St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-06
A MASS OF BIG FIGURES.
ANNUAL REPORT or THE INTERSTATE
COMMERCE COMMISSION.
THE NEW RAILWAY MILEAGE

increase in Rolling Stock and
Number OF Employees The
Enormous Capitalization and
Number of Passengers Carried
Earnings and Operating Elk
penses-Ailled and Injured.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The fifth sta
tistical report of the Interstate COM
merce commission has just been sub
mitted, of which the following is an alb
stract:
The total railway mileage of the coun-
try on June so, 1892, was 17l,563 miles.
being an increase during the year of
3,l6O miles. This is the smallest in
crease in railway mileage reported fo-
number of years.
The total number of rail way corpora
lions was 1922, being net increase of
thlrty-seyen during the year. There
nave been fewer changes in the organ
lzation of railways during the year than
during any previous year. During the
year nine roads we're abandoned, nine
teen were merged into larger corpora
tlans. seventeen were reorganized, and
sixteen were consolidated.
The total number of locomotives was
33.136.
The total number of cars reported by
carriers as their property was 1.315, 092.
These figures show decided increase
IN density of rolling stock over the pre-
vious year. The number of passengers
carried per locomotive was 6S. 1893.
The number of freight ears per 1,000.-
600 tons of freight was 1,627. This is a
decrease of 80 as compared with the
previous year.
The total number of employees in the
service of railways was SCI, Ais, being an
increase OF 81, 100 over the previous
year.
The capitalization of tie 1872, 397 miles
covered by the report was $40. 226, 74S,-
l34. OF this amount S4,633, los. 763 was
represented by stocks and IS. 053, 03S, $50
by funded debts. Mortgage bonds
amounted to S4.302, $40, 993, as compared
with S4,0Sl, 62l, 6S5 for the previous year.
The above figures show an increase in
capitalization during the year 1892 of
397,273, 119.
The total number of passengers car
ried by the railways during the year
was 56O.95S,211. The average journey
per passenger was 1882 miles, and the
for each mile run was AZ. The freight
tram mileage during the year was 1885,
4O2,369. and the average number of tons
per train for each mile run was 1S1
tons. The gross earnings from opera
tlon OF railways during the year ending
were 81, III, 407. S43. The operating eX-
penses $3.50, 997. 996. From this appears
that the net earnings from operation of
railways were 1890. 409,947. The income
to the railways from investments was
Sal, 800, 7S2, making. with the net in
come from operation. an aggregate
OF $3.50. 1919. The fixed charges dur
ing the year amounted to s416, 4O4, 93S,
leaving net income available for
divideads of s115,965, 1911. OF this
amount s97.614,745 were paid in divi-
dends and S4,3l4,3 19, in other payments
from net income, leaving surplus over
operating during the year of $l4, 036, 056.
The number of railway employees
killed during the year covered by the
report was 1854, being less than The
number killed during the previous
year. The number of employees injured,
however. was in excess of the number
Injured the previous year, being 2S,267.
The number of passengers killed was
largely in excess of the number killed
during the previous year, being S76 in
1892, as against 293 in 1891, while
the number of passengers injured was
3.2222T Il III 1892, as against 2,972 in
1891. An assignment of casualties to
the opportunity offered for accidents
show one employe to have been killed
for every 222 employees. and one EN-
ploye TO have been injured for each 80
men i'll the employ of the railways, A
similar comparison shows one passenger
killed for each 1,491, $40 passengers car
miles, and one passenger injured for
each 173, 1888 passengers carried or each
4. 140, 966 passenger miles. The largest
number OF casualties to employees re-
suited from coupling and uncoupling
cars, 37S employees having been killed
and 1888 injured while rendering this
service. OF the total number killed III
coupling and uncoupling cars. 235, and
OF the total number injured, T66 were
trainmen. The accidents classed as
falling from cars'' were, in this
-sponsible for the largest number of
deaths among employees, the number
Killed IN this manner being Gil. Of this
number 4S5 were trainmen. Collisions
and deralimentS were responsible for
the death of 431 employees. OF this
number 336 were tTalnmen. This class
OF accidents is responsible also for the
largest number OF casualties to paSSen-
gers. Thus III passengers were killed
and 1859 were injured by collisions and
derallments during the year. Collisions
alone were responsible for the death of
Zo6 employees and 136 passengers. 1t is
recommended that the express compa-
MES, corporations owning depot prop
erty, elevators and the like. used by
carriers for Interstate traffic, and car
rlerS by water, SO far as they engage in
Interstate traffic, shall be required to
make reports to the interstate co III
MERGE commission.