The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-10-15
rAcrs ABoUr RArLRoADs.
Tho Total MlIeage-Nu lumber OF Roads and
LOGON oiives.

LOCOMOTIVES.
Fifth Statistical Report Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, prepared by its
statlstlclan. being tho complete report
for the year ending June 30 1892 for the
ahove-narned period, for which Pre-
liminarv Income Account was issued IN
December. 1892, has just been submitted,
OF which the following is an abstract:
The total railway mileage Of the country
on June 50. 1872. was lIl,563.52 miles, being
an Increase during the year OF 3l60Io
miles This Is the smallest increase In
railway mileage reported for a number Of
years. The groups OF railways which
show an increase In railway mileage in
1852 greater than the increase in 1891 are
Groups / and VI that is TO say, the rail-
ways lying in the New England States
and in the territory east Of the Missouri
River and west Of Michigan and Indiana;
but this IS due to the fact that the in
crease in 1891 was abnormaliy small. The
State Of North Carolina leads In railway
construction, showing an increase Of 2l2.92
miles The only other States which show
I'm increase In excess Of 80 miles are
louisiana. Michigan. Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Wisconsin.
The total number OF railway corpora
tons on June 30, 1899, was 1872, being a
net Increase Of 81 during the year. OF
this number 500 maintained independent
operating accounts, and 7l2 were indie
pendent operating companies. There have
been fewer changes In the organization
OF railways during the year ending June
90 1892, than during any previous year.
During the year 9 roads were abandoned;
10 were merged into larger corporations;
II were reorganized, and l6 were CONSOLE
dated The classification Of railways
according to length OF line operated shows
that there are 70 companies In the United
States having q mileage In excess OF 1000
miles. The railways which during the
year were added to the class Of railways
operating a mileage in excess Of 900 miles
are the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
the Atlantic Coast Line Association, and
the Union Pacific, Denver & Gulf Rail
ways.
The total number of locomotives on
June 30, 1892, va $50 1876, OF these
SlSiS, were passenger locomotives
1859 locomotives were assigned
to the freight service, 4,355 were switch
locomotives, and 2.374 were unclassiied
and leased. The increase in passenger
locomotive during the year has been 100,
and of freight locomotives $50. The total
number Of cars reported by carriers as
their property was 1,2l5O92. OF these
$685. 98 were In the freight service, 36,90
were assigned to the cOmpanys serv-
ice, and So ,97S were assigned to fast freight
line service In addition to the above
cars owned companies report 146,339 cars
leased. 1t should, however, be remembered
that these figures are exclusive of cars
owned by private companies and leased
10 shippers for the purpose Of transporta-
ton. The average number of locomotives
per 100 miles Of line is 20: the average
number OF cars used in the freight SER
vice per 100 miles Of line is 70S.
These figures show a decided increase
in density of rolling stock over the pre-
vious year. The number Of passengers
carried per passenger was 1893 and pas
| senger mileage per passenger locomotive
was 1.5l0.273. The number offreight cars
per 100000 tons of freight was 1927.
This is a decrease Of 80 as compared
with the previous year. There has been
an increase during the year in the number
of locomotives and cars fitted with au-
tomato couplers and train brakes. The
report shows total increase in equip
ment Of q. 139. and an increase in equip
ment fitted with train brakes Of GS537,
and an increase in equipment fitted with
automatic couplers Of n, 200.
The total number of employees in the
service Of railways on June 30, 1892. was
So, AS. being an increase of 37,130 over
e previous year.
The gross earnings from operation Of
railways during the year ending June 30,
1892, were Sl,17l .407 343. The operating
expenses were s7S0,9979 From this 1t
appears that the net earnings from oper-
alton Of railways were $500, 409,347.
The number Of railway employees kill
ed during the year covered by the report
was 1854, being less than the number
killed during the previous year. The num-
Der Of employees injured, however was
in excess of the number injured during
the previous year. being 2S267. The num-
Der Of passengers killed was largely in
excess Of the number Killed during the
previous year, being 376 in 1892 as
against 2Q3 I'm 1891; while the number Of
passengers injured was 1927 in 1892, as
against 2972 in 1891 The largest number |
of casualties to employees resulted from |
coupling and uncoupling cars, 37S employ
ees having been killed and 1898 injured |
while rendering this service. OF the total |
number killed in coupling and uncoup- |
ling cars 253 and Of the total number |
injured 1896 were trainmen. Thus III |
passengers were killed and 1883 were IN
iured by collisions and derailments dur
ing the year. Collisions alone were re-
sponsible for the death Of 2S6 employees
and 1876 passengers.