The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-10-24

week.
There are 26,S75 employees Of the New
York Central railroad system, and the
aggregate amount OF their compensation
last year was SI66S4. ASS The sixty-two
general officers draw $4,000 in salaries, an
average OF S6,337.
The railways into New York did an i'm
mense business during the Columbian fes-
tlvities last week. The number of persons
who passed through the Grand Central sta
tlon at torty-secOnd street during the three
days Is estimated at oJO,UJO and the Penn
sylvanla railroad brought in during
wednesday 5000 passengers-6O per cent.
more than their usual traffic. The elevated
railways had en- extraordinary traffic, car
rying 40, 600 persons Monday, SOl, 900 Tues
day aud LOIS, 537 Wednesday, and running
IO,OOO trains in the three days.
Red, green and other colored lights have
probably almost served out their time as
railroad signals. The flyers by rail may
soon be past all danger from sudden color
blindness in the locomotive cab. /. Newton
Fierce OF Folcrsft, on the Philadelphia,
wilmington and Baltimore railroad, has in
vented new signal with white lights only,
set at such angles and in such combinations
as TO show unerringy the condition of the
track ahead. The Pennsylvania and Baltl-
more and Ohio railroads have been investi-
eating with view Of adopting the new
lights.
The growth of the Pullman sleeping car
business continues to be phenomenal, not
outstanding the increase of competition.
The Pullman company now owns and control
@,<oS cars, including 2j4 tourist or second
class cars, which earned last year IS ,06l .0Sl.
Indicates ou anv-r .fv,rro Of Z q
year for each car-palstisl sleeper, parlor,
dining, special ami second class, active or
idle, on the road or IN shop; so that 1t is
plain that the actual earnings Of a large
number or the cars must have been very
far above this high average and approach
toward the total cost Of the cars each year
The opera ting expenses including mainte-
nance Of interior furnishings Of cars. legal
expenses, general taxes and insurance
amounted last year to So. 438, 1862, or about
~ per cent. of the earnings.
The gross earnings for the first nine
months of 1892 of 135 roads, as reported by
the Financial Chronicle, were S317, 109,-
633, an increase, compared with last year, of
So, o9l $3.50, or over per cent. Deductiug
l2,65S miles Of those roads belonging 10
Canadian and Mexican companies. it appears
that the table covers about $4,000 miles In
the United States or less than half our
mileage. Many of the largest companies
are not included in the statement, but as far
as it goes it shows an increase OF earnings
considerably greater than would be expected
from the Increase in mileage or the 1876
companies named 96 show a gain; but
forty of them have suffered loss-an uu-
usually large number. Much the largest
gain was made by the Chicago, Milwaukee
and st. Paul, amounting to 50 ,238, $50, the
other companies increasing over a million
being as follows: Atkinson, Topeka and
Santa Fe system 81, 243, O5l, Great Northern
81 726, 769, Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain $1.671 900 Chicago Rock Island
and Pacific 81, 403,0l6, New York Central
81 1893, l72, Louisville and Nashville 81, 49,
400. The heaviest decrease was made by the
Mexican railway Vera Cruz line) S773, 412
the Texas Pacific coming naxt with a fall
ing off Of 1878, 424, and the South Carolina
decreasing $24l sos.