Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1890-08-19
UNCLE SANS RAILROADS
Reat able Statistics from the Interstate
Commerce Communication

NNAAatite commission
WASHINGTON. Aug. 19-The statisticiau
Of the Interstate commerce commission.
Mr Henry q Adams, has just completed
ms second annual report to the commits
SION, This report shows that the railway
property of the United States Is controlled
By i,sd5 organizations The number OF
men employed Is i04, SAB, showing that 45a
men are employed for every 100 miles Of
line, This shows greater efficiency than Is
attained on foreign roads. For example.
"a England there are 346, ,l25 men employed.
which gives Las men for every 100 miles
Of line The efficiency OF the men EN-.
ployed on American railways is shown by
tne fact that each engineer has carried what
Z eQ9IYasent 70 2214 .455 tons Of freight
aGa Mlie aud Sssr 863 passengers one mile.
he total number Of passengers carried by
raIl IN the United States was AZ, III ,Si3.
The total number OF tons Of freight car.
ried was 589,639 5S3; the average haul for
each toa q TIC va lgi.oo frnss, show.
ing ton mileage ot 9s, III. 20, il6
me table showing the equipment of rail
WAYS Is especially interesting II shows
290S6 locomotives, Of which s,079 are pas
senger and l5, lao are freight locomotives.
l,1Os passenger locomotives and S743
freight locomotives are fitted with auto
matte train brakes There are gGl JIG cars
used, OF which 25.065 are in the passenger
service and s54,O8l in the freight service:
$3.50 passenger cars and G6,513 freight
cars are fitted with automatic train brakes.
The statistics Of accidents show that
during the year covered by the report $40
passengers have been killed and ? l4e pas
sengers injured. This shows that one pas
spUUpp has haaf, Efifa1 ,r...,. eae q es,
passengers carried, and one passenger in
jured IN every 22O,O2i passengers carried.
The rate of mortality in England for the
year 1888 is one passenger killed for every
6,ai2, ,S36 carried, and one passenger injured
for every 527,577 carried. This discrepancy
may, perhaps, be explained by the fact
the number Of miles travelled per ticket is
IN this country much greater than in Eng
land, and also by the fact that English
railways are much better manned than in
this country
OF employees in the United States .972
have been killed and 20,02s injured during
the year The figures show that one death
occurs for every a57 employees and one in
jury for every 30 employees. Or il similar
statement be made for trainmen; that is 10
say, FOR engineers, iiremen, conductors and
other trainmen, one death occurs for III
employees and one injury for every IL men
employed.
The gross earnings OF the year exclusive
Of rental Of tracks, yards and terminals are
S964, SIG, 100, and the operating expenses ex-
elusive of rental OF tracks, yards and ter
minals are s6i4 1861 This leaves net in
come from operations Of $500, ,l09, ,42s. After
deductions are made for fixed charges the
final net income for all the roads in the
United States was $40, 1888, 1856, or sG6i per
mile of line. The report further shows
that the passenger earnings have increased
from 3O,46 per cent. Of total earnings IN
1888 to Bio per cent in 1899, while freight
earnings have decreased from 81. .S5 per
cent. in lSsS 10 e6. 81 per cent. ia 1880.