The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-06
FACTS ABOUT RAILROADS.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
Gathers Interesting Statistics.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has made its sixth statistical report.
The total mileage of railways in the United
States on June 80, 1888, was 176,46l.UI, being
an increase during the year OF 4,S91.o miles.
The corresponding increase during the pre-
yious year was 3,l607S, from which II ap-
pears that there was some revival IN railway
construction during the year covered by
the report, The number OF roads abandoned
during the year was nineteen. The total
length of line, including all tracks, was
800, 1877 .27, which includes 10,05l.36 miles of
second track. and 42,043.40 miles of yard
track and sidings.
The total number of locomotives on June
SO, 1898, was 34,8T, being an increase of
1853 during the year. Of these. S,957 were
passenger locomotives, Is, 500 freight locomo-
tives and 4,S02 switching locomotives, the re-
mainder being unclassifed. The total num-
Der of cars owned by the carriers making re-
port was 1,ll9.S78, to which should be added
154, 1858 leased cars, making a total OF l,o'o'
9i6 cars operated directly by the carriers.
This shows an increase in the number OF
cars directly controlled of 1854 during the
year. OF the total number OF cars, ol'5o4
weresin the passenger service, and l,047,5T
sengers carried per passenger locomotive
was sc. 268. and the number of passenger
miles per passenger locomotive was 1883, 6Ol
These figures show an Increase in I the
efficiency of passenger locomotives. The
number of tons of freight carried per
freight locomotive was 40, 062, and the num-
her of ton miles accomplished per freight
locomotive was 5,031, $3.50 These figures
show no change in the efficiency of freight
locomotives as compared with previous
years.
The total number of employees in the SER
vice of railways on June 80, 1885, was $751;
6O2, being an increase of 81, 1877. OF this TO-
tai of employees, 81, 1874 are assigned to the
work of general administration, 256,2H to
maintenance of way and st1 uctures, l75,464
to maintenance of equipment, and 5s,slo
to conducting transportation, the remain
de-, S,627, being unclassiied.
The aggregate of property classln-
ed as railway capital was on June ~, 1898,
$40, 506, 235, 40, which shows railway capital
equal to S6S,49l per mile of line. The
amount of stock outstanding was $4,66o,-
935, 4lS, of which So, 1852, 009.6O2 was common
stock, the remainder, 1886, CD, Sl6. being pre-
ferred stock The funded debt outstanding
was S., 225, 1888, S21, classified as follows:
Mortgage bonds, :$4, 504 1856, 1852; miscellaneous
obligations, S410.474,64T; income bonds,
S24S, 1872, $50, and euipment trust obligations,
S62. 699, 282. The amount of Investment IN
the railway securities has increased during
the year from 81, 39l, 45?. 053 to Sl563, o2,253,
being an increase of SIT. 500, $50.
The amount stock paying no dividends
during the year wasS2, 1853, 1884, 572, being 6l.24
per cent. of the total stock outstanding.
The total dividends paid was Sl0O, 1923, 1856.
The aomunt of mortgage bonds paying no
interest was $492, 276, $780, or 1898 per cent. OF
the total of mortgage bonds, ana the
amount of income bonds paying no interest
was 1924 1864, 1863, or 81. Sc per cent. OF the to-
tai of income bonds.
The.totaI number of passengers carried
during the year ending June 30. 1888. was
593 560,612.
The number of tons of freight reported by
the railways for the year was .45,ll9,4o2.
Ton mileage was SO, 5S8, Ill, 1888.
The gross earnings from operations on.the
railways of the United States for the year
ending June 80, 1898, was $1, 22O, 75l 1914, De-
ing an increase of $40, 344, 53l over gross
earnings reported in the previous year.
Operating expenses during the year were
SS27, 1921, 299, being an increase of S46,925,oo3
over the previous year.
The final net available for dividends was
Sill. 05S, O34, being assum less than the cor
responding amount for the previous year OF
$780,, l57. After deducting from this
amount the dividends paid, the income &C
count of railways in the United States for
the year 1898 shows d surplus of SS.ll6,?45,
which is less than the surplus of the pre-
vious year by $5,9l9,3l1.
The number of railway employees killed
during the year was,.2 ,727, being greater by
173 than those killed during the previous
year The number of employees injured
was Sl,729. being greater by o.462 than the
number injured the previous year. The
number of passengers killed during the
year was 299, being less by n than the num-
Der killed the previous year, and the number
injured was 1929 being two in excess of the
number injured the previous year. OF the
total number of deaths to employees on ac-
count of railway accidents, 433 were due to
coupling and uncoupling cars. GA to falling