The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-08-09
RAIL AND CROSsTIE

The liabilities Of the railway system of
this country are Sl0. 200, 900, OOj. They paid
out In dividends ST. 90, OOO. 900 last year.
They carry annually 500. OO0 600 passengers,
with very small percentage of accidents.
They have increased their facilities az a rate
OK one-thlrd greater than the increase Of
| popu alton. More than ons-teuth Of tho
entire population Of the country live directly
or indirectly By railroads
The largest single excursion ever run In
this country was started from Cincinnati
and Columbus last week for Niagara Falls.
Inc excursion consisted of seven trains,
| with an aggregate of seventy-six cars
thirty-seven coaches, thirty-six sleepers and
three baggage cars. BY actual count the
excursionists numbered 1888. The entire
/ mum Der OF q aims went through on time and
without hitch distance Of 4l4 miles.
The South Carolina board of railroad
commissioners have just issued their tabu-
'ated statement. showing the earnings Of the
railroads of the state for June as O impaired
with their earnings for the same month last
year. OF the thirty-three roads included
In the statement twenty-four show a gross
| Increase of $50, $40 81, and five of the re-
naming roads show decrease of IS. 202 2C.
This makes the net increase SAT CAT II, or
1913 per cent. OF the roads showing an in
crease the Northeastern heads the list In
amount with IS. 63S IA or %. So per cent.
LAG w OOIQulDid dlu
shows an increase of S6.323, or 1874
per cent; the Atlanta and Charlotte
Air Line s6,563 10. or ga per cent. the
Columbia and Greenville 81, SSS so. or Is. so
per cent. the South Carolina IS, 216 Is, or
o. 81 per cent. the Port Royal and Western
Carolina 50. 232 10, or 1S47 per cent. the
Spartanburg, Union and Columbia
81. O22 40, or i494 per cent the Charlotte.
Columbia and Augusta $2,070 40, or 4Ss
per cent The roads of the Richmond and
Danvlle system taken together show an
increase Of $40, S9S So, or S.55 per cent. The
total passenger earnings for the month COM
pared with the same month in 1889 is as
follows: June, 1889, $156, $40 10; June. 1890,
Sl97, $50 6S; increase, S36, 1858 II, or 2357l
per cent The freight earnings were; June.
1889, S253, 279 35; June, 1890, 1896, 430 O5;
increase, SO, l54, or 2.43 per cent.
Railway accident statistics from Great
Britain show good deal of similarity IN
cause and effect to those occurring on
American roads, which we are sometimes
disposed to think make worse record for
railway management than those of any
other country. On British roads, for the
three months ending March 81. there were
30 collisions causing deaths and 100 cases
OF injury, 9 derailments, failures of ma
chlnery, ISL failures of tires, "A failures of
a1les and failures of couplings, these also
causing a number of deaths and in
Juries. Accidents to trains caused the
death OF persons and injury to 105, and by
other than train accidents 100 passengers
were killed and 2lO injured-a very serious
record. Some Of the causes of accidents
will seem in this country peculiar. Thus 1Ol
were injured by falling on platforms, etc. -
81 were injured ''by the closing of carriage
doors, popularity of the compartment
car system which is evidently not an agree
able one, and were killed and 8 injured
by falling out of carriages during the
travelling of trainsn which is also to be
| credited to the side door plan, in distinc-
| ton from our end door and continuous
platform arrangement. A large uumbsr of
| employees and others were killed and in
| 1ured oy various accidents not directly con-
| nected with the operations of trains, as for
instance in handling freight and working
on the hne. The total number Of personal
| accidents reported by the several railway
companies for the year shows 262 persons
killed and 2,627 injured.
Ia respect to care for their disabled and
superannuated employees and their families
the railways of this country are still far be-
| hind those of Great Britain and most other
European countries. The Railway Benevo-
lent Institution of Great Britain, which
recently celebrated its thirty-second ami
versary, is one of the mediums through
| which great good is being done to the rail
1
sided over by the Marquis of Tweedale,
chairman OF the North British railway
| company, and the chairman and gen
| eral managers and other officials
Of several other railway companies and
numerous other prominent men were pres
emit From the last annual report of the
board 1t appears that the receipts of the in
stitution amounted to 246 ole, or nearly
S23O,OOO for the year, including q repeti-
| ton by the queen of "her munificent dona-
ton of ESQ.," The annual dinner resulted
in the collection of 9S, 800 for the worthy
cause. The present number of pensioners
is 656 and 100 officers children are being
educated in private schools and 246 servants
children at the orpbanage at Derby. The
| number of subscribers to the casualty fund
this year is 95, 5S3, an increase Of 500 over
last year. Besides The pensioners and
children supported at schools there are
nearly 100000 members of the casualty
| fund, from which about 70 cases of acct
dental injury or death are investigated or
| assisted every week. The funds of the
| society, which now amount to very large
sum, are invested in the names of three
noblemen, chairmen of leading railway
| companies, and defalcations and misappro-
priations do not deplete them. The Rail-
way Servants Orphanags is another phi
lanthrophy which at the present time is
supporting $40 orphan children, feeding,
clothing and educating them at cost of
el5 4s about $75) per year. The South
eastern and Metropolitan railway COM
panies support "Provident Savings Bank
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| NEW ORIEANS Eeh 81 1898 Tb;s :. g.