Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1893-10-12
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The fifth statistical report Of the Inter.

The fifth statistical report of the Inter
state Commerce Commission, for the
year ended June Both, 1909, contains
some very interesting figures.
The total number of locomotives on
June 30th, 1892, was So 1856. of these, s, SiS
were passenger locomotives, 11,5jD loco
motives were assigned to the freight SER
vice, 1855 were switch locomotives, aud
2,374 were unclassiiied and leased. The
increase in passenger locomotives during
the year has been $50. and Of freight loco
motives $50. The total number of cars re-
ported by carriers as their property was
l,2i5,092. OF these. o66, sos were in the
freight service, 56,90l were assigned to the
company's service, and 3J,016 were as
signed to fast freight line service. In
addition to the above cars owned, the COM
panies report LAG. $3.50 ears leased. Itshould,
however, be remembered that these figures
are exclusive OF cars owned by private
companies and leased to shippers for the
purpose of transportation. The average
number of locomotives per 100 miles of
line is 20: the average number of passenger
cars per 100 miles of line is 49, the average
number OF ears used in the freight service
per 100 miles of line is 70S. These figures
show decided increase in density of roll
ing stock over the previous year. The
number of passengers carried per passen-
ger locomotive was 1880, and passenger
mileage per passenger locomotive was
1,5l0,273. The number of freight cars per
1000, 900 tons of freight was 1,627. This is
decrease Of 80 as compared with the pre-
vious year. There has been an increase
during the year in the humber of loco
motives and cars fitted with automatic
couplers and train brakes. The report
shows a total increase in equipment OF
q, l39, and an increase in equipment fitted
with train brakes of 6e,537. and an in
crease in equipment fitted with automatic
couplers Of rs, 299.
The total number of employees in the
service of railways OH June, S0th 1892,
was S2l, Ais, being an increase of 81, 100
over the previous year. Assuming an in
crease in the total number of inhabitants
during the year of ], $50, 000 itappears that
the ratio Of increase in railway employees
70 the increase in population was 1 TO 81.
The ratio of total railway employees 10
total number of inhabitants was l to 10
( The railway industry makes each year
larger demands upon the labor oil the PEG.
pie. It is significant, however, to notice
that the most of the increase in railway
employment is confined to Groups l, H.
Ill, vi, and X, that is to say, to the terri
tory east of the Mississippi and north OF
VIC OhAO iiNGko ulih W bhG aSllS Slppc
In Groups " and VIII there has been only
a slight increase, while Groups V, VII
and TX show small decreases in the num-
Der of men employed by railways.
The capitalization of the 49,, 397 80 mile,
covered by the report was, on June 30th
1892, $40, 226, 74S, 1874. OF this amount 81,
633, los, 1853 were represented in stocks anC
&5,053, 03S $50 by funded debt. Mortgag,
bonds amounted to 81, 302. $40 993 as com
! pared with S4.0s1, 621 675 for the previous
year. The above figures show an increas,
in capitalization during the year 1892 o
1897, 273, l19.