The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1893-03-18
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I The following interesting statistics
are taken from the advance sheets of
the railway report of the Department
of Internal Affairs:
I +. r. Whittekin, chief engineer of
the proposed Philadelphia, Honesdale,
and Albany railroad, has prepared a
formal report touching the feasibility
of constructing railway from White
Haven to Rotterdam Junction, ~ y,
a distance of ninety miles in Peunsyl-
yanIa and 1877 miles in New York. =
I President Maxwell of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, Monday morn
ing testified before Master in Chancery
Ludlow that the Central Railroad no
longer had any connection with the
coal combination aud that the agree
meut between it and the other com
pauies hadbeeu cancelled. Documentary
evidence to the same effect was also
presented President Maxwell said
that his company was strictly ohserv-
ing the orders of the court.
The headquarters of the Atlantic
Division of the United States Express
Company has been transferred from
New York City to Reading. G. c. Rust
is the Superintendent, and for the
present will be located at the outer
Philadelphia and Reading Station.
Walter Topping, of New York, is the
chief clerk. The reason for transfer
ring the division headquarters to Read
ing is because it is more central since
the recent acquisition of adjoining
roads.
The Philadelphia aHd Reading Coal
and Iron Company have force of 300
to $500 mu-es now in use at their col
lieries in this and other counties. This
is pretty large mule army but the
hardy four footed workers have plenty
of labor to perform. The Philadelphia
and Reading Railroad Company have
in their cab service at Philadelphia,
Reading, and Trenton l2j horses. To
feed all these animals, belonging to
both companies, requires about 2O,OO0
bushels of oats and corn and 400 tons
of hay per month.
I The expense of Snow shoveling for
railroads of all classes in all parts of
Pennsylvania this winter, it is estimat-
ed by those who ought to know all
about it, will be the largest incurred 10y
these companies in many years past,
1t not only needed all the machine APP
pliances for the purpose, but armies of
shovelers to keep the tracks clear for
any length of time, but as fast as a
stretch of road was cleared it was
either recovered by additional falls or
filled up by drifts of great proportions
IL has been So far a winter of expense
in snow shOveling which will be serious.
! ly felt in the finances of many of these
corporations.
The mum Der of tons OF freight car.
ried by the roads reporting for the
year ending June 30, 1892, was 29O, ,ISO,.
/ Il2. The number of tons carried one
mile was 2I,3l9,Ol3,053. From this
tonnage the companies received Sl93,
/ 33I ,J3J. -. The number of tons car
ried for the year ending June 30, 1891
was 2i6, 6,496,622, and the number car
| ried one mile, "a, ,926, 6,3l3,724 The mum
| Der of passengers carried during the
year was l4O,19O,599, and the number
carried one mile 3,67S, pa ,624, as against
! l3S,O7O, lj6 and 2,5S4, lI3, l3 for the yeaI
ending June 30, 1891. Five years ago
/ the number of passengers carried was
! 81 ,S92,91O. For the year ending June
80, 1891, the entire number was 1877 ,6|6;
I for the year ending June 30, 1892, 2l3,-
5I3. From the reports of the Inter
State Commerce Commission for 1891
it appeared that the total number OF
officers and employees on the roads of
the United States was~ 7S4 ,2Sj, there
being an increase of 8,9S4 oyer the
previous year, when the number was
I7l9,3Ok In Pennsylvania, or on the
lines reporting to this department, th'
number employed for 100 miles of roaC
is l,lSI In the entire country for the
year 1889 the number of railway EN-
plOyees in proportion TO the number
of inhabitants was one in about 81. In
1880, one in 81, and III 1891, one in 81
These figures indicate that the pro
portion of the population engaged il
the railway transportation business is
increasing annually, which fact Il
another evidence ofthe rapidly increas
ing railway interests of the country
While this is fact the efficiency o
the employees is emphasized by TIA,
fact that there is a proportiouatel!
greater increase in the tonnage an,
the number of passengers carried. TIN
total compensation of officers and enl
plOyees reported by the companies 70
1890 is S9S 1856, DO 80; for 1891, SlO2.0l5
3O444; for 1892, Sll3,79SOjl.2S. From
the sll3,I9S, ,O5l,2S paid to the 2l3,5t
employees we find the average yearl!
compensation to be SJ32.S2; Sl4.40 pc
month, or Sli5 per day, The actua
amount paid per day is, it may be pre-
sumed, much more, for the reason tina
daily compensation is paid on the basl
of 3Gj days per year, when the fact
will undoubtedly show less uumbe
. of davs of actual service