES.
Mr. IlENm e. ADAMS. sa,isiiciau 90
tlc Interstate Commerce Commission.
has submitted his second annual re-
port Oh The statistics Of railways in the
United States IL comprises a volume
Of nearly 600 pages. most Of whicn are
occupied with explanatory and stausu.
cuiablts.
Among the interesting facts contained
go The report we CLEAN the following
The railway mileage iu the Uuitel States
ON June 3d. 1889, was 151,tjS. SO miles.
In the year there had been brought into
operation 9 SIS 60 Included in the
mileage reported are 40, GOO bridges, Of
which S.lSj are of stone, I 1 s3s Of iron,
aud 3j3j Of wood aod iron combined.
Also Gao tunnels, with an aggregate
length Of Cos .O12 feet Railroad irestles
number llI25l, with an aggregate
length cf 2G,6l5.siI feet.
Illinois has the largest number Of
miles Of road, 8. .920. 4s. Of any State,
and Rhode Island the fewcst, 2IlC3
though Delaware Is good second, wi h
30j.C9 The State with the sec nd
largest number Of miles Of railroad IS
Kansas, with s,1iO.Ol The only other
States which reach the 5000 mark are
Texas. with S.3i1si; Iowa, with
s,32OS0. and Pennsylvania, with
s,3II -. New York has only 5Gsl.li.
less even than Ohio, which hts
55g7lj.
The number Of passengers carried by
The railways of the Uni'ei States dur.
i,H the year 10 question was i15, III. .3I3,
aud they travelled an aggregate Of H..
1j3, $50. iij miles The avera 90 ilur.
rcy per passenger was "a A. miles. Thl
miles lraversed by the passenger trains
for the period referred 10 were pa 2iO,-
sOi, the average number Of passengers
in a train being A.
From these figures # Is seen that If
the total passenger mileage OF the year
were divided equally among the luha5i-
tants Of the United States, each one
would have travelled 1858 miles.
There Is no doubt but the people Of
The United States make a greater use Of
railroad facilities than the people OF any
other country.
Mr.. ADAMS has done his work intrll-
gently ana well, and his report will De
found extremely useful to all interested
in railroad matters in any way.
The UTICA az. " Obssrrer takes
pleasure In jumping on Speaker REED
now he Is down, II enquiries exuIt-
ingly THOMAS B. REED, Speaker Of
the House Of Representatives, are YOU
listening Aud then II adds III
so what DO you think Of your
political influence in the State Of New
York You opened the campaign in
the city Of Utica The Oneida. Lewis
distinct has elected Henry W. BENT
IEY, a Democrat to Congress 10 sue
cesd a Republican. You next spoke
IN Rochester. The Monroe district
has elected HERBERT s GREESLEAF,
Democrat, 10 succeed a Republican.
You next delivered an address In Buf-
falo. The Buffalo district has elected
DAKIEL n LOCKWOOD, Democrat, TO
Congress 10 succeed a Republican.
Your only remaining speech IN this |
State was made in Litlle Falls Saturday /
Ii-it last The HeTkimer Otseg0 /
schoharie district elected GEORGE " |
VAS HORN lior the long term, and |
JnHN s PNDEE tlor the short term, O |
s4le. ed a deceased Republican. Thus |
youF four speeches, Speaker RsEp. re-
sulrtd 10 Democratic gains of Con |
E'essm-u 20 4ll of the four districts IN /
" hich tuey were uttered
Two BOOKS. the work Of EUGENE |
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city One Of these is called By the /
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The remarkable versatility Of the author /
ss writer Of prose aud poetry. The T.
setting Of the two volumes. If We
may So designate The printing. binding,
paper ETC., is In keeping with their con-
tents and viii prove a magnet 10 the .
eye II The genuine book lover They
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THE New IoHE Tr5H has al last /
discovered that the next House wiII be I.
tremendously Democratic Irs d1- .
urls make The House stand 223 DsmJ- I.
Gratis "a Republicans aud Farmers
Alliance The Democratic plurality
accordiUE 10 these figures is l35 AMI
majority over am l2T This is c0u5il-
eu5ly different from lie Ir1aasf an
u1uuctmeut last "Wednesday tlat lla
House would have a Republican ml- +
jadty Of two.
IHE APPOINTMENT 1l III. II BEy F..
eoUeH as pension agent az Piusburg Is .
he first backset QUAE has received at /
he hands Of tie Administrator Alr /
BSe0UGH vas Congressman Dali .
zELL candidate f0r lhe place. Il, Is /.
he first recognition be has received f
Heretofore QUAEs meu have received T
ali fEa uT4raz Haraaffar rHav usfT rrf /