The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-07

958,211. Passenger mileage during the
year was IL, 1862 SOS, 299. and passenger
train mileage 81, 53S ,SS3. The average
journey per passenger was 23.S2 miles,
and the average number of passengers
per train for each mile run was 40. The
number of tons of freight reported
by the railways as carried during
the year was 706, 555, Al. Ton mileage was
S,24l $50, 225. Accepting these figures, it
appears that the average haul per ton was
l24S9 miles. The freight tram mileage
during the year was 4S5, 402, 1863, and the
average number of tons per train for each
mile run was 1919 tons.
EARNINGS AND EXPENSES.
The gross earnings from operation of
railways during the year ending June 30,
1892, were 81, III, 407, 343. The operating
expenses were $3.50, 997 1896. From this it
appears that the net earnings from opera
ton of railways were 1890, 400, 347. The
income to the railways from investments
was Sl4l 800, 7S2, making with the net in
come from operation an aggregate of
$685., $40, 1919. The fixed charges during
the year amounted to SAG, 404 93S, leaving
net income available for dividends of
Sll5,965 1911. OF this amount S97 ,6l4, 145
were paid in dividends and S4,3i4,390 in
other payments from net income leaving n
surplus over operations during the year
of $14 ,036, 056. The full report contains an
income account for each of the ten terri
torial groups into which the railways of
the country are divided, and shows great
diversity in the results of operation.
Thus. the income of six out of the ten ter
ritorial groups show deficit instead of
a surplus. These groups cover the terri
tory lying south of the Ohio and west of
the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. The
passenger revenue for the railways of the
country during the year was 1886, sos, 708,
The receipts from mail service were S26,
86l, l43, and from the express companies
were $22, las ,9SS. The freight revenue
during the year amounted to $799, 3l6,O42.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
The number of railway employees killed
during the year covered by the repor t
was 2.554, being less than the number
killed during the previous year. The
number of employees injured, however,
was in excess of the number injured
during the previous year, being %, 267
The number of passengers killed was
largely in excess of the number killed
during the previous year, being 376 in
1892 as against 293 in 1891 while the num-
Der of passengers injured was 1927 in
1892, as against 2,972 in 1881. An assign
ment of casualties to the opportunity Of
fered for accidents shows l employee to
have been killed for every 1922 employees,
and one employee to have been injured for
each 20 men in the employ of the rail-
ways. A similar comparison shows l pas
senger killed for each 40, 9l0 passen-
gers carried or for each 35, 542, 282 passen.
ger miles. and passenger injured for each
l73,S33 passengers carried, or each 4, l40,
966 passenger miles. The largest number
of casualties to employees resulted from
coupling and uncoupling cars, 37S en-
ployes having been killed and 10,919 in
jured while rendering this service. OF
the total number killed in coupling and
uncoupling cars 253, and of the total num-
Der injured 1906 were trainmen. The &C
cidents classed as "falling from cars
were, in this year, as in previous years,
responsible for the largest number of
deaths among employees, the number killed
in this manner being Gil. OF this number
4S5 were trainmen. Collisions and derail-
ments were responsible for the death of
431 employees, OF this number 1856 were
trainmen. This class of accidents is re-
sponsible for the largest number of casu-
alties to passengers. Thus IN passengers
were killed and $50 were injured by col
lisions and derailments during the year.
Collisions alone were responsible for the
death of 2S6 employees and 1876 passengers.