The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-10-06
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
Abstract of the Fifth Statistical Report
Just Submitted.

Washington, Oct. 5.-Following is
an abstract of the fifth statistical re-
port of the interstate commerce COM
mission just submitted:
Total railway mileage of the coun-
try June 80, 1892, II, 1858 miles; in
crease during the year, $3.50 miles,
being the smallest reported for a
number of years. The total number
of railway corporations shows a net
increase of 81; during the year nine
roads were abandoned 10 merged
into larger corporations, IL reorgan-
lied and sixteen consolidated. The
total number Of locomotives is 80, 1876;
total number Of cars, 1,215,092, de-
cided increase in the density of roll
ing stock Number of passengers
carried per passenger locomotive, Co.
399; number of freight cars per mil
lion tons of freight, 1927; decrease,
SO. Total number of employees. S21,-
AIS; increase of 7,130 capitalization
of the 1872, 397 miles covered by the
report, Ops, 74S 1874: $4,6S3, 1857 1853 of
this was represented by stocks and
S., 053, OBS, $50 by funded debts. Mort
gage bonds amounted to S4,302, sos
as compared with S4,0S1, 621 SIS for
the previous year. The above fig
ures show an increase in capitaliza-
ton during the year 1892 of 1897, 27S,
119. Total number of passengers
carried by the railways during the
year. 560,95S; average journey per
average number of passengers
per train for each mile run AZ.
Freight train mileage, 4S5, 402, 1863 and
average number of tons per train
for each mile run. ISL. The gross
earnings from the operations during
the year were LII, 407, S43; operating
expenses. $3.50, 1897, 1856; net earnings,
$500, 4os, S47. Income of railways from
! investments, Sal ,960,7 making a
net income from the operation of
| 1892, $40, 129. The fixed charges dur
| ing the year amounted to $416, 404-
93S, leaving net income available
for dividends of SIS, 965, 191. OF this
amount, $97,614,745 was paid in div
idends, and Saba 800 in other pay
ments. leaving surplus over the
operations during the year of $14.-
036, 056
The number Of railway employees
killed during the year were 2,554, be-
ling less than the previous year, the
number of employees injured in ex-
| cess of the previous year being 2S,-
I2e7. The number of passengers killed
was largely in excess of the previous
year, being 376 in 1892, as against
US III 1881, willie the nuInD0f Oh
passengers injured was 1927 in 1892,
against i2,972 in 1891. The assign
ment of casualties shows one en-
ployee TO have been killed for every
222 employees and one employee to
have been injured for each twenty
nine men in the employ of the rail-
ways. A similar comparison shows
that one passenger was killed foT
each 1880 passengers carried, OF
for each 35,542, 2S2 passenger miles
and one passenger injured for each
173, S33 passengers carried or each a.
,966 passenger miles. The largest
number of casualties to employees re-
suited from coupling and uncoupling
cars; the largest number to passen.
gers from collisions and derailments
1t is recommended that corpora
tions, so far as they are engaged il
interstate traffic, be required tt
make reports to the interstate com
merce commission.