Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-14
This State Second in the Union
in Railroad Mileage.
A VERY REMARKABLE GROWTH,
Some Interesting Statistics as TO Tho Build.
ING Of Railroads In the State with
5riei Summary Of What They
Are Now Doing

The first railroad built in the state
or Texas was the Galveston, Harris
burg ard san Antonio, running from
Harrisburg on Buffalo Bayou to Gal
weston This was in the early 6ftles
ana railroad development was not very
rapid. as Dec. n, 1860. poors manual
credits the state with only 3OI mil0s
OF railroad track.
This was not added 70 very fast as
on, Dec. 81, $50, we only find III
miles credited 10 Texas.
The early roads of Texas were GU
rioslties. in their way, they were laid
on the prairie and the tics would sinl,
INTO the rich black loan until the loco
motives would come 10 the stations. with
the cow-catchers loaded with mud II
was regarded as almost a phenomenal
trip when the trains had never been
OF the track during the day. They ran
SLOWLY aud the accidents were there
fore not very serious.
In 1880, Texas had begun 10 attract
the attention of railroad builders and
the state Is given as having 32i4 miles
hulrOuds were then built rapidly In
1850, there were $50 miles: In lSSB,
GelS miles; 1881 1904 miles; 1SSS. g.
200 miles; 1889. SiS5 miles: 1900 SOD
miles; 1891, S9G6 miles: 1892. S9I7
miles The present railroad mileage Of
ANAttH - NlAAe ffINullfN hN illlNNlN WITH
lU223 miles, Texas comes second with
then Pennsylvania with 1913 miles, then
Iowa with S3S6 miles, Ohio with SO3G
miles, these being the only states with
over 5000 miles, while Indiann. Michigan.
Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska. New
York aud Wisconsin, have over 5000
miles
From almost the smallest mileage in
lSOO 10 the second place In the sister
hood Of states is record TO be proud Of.
And there is one feature of the phc-
nomcnal growth Of railroad building IN
Texas that should not be overlooked and
which map Of the state win show plain
ly Is that almost all of the development
during the past ten years has been IN
the portion Of the state tributory to
Fort Worth.
The report Of the railway commission
Of Texas, which Is a very full and COM
plete one, contains some interesting sta
tistiCs.
In 1891 the gross earnings Of the rail-
roads from passenger traffic amounted
20 S9430,O3S40; from freight, S25.777,-
3l496 other sources, S450OS4.04, total,
$3j, 06B.4
In 1892 the earnings were from passcn.
ger traffic 5000. 2J9.73 from freight,
S4SS, 094OI. The expenses IN 1891 were
S2B,413, S3S OS; and from other sources.
SIS, 1O2. S36.35; IN 1892, 500. 4}4, $50. N
During 1901 there were LII .l9S,5T0
tons Of freight carried one nile; In 1892.
1877. 4f97S4
In 1901 there were ogJ .254.349 pnsscn-
gers carried one mile; and In 1902 279.-
$3.50. OF these there were killed IN
1901 three; and seven In 1892.
There were 25,510 employees In 1892; G15
cars in passenger service. 1864 cars in
freight service, l2fT cars In company
service. and 90 locomotives.
In 1891 1914 were killed by accident.
three of whom were passengers. and 1875
injured. In 1892 153 were killed. of
whom seven were passengers, aud 1872
injured.
Among tie prominent articles shipped
were 326.8SS tons Of grain, 81 40 tons
OF -Four, SjS,079 tons Of cotton. S2G, 70U
tons of livestock