The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-10-18
Report Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission for the Year.
A FAIR INCREASE IN MILEAGE.
Good showing for New England States
In Railroad Construction-Expens
and Receipts-Favorabie Balance
sheet tshown-Casusltiesa and Fatalities

The last statistical report of the Inter-
| state Commerce commission shows the
entire railway ilase at the date Of issue
to be 17l.563 SO miles, an increa Q
OF 3,1607s miles. The rail-
ways in New England and
in tie territory east of the Mississippi
aud west OF Michigan and Indisna alone
show an Increase in the numb'r OF miles
built over that Of tie previous yrar.
| South Carolina leads In the numbe OF
| miles cons ru ed with new lines aggre-
eating 2l2.92 miles
Besides hrse st ties Michigan. Louisi-
ana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin
| built over $50 mi es each. This increase
In railway uilesg-, while not equal to that
| Of many pr vious years. is cons dered en-
couragng by p actic, al railroad writer's
| Railway Corporations.
| The total number of railroad COM
| psnies at he time Of issue II the report
was ,S22, gain OF thirty-seven. Eight
hundred and ninety-ni OF tn SO COM
panies maintain independent oper-
| ating accounts. Seven hundred
| and twelve are distinct and
se arate operating companies. or the
| 161 dependent corpor atoms 800 were
| .,sed for a fixed money rental aud lS6
| for a contingent money rental. The
| umber Of changes railroad organ za-
tiou was comparatively small. During
| the year nine roads were
totally abandoned, nineteen were merged
into other corporat ons, seventeen
| we're reorgsnlzed and xteen were con
/ hit.h
the year were aided to the class OF rail-
| avs opr rating mileage ia exc IS of
| 1000 mills are the Philadelphia and Read
| ing railroad, TIE Atlantic Coast Line rs
sociation and tn Union Pacific, Deuver
and Gulf Railway.
| The r ads aide TO the list OF railways
operating a mileage Of 600 lies aud les>
| than 1000 miles, are the Old Colony. and
the Pniladelphia. Wilmington aud Balti-
more roads.
Rolling Stock and Equipment.
The total nup Der OF loco .,otives was
33. 1885 or thes S.s4S were passenger loco
motives; IL. $50 locomotives were assigne
| to & Q freight servic :, 1855 were switch
| locomotives, AID ASIA were unclassifed
and leased. The total number
OF cars was 1.2l5.092. or these
966 99s we're freight c RS Leased cars o
The mum ber OF 146, 339 were al>o reported.
| The nu iber of passengers carried per
passen ser locomotive was 63 3l9. and
passenger mileage per passenger loco
motive was 1,5l0.273 The num-
uer Of freight cars per l,O0O,OOO tons
f freight was 1.627 This is a.
| drcreas- OF 80 AS compare with he pre-
vious year. In me matter OF automatic
couplers and brakes the report no
| total i crease / equipment OF 27,l39, and
an ncrra in equipment fitted with train
brakes of 6s. 537. md an increase il eq up
mert Fl ted With automatic couplers If
| rs. 800
Officials and Employees.
The total number OF employees In the
| railroad service was S2l, AIS an increa-e
over the previous year Of 81, l30 There is
one railro I'd employs for every seventy
| nine inhabitants.
| Capitalization and Valuation.
The capitaiz tion covered by the report
was $40, 226, 74S, 1874 or this amount
| a. .633. los. 1853 ere represented by
Stocks a d s5,05303 O50 by funded
debt. Mortgase bonds amount
ed to s4.3e2 sic, ,9a3+as=eemparet
| with a, ,0Sl, ,62l 675 or the previous year.
| The above figures show an increase IN
car italzst on during the year 1892
II $780,. .273, ,l19. Netrly one-fourIh h
OF he total railway stocks
| outstanding ~ e the properly OF raj way
| companies. The amount of stocks pty-
g dividends dur ng the year wa
s. SO7, ,403, $780, or GO. 60 per cent OF the tot'l
| a nou OF stock. The aggregate amount
| paid in dividends was s97,6l4, 7i5. being
| AN increase for the lear covered
| by the report Of sc, 400, ,s32. The amount
| of funded debt. exhaustive Of equipment
trust obiig ,tions. aging no interest, was
t777. 7lg. 420, or Is. So per cent. Of the total
| amount outstanding.
Public Service.
| The total number of passengers carried
was 56O, ,95s 2l1. The average journey per
passenger was %. SO miles. The number
OF tons OF freight carried was 706, ,555, All.
Earnings and Expenses.
TIE gross earnings from operation was
| 81. III, ,407 343 Operating expenses were
$3.50. 997, ,g96, leaving net earning of
1890, ,409S4
L o income To the railways from In :
vestments was $i4l 900. 7s2. making with
| the net inco le rom operation an aggre-
ate OF s5S2. 370.l29. The liked charges
| uriug the ear mounted to s4l6,4
93s leavinga ct incp re avail aab.r for
d vidends OF sll5, 965, l9l. OFT is amount
91,6l4.745 were paid In dividends aud
s4,Sl4, 800 in other pa ments fro net in
c1ne, leaving n surplus over operstions
during the year Of sl4, ,056.056 The pas
s.nxer revenue for tn railways " .
country durink the year was $2s6. sos. .7Os
II receipts from mail SO vice ~err s26,
Sol. l43 aud fron the express ma 3
| acre $g2, las 9SS The freixh rev nu
duriug tue y,ar amounted to S799 3i6, O42
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| The number Of railway employes killeu
durin tbs year covered by the repor
was 2,55l. being less tn, the number
killed during the previous year. TIE