The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1893-01-05
THE RAILWAYS.
Figures From the Report Of the In
ter-State Commission.
Tb- Receipts ssd ETPenses of the Rail-
rssas IS ;st- C"uatry-A Notable In
rr~sss the Fast Two Years East
~rn d Western franc.
Eu--fran Railroads.

TAsHTNsTo Jan "A preliminary
rrpur1 a.n thu income and expenditures
q "a gyag-s fu- the year ending June 80.
lSsz complied isv the statistician to the
ints--Siat.- ss-nuerce commission, will
.osn D. mad public The gross earn
inrS q IL 80 - miles Of railway are
sho-r Z" have tsr-n 1851 ord. l59. from
winch the srJS> earnings Of the entire
T1Iuzy ~,rvia- - the United States
Az estimated 70 have been 81. 222. ILL.,
g. ThI> g. an increase of fl25, $50. 303
ouer the Earnings Of the previous
y-Er. 90 al increase of sG0s per
mile . linz The operating expenses
for the rear were SsIS. 722 OS0 being an
in--czs- - g.. -. IS9. which leaves an
ssc-ezSe IN net earnings of t4s, ll6. ll4.
- g. - pr mile 81 line A comparison
af Fssss-n-er and freight service shows
the larger p-"P1rtion Of increase in
earning fruEc operations to have come
f-on freight ~srTice- The actual in
c-eAS- IN revenue from passenger ser
rice Wa 81 son I2E. ST s247 per mile of
linz a. again>t an increase in the rev.
euDe frBIn freight service of S9l, 500, 67l.
90 $50 pr mile 81 line
u , of--s--vsi that the railways on
which Jh--- ha> accrued the largest in
c-eSse IN grs~> earnings per mile of line
s-e the Ene- connecting the wheat
srOEing territory with the seabOard.
and th- lines in the southern states
bo-Ge-ing on the Gulf of Mexico II Is
ssEnificzut. however. that on these rail-
vars there has b-en an increase in
operating expenses nearly equal TO the
inc-ezse IN gruss revenue The report
show that the aggregate gross earn
SngS q siEty-tpyo roads, each of which
enioys an income in excess Of
@. SSo 0sa. J. s-2i. 40. 81. being an aver
are increaS- g SI2sliiTi The aver
are ErosS revenue per mile of line for
ali -osds j. - 80. 4 classification of the
sirty-tUo r"ais in question show that
csghT re--iv- each an income in OK
c-Es oE &c 600 Per mile Of line, for ten
the ino1fne r,-r mile Of line is between
81. co. anu sc. O01. for thirteen the in
come per mile i between t7.4i3 and
81. Gee. whils the income from each Of
the remainder l. less than s7,443 per
mile Of line
The density Of passenger and freight
t-zfbc i also given for the roads whose
gross revenue exceeds g.. OOO, 900, from
which il app-ars that in some parts of
the country there have been healthy ex-
pansi8ns Of trade during the last two
years while IN other parts the increase
In trzfic % Isg2 does little more than
bsisnoe the loss Of traffic in 1891 In the
southern gulf states. Tennessee and Ken
tsclry. the tonnage per mile of line was
N lsp0 IA. USG: in 1891, 4Oj. 9O5; in 1921.
sSs. 80. showing a permanent gain. On
the other hand. in the territory of the
trunk lines east Of Buffalo and Pitts
burgh the tonnage per mile of line was
IN lse0. l-9e1. 2s5: in 1891. /, 76S, $50. and
IN Ise2 1856. 404. The poor relative
shoEings Of 1871 is in part accounted
Cor by the new lines built in the state
Of Pennsylvania but the figures indi-
cate decided fiuctuation in business