New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-10
RAILROAD INTERESTS



SOME INTERESTING FIGURES FROM THE iNlhh-
STATE COMMERCE COMMISSIONS REPORT
Washington Dec 9-Thc Interstate commerce
Commission has just Issued a preliminary rePo''
on the income and expenditures of railways IN tne
United States for r+e year ending June "'' 1871 pre-
pared By it's stasticIan.
rho rcport contains the returns from $40 operat-
lnr companies whose reports were filed on or De
fore November g. 1891. and covers the Operations
Of l4o5js2l miles of line about IS per cent OF
the total operated mileage in the United States
The gross earnings from the operation OF the 49,
5j92I miles OF line represented were s9l,6'9V'o OF
which s3O9 1884, Ii2 from passenger service w.t.
1913 49s was from freight service. and %2iD'Zss was
other earnings from operation, covering receipts
from telegraph. Of cars switching Charges cue
The operating expenses were SBi2S33l. leaving net
earnings Of 1906, 2l07H. Reduced to mileage pas'''
the earnings from passenger service were sZVo' per
mile OF line; from freight service, Al33; total gross
earnings S. $50: operating expenses. $780, and net
earnings s2om A comparison OF these items with
similar results from the complete report OF the
preyious year shows decrease per mile OF line
I'm earnings from passenger service or 700 IN earn
Ings from freight service Of N14. In total gross
earnings OF $40 in operating expenses or ~'f aho
In earnings of s25o -
The number OF passengers carried was OVo'-o'4io'
passengers carried one mile. l2SSs,s56o's NUMBER
of tons carried was 81 e5592; tons carried one mie,
70 i26 34 In order show the volume OF tranlc
Tor an tho railways. these figures snouid ne M
creased "A IL per cent. To compare tne uehsIty
OF traffic with the previous year these Hsu'es arr
reduced TO a mileage basis. which SHOWS the NUN
her of passengers carried mile per mile OF llne
TO be IS 25} as compared with $3.50 In 1873 pa "a
there has tecn an Increase In passenger trainc
regardless of the commercial depression IL que 10
Tho unusual amount OF travel in July, Angus sep
tomber and October. 1888. on account oi the WORM
Columbian Exposition The number OF tons carrier
one mile uer mile Of line was ilO6yJ, az coHipaIen
with sjl 2i2 for 1893 These figures snow the de,
crease i'm the volume OF freight trathc occasloneu
hv the decentralization OF business throughout the
The net earnings available for the payment OF
nxcI charges and dividends were &y,-io, '+f as
against s,5n 7G6 COZ for the same roads Tor the ptc
vioIs wear "A decrease Of sH.555S3. II Is propap,e
mar the decrease In net earnings or all toe ran,
WAYS will exceed &oOoD.c01 Thc dividends pa1
wore 81 ~, 9jl as compared with bpooil5o TOT 1850
Af,er tho deduction OF dividends II Is FOUND tnat
,hcre is a deficit OF s2s O326i. This fact shows tnat
a mart of the dividends was either PAID OUT Oh
inc accumulated surplus OF past years or thd'
,hor p,vment necessltated an increase IN the cur
rent indebtedness - ..ooi,,s NOR
'rne report also shows the average receipitS per
raescnger per mile. and the average rece,ots per
,n rcr lie for the year ending June ~ loJi COW
orIrg mo mileage represented, regardless or tne
docrease In traffic there has been decline IN
rates during the year. the average receipts pc,
nassenger per mile being 1876 cents. as compared
nh lbs cents I'm 1898 and the average receipts per
Ton nor mile SOD cent. compared with S'S cent
in