Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-30

OF track for the United States, including al
tracks, sidings and spurs, is 9,060.67 miles.
Number OF Railway Corporations.
The number of railway corporations jun
80, 1880, was l,797. Ofthese 81 are elassed a
private roads, with a total mileage of 81
miles. Nine hundred and twenty-seven o
these corporations are operating companies
and 7S5 are subsidiary companies-that is tt
say. the mileage which they own is leased tt
other companies for the purpose of opera
ton Twenty-Five companies, representing 9
mileage of l,6i6 10 miles. have been reorgan
lied during the year, and 81 companies, rep
resenting a mileage of 1,905S7 miles. have
merged their corporate existence into Other
corpora tions. Fifty companies, represent
ing a mileage OF 6 1864 miles, have
been consolidated with other companies
Thus s, l0l.9l miles of line have, during the
year. disappeared as independent com
panies.
Forty railway corporations operate H..
s72.63 miles of line. 47.5l per cent of total
! mileage. The average length of line for
these 40 roads is nearly 2,G00 miles. There
are n companies in the United states whose
| gross Incomes is $751;, COO. out OF total
gross Income of all railways in the country
off1 81, ,68s: that is to say, "a railway cor,
| 9orations receive 80 per cent of the total
| amount p lid by the people in the United
states for railway service.
The totll number of locomotives in the
EJfnited States is 92S. of which 1854 are pas
! senglr locomotives and 16, l4o are ior freight.
I q his shows 10 freight locomotives and five
| passenger locomotives for each 100 miles of
operated line. The number of cars used on
| the railways of the United States is ], ,l64, ,13S
The number of cad per loo miles of line is
one mile per freight engine is 4,72l 1927, and
| the number of passengers carried one mile
per passenger engine is Ala, Hs. Figures of
| this sort measure the economy of transpor-
| tation by rail. The number of locomotives
| fitted with train brake is 20, 162. and the
number fitted with automatic couplers 955.
The number of cars fitted with train brake
Is l2S,s4l, and the number OF cars fitted with
automatic couplers is LA 1853. When COM
pared with the total number of locomotives
and cars it appears that much remains to be
done in the matter of train brakes and auto
matte couplers.
Many More Railroad Men EMPLOYED.
The total number of men employed on the
railways of the United States is 49,3O1, being
an increase of 45.55s over the number en-
pIoyed in 1889. The average number of men
employed per 100 miles of line on all roads is
476. In tie New England States the average
number per 100 miles of line is 49, in the
Middle States it is l.i67; in the States Of vir-
ginia. North Carolina, South Carolina and
part of West Virginia 1t is 1856: and in various
sections of the Western States the number
ranges. from 250 to 32S per 100 miles of line
These figures indicate the increased density
Of traffic in the Eastern and Middle States.
The l56, 4G4.O6 miles of line which is made
the basis of statistics in this report is repre-
sented by railway capital to the amount of
So i59 444 IT, which is equivalent to $50 4sI per
mile of line. Assuming that the remaining
total capitalization of railway property in
the United States would be So S94, ,4S3 400. The
increase in railway capital for the year end
previous wear is si44. .sss, les: Of this amount
$3.50 600 600 at least is due to increase in capi-
taization on lines already in existence. The
by stock is 81 per cent of the total railway
capital. The capitalization of railway prop
erty is largely in excess of its market value.
The number of passengers carried by the
railways of the United States during the
year was 492. 2.43O,S65. The number of pas
senger mies-that is to say, the aggregate
number Of miles travelled by all passengers
was l., ,S47, 1851 This shows an average
journey of 2406 miles per passenger. Pas
senGer train mileage for the same period
was 2S5, ,575, ,S04, showing the average number
of passengers carried in train to be Al.
Freight business for q Year.
The number of tons of freight carried by
the railroads of the United States during
the year was 636, AL, ,6I7; the number of tons
carried one mile was 76, ,207 O47 c9s. This
shows the average carried per ton to have
been ll9.4 miles. Freight train mileage was
4S5, 170,sl2, showing the average number of
tons per train to have been 174.05.
The revenue per passenger per mile of line
for all the railways in the United States was
2167 cents; the average cost of carrying one
passenger a mile was L9l7 cents. The reve-
was .941 cents; the cost of carrying q ton of
freight one mile was .6O4 cents. The revenue
from passenger train run one mile on all
railways in the United States was ST. OS O4I:
the cost of running passenger train one
mile was 80 94 cents. The revenue from a
freight train running one mile was ST. IS. 434;
the average cost Of 4, 111 running freight train
the margin from which railways must
secure their profit in the business of trslns-
porting passengers and freight. The revenue
differs greatly in the various sections of the
country. The lowest receipts per ton per
mile are in the States of Indiana, Michigan
and Ohio. The highest rate of revenue is
found on the Pacific slope, it being I65l
cents. The lowest receipts for carrying a
passenger one mile are found in the New
England States, being L912 cents. The high
est receipts for carrying a passenger one
mile are found in Louisiana. Texas and New
Mexico, being 2.5S3 cents. These figures rep
resent the average of charges, and not rates |
ticular trip.
Accidents on Railroads,
The total number of persons reported by |
railways as killed during the year was
6 ,32G, and the total number reported as in |
jured was 90 034. OF the total number killed |
were classed as "other persons" In these |
latter figures are included the large number |
of suicides. OF the total number in iured |
siSss Wsne sen employss s passengers be-
employees killed be assigned to the total |
number 1t appears that death occurs for |
every 306 men employed on the RAILWAYS and |
l injury occurs for every 33 men cmployed. |
The largest number of casualties occur to men
engaged directly in handling trains. Thus, |
while trainmen represent but Is per cent OF |
the total number OF employees, the casualties 1
sustained by them account for IS per cent of |
total casualties. A passenger riding contin-
uously at the rate of 30 miles per hour might |
expect immunity from death by railway Sc
cident for L70o years, but an engineer. a
brakeman or conductor, under the same
is liable to fatal accident at the
expiration of 40 years. The most common
accident to which railway employees are liza
BILE results from coupling and uncoupling
cars. The total number of casualties that
which 1863 were fatal -