St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1894-07-19
INTERESTING RAILROAD STATS
TICS.

The following interesting facts are
CLEANED from the report of the inter
state commerce commission for the
year ending June 80, 1898:
The total mileage of railways in
the United States on June 80, 1898,
was 176,462.O7, being an increase
during the year of 4,S97.55 miles.
The corresponding increase during
the previous year was 316O.7S, from
which it appears that there was
some revival in railway construct
ion during the year covered by the
report. The number of roads aband-
oned during the year was 10. The
total length Of line, including all
tracks, was 23O,137.27, which in
cludes 1O,o51.86 miles of second
trak, and 42,O43.4O miles of yard
track and sidings.
The toal number of railway cor
porations in e%xistance was 1890, be-
ing an increase of 6S during the year.
The total number of locomotives
was ga ,7SS, being an increase of
1862 during the year. Of these,
1857 were passenger locomotives,
1850 freight locomotives, and f.
SO2 switching locomotives, the re-
mainder being unclassiied. The to-
tai number of cars owned by the
carriers making report was Ill.,
S7S, to which should be added 1884,
O6S leased cars, making a total of
1878, 946 cars operated directly by
the carriers. This shows an increase
in the number of cars directly con-
trolled of Sc, 1854 during the year.
The total number Of railway en-
ployees was S73,6 O2, an increase
over the preceding year of 52,1S7.
The aggregate of property proper
ly classified as railway capital was
$40, SOC, 235,41
The amount of investment in the
railway securities has increased dur
the year from 81, 3O1 ,457,O53 to ST.
563 ,O22,233 being an increase Of
$171, SOS $50,
The amount of stock paying no
dividends during the year was So
SIS, 334,5?2, being et.24 per cent Of
the total stock outstanding.
The total number of passengers
carried during the year was $685.
56O,612. Passenger mileage during
the same year was 1929, 1O1, O94.
The average journey per passenger
was 1897 miles. The number of
tons of freight reported by the rail-
ways for tie year was 45,119,492,
Thc gross earnings from operations
Oh the railways of the United States
fof the year was 1920, 751, 8T4,
being an increase Of $40, 344, 531
over gross earnings reported in the
previous year. Operating expenses
during the year were 1927, 921 ,299,
| being an increase of SAG, 923, 3O3
over the previous year.
The number of railway employees
killed during the year was 2727, be-
ing greater by 173 than those killed
during the previous year. The num-
Der of employees injured was 81 ,729,
being greater by 1852 than the num-
Der injured the previous year. The
number of passengers killed during
the year was 299, being less by II
than the number killed the previous
year, and the number injured was
OZZS, DSluS III eACSSSO Vi Inc UNI
injured the previous year. Of the to-
tai number of deaths to employees on
account of railway accidents, 433
were due to coupling and uncoupling
cars, 644 to falling from trains and
engines, IS to overhead obstruc-
tions, PAT to collisions, and 153 to
derailments, the remainder being due
to causes not so clearly defined. An
assignment of casualties to the OPP
portunity offered for accidents shows
1 employee to have been killed for ev-
cry $50 men employed, and1 to have
been injured for every % men en-
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