The morning call., 1894-07-16
RAILWAY FIGURES.
Statistics of the Roads i'm
the United States.
cage CLASSIFICATION.
The Number of Locomotives and
Cars.
MILEAGE CLASSIFICATION.
IN THE SERVICE.
Capitalization and VaIuation-Earn-
ings and REPRESENTATIONS Dur
ing a Year-A clearinghouse.

L lie 6lXLu StdIlStICdI I6UOIL VI the Iutcl-
state Commerce Commission, prepared by
its statistican. being the complete report
for the above named period, for which a
preliminary income account was issued in
December, 1898, has just been submitted,
of which the following is an extract:
The total mileage of railways in the United
States on June 80, 1898, was 186. 461.07, being
an increase during tie year Of 80 miles.
The corresponding increase during The previous
year was 3l6O.7S, from which II appears there
was some revival In railway CONSTRUCTION our
Ing the year covered by the report. The state
OF Washington leads in construction with 55632
miles; Montana shows an increase OF 4O966
miles, Minnesota of 4O6. 90 miles. and West Vir.
ginia of 365.01 miles. The other States when
show an increase in mileage IN excess Of 100
miles are California, Florida, Indian, Mch-
gan, Missouri. New York, OHIO. Pennsylvania,
leXas. Wisconsin and wyoming; Inc states
OF Kansas. Oregon, the Territory OF New Mexico
and the District of Columbia, show slight de-.
crease In mileage, due TO remeasnrement OF
main lines or abandonment OF small unimpor-
tanJ lines. The number OF roads abandoned
during the year was nineteen. The total
length Of lhe, including all tracks was 23O,-
1927. which includes 10,O51.36 miles OF Sec
Ond track and AZ, 043.40 miles of yard track
and sidings.
CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAYS.
The total number of railway CORPORATIONS in
eXls ence June 80, 1898 was 1890, being an
increase OF SO during the year covered by the
I.
operating roads and 939 maintained operating
accounts. The number of subsidiary roads
which maintained financial accounts only was
IT'S, of which 1876 were leased for a fixed
money rental, and 80 for a contingent money
renttl the remainder being operated under
some form of traffic agreement not easily sub
jeced 10 Classification. The tendency toward
some form OF consolidation during The year has
been quite marked; % roads, representing
749 81 miles have be- n merged; 20 roads, lep-
resenting 1879 miles, nave been reorganlzed
and 6 roads. representing 1469.19 miles, have
been consolidated. These items are higher
Than The corresponding items OF the pre-
viOus year. A classification of railways
according 10 length OF line operated shows
that there are AZ companies in the United
States having a mileage in excess of 1000
miles. 26 companies operating mileage be-
tween 600 and 1000 miles, % companies Op-
Grating a mileage between 400 and 600 mil s,
Al companies operating a mileage between
$50 and 400 miles, and 9O2 companies CD
Grating mileage OF 25O miles or less. The
total length of line controlled by the AZ COM
panes operating an excess OF 1000 miles was
$3.50 81, being equal to 56.7S per cent OF the
total mileage of the country. The second class
OF roads controlled 11.2O per cent OF total
mileage, from which it appears that 90 COM
panles controlled 1898 per cent of the total
railway mileage.
EQUIPMENT.
The total number of locomotives on June 80,
1898. was 34,7SS, being an increase OF 1862
during the year. or these, 1857 W re passenger
locomo ives, 1889 freight locomotives and
1902 switching locomotives, the rrmander be-
ing uncasSltied. The total number OF cars
owned by the carriers making report was
1.119,S78, to which should be ADDED 154,06S
leased cars, making total of ,273, 946 cars
operated directly by the carriers. This shows
an increase In the number of cars directly con-
trolled of 1854 during the year. OF he total
number OF cars 81 1884 were in the passenger
service and 1,O47,577 in the freight ser
vice. The number OF PASSENGERS ca eat 1na
ana the number of passenger miles
per passenger locomotive was 1858, COL.
These figures show an increase in the efficiency
of passenger locomotives. The number OF IONS
of freight carried per freight locomotive was
4O.062 and the number OF ton miles accom-
plIshed per freight locomotive was 5,031, $50.
| heSe figures show no change In the efficiency
of freight lOcomo ives as compared with previ-
Gus years. The number of pasSenger-cars per
1000, 900 passengers carried was 63 and The
freight carried was 1913. The Increase in
equipment fitted with train brakes, or auto
matte cOuplerS. as compared with lie increase
in equipment itself, Is not as marked as in the
previous yea. Thus, from total Increase IN
equipment during the year ending June 80,
1898, of 60,506. the Increase III equipment
fitted with train brake was AZ, l6S, and the In
crease in equipment fitted with automatic cou-
pier was 77,904.
EMPLOYEES.
The total number of employees In the service
of railways on June 80. 1893, was S73, 602. be-
ing an increase of 81 1877. OF his total of en-
eral administration; 256.212 10 maintenance
OF way and'structures: l75, AGA TO maintenance
OF equipment, and 397, 9l5 10 conducting trans
portatiOn, the remainder, 1927, being unclassl-
fed by the carriers making report III the en-
plOves be assigned TO mileage, IL appears that
81 men found employment In the railway in
dustry in the United States per 100 miles of
line, 81 being assigned TO general admlnistra-
ton, ISL to maintenance OF way and structures,
1U3 10 maintenance OF equipment, and IA 10
conducting transportation.
The aggregate of property properly CLASSIFIED
as railway capital was on June 80, 1898,
$40, 506 ,235, 40, which shows railway capital
equal 10 S63, 421 per mile of line. The amount
of stock outstanding was S4,66S, 935, AS, of
which SO, 9S2, 009. 602 was common stock, the
remainder 1886, 925,Sl6. being preferred
stock. The funded debt outstanding was So
225, 6S9.8 classified as follows: Mortgage
bonds 81, 504 1888. 1862; miscellaneous 0biiga-
lions, 4I0,474,647; income bonds, SPAS
1872, 100 aud equipment trust obligations, S62.
699.2S2. The amount OF inyestm mt In the rail-
way securities has Increased during the year
from Sl,391, 457 ,053 10 81 ,563, O22, 233. being
an increase of S171, 565. $50.
The amount of stock paying no dividends
during the year was 81 S59, 1874, 572, being
6l.24 per cent of the total stock outstanding.
or stocks paying dividends 525 per cent of the
aggregate stock paid from 8 per cent, II 90
per cent paid from 10 6 per cent 5.24 per
cent paid from 6 TO per cent, and 5.32 per
cent paid from to per cent. The total divi-
bends paid was 500, 929,SS5. The amount OF
mortgage bonds paying no interest was S492,-
276,999, or 1898 per cent OF The total OF mort
gage bonds, and the amount OF income bonds
raying no interest was S204, 1874, 269, or 1886
per cent OF the total of income bonds.
The total number OF passengers carried dur
ing the year ending June 30. 1893, was $685.
560612. Passenger mileage during the same
year was IA 229. 101 .0S4. The average journey
per passenger was 1887 miles. The number
of ions of freight reported by the railways for
the year was TAO, lis, 482. Ton mileage was
49, 5SS. III, 1873. The average number of tons
IN train was 1887, and the average haul per
ton tor the entire country was l25 go miles.
Passenger train mileage was 1856, 61S,T7O and
freight train mileage 0S,719506.
EARNINGS AND EXPENSES.
The gross earnings from operations on the
railways of the United States FOR the year end
ing June 80, 1898, were S1,220.751, 974, being
an increase of $40. 344, 53l over gross earnings
reported in the previous year. Operating ex-
nenses during the year were $o27 ,92l ,299,
being an increase OF SAG, 1928. 303 over The pre-
vioGs year. The income from investments
reported by the railways was S149.649, 3,
aud other analogous Items were S431, 422, 5G.
The final net income available for dividends
was $111.058,0 being sum less
!han The correspondents AMOUNT ao7 To- for
After deductlng from this amount the divi-
dends paid. the income account of railways In
the United States for the year 1893 shows a
surplus of SS.116,745, which Is less than the
surplus Of The previous year BY S5,919.31I.
The complete report shows a full income ac-
count for each OF the ten territorial groups iuio
which the country IL divided. The gross
amount received from carrying passengers was
1901. 491 ,S16; from carrying the mall, $685.
445, 053, and from carrying express matter,
sea, 63l 1874 The gross amount received for
carrying freight was 1929, 053,S61. The pas
senger service accounts for 2949 per cent OF
the earnings from operation, and the freight
service for 6S23 per cent OF such earnings.