Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1894-07-12
RAILWAY STATISTICS.

RAILWAY STATISTICS.
Repeat Of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission for the Year Ending June, 'o3.
With the thought of the present
rough road travelled by our great rail
way companies, in the minds Of all,
the following report for the year of '93
may prove interesting to our readers.
MILEAGE.
The total mileage Of railways in the United
States on June 80. $685. was 176 ,461.o7, being an
increase during the year of ,s97 IS miles. The
corresponding increase during the previous
year was 316o.ss, from which it appears that
there was some revival in railway construction
during the year covered by the report. The
state of Washington leads in construction with
$50 SO miles; Montana shows an increase Of
4O0.66 miles; Minnesota of 406.69 miles, and
West Virginia of 1856 OF miles, The other states
which show an increase in mileage In excess Of
100 miles are California, Florida, Indiana,
Michigan, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Pennsyl-
vania, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. The
states of Kansas, Oregon. the territory OF New
Mexica and the District of Columbia, show a
slight decrease in mileage, due to remeasure-
ment of main lines or abandonment Of small,
unimportant lines. The number of roads aban-
doned during the year was 10. The total length
OF line, including all tracks was $50 81 which
includes 10,051.3O mIes.of second track, and
42,s4340 miles of yard track and sidings.
CLASSIFICATION OF RAILWAYS.
The total number Of railway corporations in
existence June 80, 1893, was $780, being an In
crease of 6s puring the year covered by the re-
port. OF this number 752 were independent
operating roads aud $50 maintained operating
accounts. The number of subsidiary roads
which maintained financial accounts only was
77S, of which 1926 were leased for a fixed money
rental and 1875 for a contingent money rental,
the remainder operated under some form of
trafc agreement not easily subjected to classif-
cation. The tendency toward some form Of
consolidation during the year has been quite
marked; % roads, representing 1887 miles have
been merged; 20 roads, representing 1,732.73
miles, have been reorganized; and Is raOds rep
resenting l,t69. IL miles have been consolidated.
These items are higher than the corresponding
items of the previous year. A classification
of railways according to the length of line Oper
ated shows that are ~ companies in the United
States having mileage in excess of l 900 miles,
2G companies operating Il mileage between 600
and 900 miles, % companies operating II mile
age between 400 and GOO miles, Al companies
operating mileage between 250 and 400 miles,
and 902 companies operating a mileage OF $50
miles or less. The total length of line controlled
by the AZ companies operating an excess of ], 900
miles was 0S,3s5.54, being So 70 per cent Of total
mileage OF the country. The second class of
roads controlled II 20 per cent of total mileage
from which it appears that 6S companies con-
trolled &C., per cent of the total railway mile
age. ...
EQUIPMENT.
The total number of locomotives on June 80,
1893, was 3i,7ss being an increase of l652 during
the year. OF these 1857 were passenger loco
motives, 1850 freight locomotives and 1902
switching locomotives, the remainder being UNI
classified. The total number Of cars owned by
the carriers making report was 1,11987s, to
whibh should be added 154 ,06S leased cars, max
ing total of ,273 946 cars operated directly by
the carriers. This shows an increase In the
number of cars directly controlled of 1854 dur
ing the year. OF the total number of cars, 81
1874 were in the passengeo service, and 1,o46, SIT
In the freight service. The number of passen-
gers carried per passenger locomotive was Co.
26s, and the number Of passenger miles per pas
show an increase in the efficiency Of passenger
locomotives. The number of tons OF freight car
ried per freight locomotive was 10000, and the
number of ton miles accomplished per freight
locomotive was 5,031 $50. These figures show no
change in the efficiency Of freight locomotives
as compared with previous years. The number
of passenger cars per 100000 passengers car
red was SO and the number of freight cars per
4 fopc VT fro; cd ha
increase in equipment fitted with train brakes
or automatic couplers, rs compared with the In
crease in the equipment itself is not as marked
as in the previous year. Thus, from total Of
increase In Equipment during the year ending
June 30, 1893, of 6O,5O6, the increase in equip
ment fitted with trim brake was ,l5S and the
coupler was n, 004.
EMPLOYEES. -. q
The total numjer of employees in the service Of
railways at time Of report was S73,602, being an
increase Of 52,1s7. OF this total of employees,
1886 are assigned to the work of general adj
ministration; 256,2i2 to maintenance of ways
and structures, 1754G4 to maintenance Of equip
ment, and 397, e15 to conducting transportation,
the remainder, 1926, being udclassfed by the
carriers making report.
CAPITALIZATION AND VALUATION.
The aggregate of property properly classified
as railway capital was on June 30, 1893, sl0,5o6-
235, 41O which shows railway capital equal to
So, 421 per mile of line. The amount of stock
outstanding was s4.66s, sa5, AS, of which $685.
0O0,6O2 was common stock, the remainder, $685.
625,sl6, being preferred stock. The funded debt
outstanding was S5,225 6s9,s2l, classified as fol-
lows: Mortgage bonds, s4,5O4, 1888, 1852; miscel-
laneous obligations, s4lo,47 ,647; income bonds,