The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-10-06
RAILROAD STATISTICS.

Abstract of the Report OF the Interstate
| Commerce Com ission.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-Following is an
| abstract Of the fifth statistical report of the
interstate commerce commission. just sub
mitted: Total railway mileage of the
country. june 80, 1892, III 568 miles. In
crease daring the year 8. l6O miles, being
| the smallest reported for a number Of
years. The total number Of railway oorro-
| rations shows a net mo ease OF thirty seven
During tho year nine roads were aban-
| doned, nineteen Red into larger corpo-
| rations, seventeen reorganized and sixteen
| consolidated. The total number of loco
motives is 80. 1876. total number of ca 0
l,2l5. .O92, . decided increase in the density
of rolling stock. Number of passengers
carried per passenger locomotive 63,899;
number OF freight cars per million tons Of
| freight 1927. u deotease of thirty uine.
Total number of employees 621, ,415, an in
| crease OF 81, 1870.
The capitalization OF the 1872 397 miles
covered BY the report IL 10.226, 74S 1874;
S4'6s3, lOS. 763 Of which is represented by
stocks and 81, O53 OBS. O5O by funded dehts.
Mortgage bonds amounted to "a. 3O2. 57O. 993,
| as compared with $4.081, ,62l ,675 for tho
| previous year. The above figures show an
| increase In capitalization during ths year
| of 1892, of $397. 273 ll9.
The total number of passengers carried
by railways during the year was h60, 95S, 900;
the average journey per passenRe, 23s2
| miles, and the average number of passen-
Qe sper train for each mile run forty-two.
Freight train mileage WAS 485, 402 500. and
| the average number of tons Yer train for
each mile run 181. Gross earnings from
operations during the year were S1.l7l ,407-
343 operating expenses $3.50, ,937, 1885, net
ea,ninas $3.50. 4O9a47. The Income of rail-
ways from investments was S14l, 1850. 7S2.
making the net income from operations
$532. $40, l29. Fixed charges during the
yea amounted to S41G 404. .93S. leaving a
| net income available tor dividends OF $115.-
965. l91. or this amount $97 745 was
paid in dividends and $4,3A.3 $50 in other
! payments, leaving a surplus over opera
tions during the year of $l403G. 0hi.
| The umber Of railway employees killrd
during the year was 2.554. being less than
tho previous year. The number OF ON.
| ploye injured was in excess of the previous
| year. being 28 267. The number OF passengers
killed wss largely in excess Of ths previous
| year, being 376 in 1892 ss against 293 In
1891. while the number Of passengers in
jurad was B. 327 In 1892. against 2.972 in
| 1891. The assignments of casualties shows
one enlplyye to have been killed for every
222 employed. and one employs to have
been injured for each twenty-nine
| in the employ of railways. Similar oom-
parison shows ono passenger killed for each
! l,4a7. .91O passengers carried. or for each
| 35, ,542, 2S2 passe niger miles, and one pnssen-
ger in jured for each 173. S33 passengers car
| ried or each 4. lac. 966 passenger miles.
The largest number Of casualtiss to en-
ployss resulted from coupling and unooup-
| ling cars, the largest number TO passengers
from collisions and derailmenss.