Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1892-12-13
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WAelrIaGToN. Dec. 13.-The fourth
statistical report OF the interstate com
merce commission, prepared by its
statistician, Mr. Case, which has just
been submitted, gives q complete epit
ONE Of railroad progress in the United
States for tho period covered.
Railway mileage in The United States
on June 30, 1891, mot counting double
tracks, was 1853, 402. ii miles. Connect.
cut had to every one hundred square
miles Of territory over twenty miles OF
track; Delaware, sixtsen miles; Illinois,
| eighteen miles; Iowa, fifteen miles
Massachusetts,, twenty-five miles; New
Jersey, twenty-seyen miles; New York
sixteen miles; Ohio, nineteen miles
| Pennsylvania, twenty-five miles.
The only countries in Europe which
| have an excess Of ten miles per one hun.
| dred square miles OF territory are Ger.
many, with twelve miles; Great Britain,
with sixteen miles; France, with eleven
miles; Belgium, with twenty eight
miles; Holland, with thirteen miles, and
Switzerland with twelve miles. Nc
country i'll Europe. Sweden alone ex-
cepted, has ten miles of line per 10000
| inhabitants; while in this country but
two states have less than ten miles OF
railway per 10000 inhabitants.
| Increase in Mileage.
The increase in railway mileage dur
ing the year was 4,905 miles. This is
less than the average for several years
past The greatest activity in railway
| building seems to have been in the states
lying south of the Ohio and east of the
| Mississippi.
There were 1,7S5 railway corporations,
of which SS9 were Independent compan-
les for the purpose OF operation and TAT
were subsidiary companies, the remain
der being private lines. There were. AZ
companies each of which controlled a
mileage in excess OF 1000 miles and
nearly one-half Of the mileage of the
country is the property of these AZ COM
| panies.
The total number of locomotives used
| by the railways was b., 13o, showing an
increase Of 500 during the year, and
| the total number of cars, the property
| of railways, was 1,215,611, showing an
increase of 1884 during the year.
NTen Employed.
The number OF men employed on
railways in the United States during
| the year covered by the report was 784,-
| 1855, being an increase of "a, 1884.
The extent to which organized indus
| try has increased the efficiency of labor
is shown by the fact that every engineer
during the year has on an average car
ried 36S,017 passengers one mile and
2,329, $50 tons of freight one mile.
Big Money Invested.
The total capitalization of the rail
ways of the United States was SO $780,
475,015, or $60,942 per mile of line.
This shows an increase in outstanding
capital of $500 per mile Of line as com
pared with the previous years report.
Equipment trust obligations have in
creased from $40, 1925 to $54, 755, 1871.
A few years ago the opinion prevailed
among railway men that the leasing Of
equipment by railway companies was
fast disappearing. This opinion is not
supported by the facts.
Earnings.
The gross earning from operation
during the year We're $1,O96, 761 1895, or
S6,S0l per milo. Operating expenses
We're S73l, SS1 1913, or S4, 53S per mile of
line, leaving a net income from opera
ton OF 1864, S73, SOP or S2,263 per mile
of line. The net income per mile OF
line was less than the income of the
previous year by S3l
The number of passengers carried
during the year was 531, 1S3,0SS. The
number OF ions Of freight carried was
675, Cos, 1928 The total number of miles
run by passenger t.ains was 307 1927 1928,
and the number of miles run by freight
trains was 4iG.2H,5OS The average
journey per passenger was "A. IL miles
and the average haul per ton of freight
was 1870 miles.
The average number Of passengers in
train waa torty-two, and the average
number Of tons OF freight in train was
1871. The average revenue per passen-
ger per mile was 2.142 cents, and the
average revenue per ton per mile was
1915 cents. The average revenue
per train mile, passenger trains, was
81 .0G. and the average revenue per train
mile, freight trains, was $l.64.
Casualties.
The report shows that casualties dur
ing the year were greater than in any
previous year covered by reports to the
commission. Tho number killed during
the year was 1929, and the number in
iured was 80. S6l. OF these totals, the
number of employees killed was 1880
and the number injured was 90, 14O
The number of passengers killed was
293 and the number injured 2,972.
This report emphasizes more strongly
than previous reports the necessity of
legislation compelling railways to adopt
train brakes and automatic couplers,
and also suggests that some steps be
taken besides the adoption of the train
brake to prevent the frequency Of casu-
alties from falling from trains and en-
gines
The largo number killed and injured
from collisions also brings prominently
into notice the necessity of some ex-
tensive use of the block system in the
handling Of trains and a more perfect
application of the principle of personal
responsibility in the case of accidents.
An investigation into the matter of
handling trains is recommended
1t is recommended that express COM
panies and water carriers engaged in
interstate traffic be required to make re-
ports to the interstate commerce COM
mission similar to those now made by
railways, and that persons and COM
panies owning rolling stock used in
interstate traffic should be obliged to
make annual reports so far rs may be
necessary for complete statement of
the kind of rolling stock used by rail
ways.
Has Mgr. Satoili Been Recalled?
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