Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-07-08
RAILWAYS OF THE UNION.
SIXTH REPORT OF THE RaILwai
COMMISSION,
showing the Mileage. Classification.
Equipment, number of Empioyes,
Valuation, Public Service
Earnings and Ezpsnses.


Washington. June so-rhe sixth sta
tistical report Of the interstate com
mefcc commission. prepared by us STA
tisticiau. being the complete report Tor
the above mentioned period for which
Z a preliminary income account was U.s.
sued In December. 1898, has just been
submitted. OF which the following Is
an abstract:
MILEAGE.
The total mileage Of the railways OF
the United States on June 30, 1898. was
175.fsI.0 o. being an increase during the
7 year OF iss765 miles. The correspond
ing increase during The previous year
: was 1850 Is. from which 1t appears that
Z there was some revival In railroad con-
/ struction during the year covered by
I the report The state Of Washing
ton leads in construction with 5os.S2
! miles; Montana shows an increase OF
900 s. miles. Minnesota Of 4e5.6s miles
I and West Virginia OF 25Jql miles. The
other states which shcw an Increase
I IN mileage In excess Of 100 miles are
D California. Florida. Indiana, Michigan,
] Missouri, New York. Ohio, PennsNl-
! vania. Texas. Wisconsin and Myom-
! ing. The states % Kansas. Oregon.
the territory Of New Mexico and thu
crease in mileage. due TO remeasure-
ment Of main lines or abandonment OF
small, unlmportaut lines. The num-
I her OF roads abandoned during the
[ year was nineteen. The total length OF
I line. including all tracks. was 2l0 1877.
| which includes i0,05l36 miles OF sec
I ond track and 42.0l340 miles OF yard
I tracks and sidings
Classification OF Railways.
The total number OF railway corpora
Z lions in existance June 30. 1893, was
1880, being an Increase Of IS during the
I year covered by the report. OF this
number 752 were independent operating
] roads and Y39 maintained operating
accounts. The number OF subsidiary
ruAds which maintained financial ac-
/ counts only WAS rs, " which SO were
I leased for fixed money rental, and
: isJ i.f contingent money rental, the
I remainder being operated under some
I form % traffic agreement not easily
/ subjected 20 classification. The
tendency toward some form OF con-
Z solidaton during the year has been
] quite marked. Is roads, representing
D fAs N miles, have been merged. 20
I roads, representing 1.13279 miles, have
. been reursaniztd. and rs roads. repre-
I seutlng l,f59.ls miles, have been con-
{ sul'datsd. These items arc higher than
I the corresponding items Of the previous
year. \ classification u railroads ac-
cgrding 20 length 81 line operated shows
thht thcre are q companies IN the
I United states having a MILEAGE In eN-
cess NJ 1000 miles, % companies operat-
ing "A mileage between 500 and 1000
! miles, % companies operating a mileage
/ between 400 and 800 miles. A. companies
operating mileage between $50 and 400
] miles, and #2 companies operating a
mileage VI 2J0 miles or less. The total
lenEth or line controlled by the AZ COM
panies operating an excess OF 1000 miles
was 9a.aa15i, being equal 10 1878 per
cent Of the total mileage OF the country.
Ire second class Of roads controlled
ll.2O per cent Of total mileage. from
which II appears that 6s companies
controlled ,7Sss per cont OF the total
Equipment.
The total number of locomotives on
June 30, 1898, was s4.7ss. being an
Increase or 1859 during the year. or
these 1887 were passenger locomotives.
lhoss freight locomotives and $500
switching locomotives, the remainder
being unclussined, The total number
Of cars owned by the carriers making
report was l,llsSIS. to which should
be added l5i,06s leased cars, maxim
Il total OF i.213gl6 cars operated al.
rectly by the carriers. This shows an
increase ~ the number OF cars d.
lectly controlled OF $3.50 during the
year or the total number of cars
A,ss+ We're Tn the passenger service
ana lOinbl1 IN the freight service Tho
number ~ passengers carried per pas
senger locomotive was 662Gs and the
number or passenger miles per png-
sehEcr locomotive was l,5sS.60i. These
llEurcs show an Increase in the on
cheney OF passenger locomotives. The
number OF t0us III freight carried nar
freight locomotive was 40 O62 and the
number Of ton miles accomplished per
fnteisht locomotive was 5.0si,Sss. These
usures snow no change In she ELL
! cheney OF freight locomotives as cnfn-
pared with previous years The num-
ner OF passenger cars per 1000. 900 pas.
senEers carried was nfty-three and tho
number OF freight cars per I.O6O. o00
tons OF freight carried was iGl3 The
increase IN equipment fitted with train
brakes, or automatic couplers. as COM
pared with the increase In enuipment
Itself Is not AS marked as In the pre-
Nlous year Thus. from total Increase
Ia equipment during the year ending
June 30, 1893, OF G0505 the Increase
IN equipment lifted with train brake
was 42,l5S. and the Increase ia eouln-
ment cited with automatic coupler WAS
1891
Employees.
The total number Of employees in tho
service If railways on June 30. 1894
was Ssoo2, being AN Increase of az Isl
of this total OF employees. 1854 ar,
assigned TO the work OF general ad,
minis'raton; 2i6el2 TO maintenance al
way and structures, tl5sGi 10 main
tenancs OF equipment. and gg7.sl5 IL
coniucting transportation, the remain
DER sB2I, be'rg unciasrined bv M,
carriers making report III the EN-
p'pyes be assigned TO mileage. 1t an.
? nfars that Sid 'ncr found employment
IN the railway industry In the ifnitet
Stntfs per 100 miles or line n helms