The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1895-11-14
RAILROAD ITEMS.

DurlnS the year enQlng June 81, 1870.
there were accidents on the railroads in
Texas, which resulted in the death of
160 persons of whom 81 were railroad
employees, seven were passengers and 90
were other persons. Of the 81 rail-
road employees SO were trainmen, three
were switchman, fiagman and Waterman, {,
and Is were employees in other capacities:
of the so persons killed who were neither
railroad employees or passengers, SO were
reported as trespassers and 10 as not
trespassing, two passengers were killed on
| the Texas and Pacific; and one each on
the Fort Worth and New Orleans, Gal
| weston, Harrisburg and San Antonio,
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, Missouri,
Kansas and Texas, and the st. Louis
| Southwestern.
OF the entire 100 fatal accidents, 20
occurred ON the Missouri, Kansas and
| Texas, % on the Texas and Pacific, %
on the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe, IS.
on the Galveston, Harrisburg and San
Antonio; 10 each on the Houston and
Texas Central and the Texas and New
| Orleans, seven each on the international
and Great Northern, st. Louis and South
western and the San Antonio and Aran-
sas Pass, five on the Houston, East and
West Texas, four on the Galveston,
| Houston and Henderson, three on the
Fort Worth and Denver City, two each
on the Austin and Northwestern, and the
Texas Midland, and one each on the
| Chicago, Rock Island and Texas, Fort
Worth and New Orleans, Galveston Bra
zoria and Kansas City, Texas, Louisiana
and Eastern, Tyler Southeastern and the
Waco and Northwestern.
The fatal accidents for the two proceed
ing years were as follows:
Year ending June 80, 1898, SO railroad
employees, five passengers and 81 other
persons; total $50. Year ending June
30, 1894, 70 railroad employees, six pas
sengers and 80 other persons; total 17S.
1t will be seen that the number of fatal
accidents to railroad employees have been
decreasing, very much, being about 80
per cent less last year than during the
Der of passengers killed has been in
creased one each year, and that the num-
Der of other persons killed was exactly
the same for the last two years. The ac
cidents which were not fatal reported by
the railroads in Texas for the year end
ed June 30, 1895, were as follows:
draihiheh ........... .....:.... 4d9
Switchmen, flagman and Waterman 1853
Other railroad employees ...... 676
Total railroad employees ........ 1872
Passengers. ....... ........... III
Other persons ............... :. Eau
lotal ............. ........... Il, Nv
OF the 240 accidents to other persons,
not resulting in death, 1T were reported
as occurring to trespassers and 63 to per-
sons not trespassing.
The total number of non-fatal accidents
reported for the year ended June ~,
1895, was 1872, of which 1915 happened
to railroad employees, 105 to passenges
and 1872 to other persons. The numbg
reported for the year ended June ~
J 1894 was 1475, of which 1155 occurRd
to railroad employees, 135 to passenger
and 1876 to other persons.
The railroad commission has receiTa
the annual report for the Paris and Grest
Northern railway 0he Texas end of the
'Frisco') for the year ended June ~
1895. A comparison of it with thef
report for the proceeding year shows
follows:
Gross earnings, 1S94-5 -. 1926, 2Sl
| Gross earnings, 1884 go. S2,74O b
increase for 1S94-5 ...... $43, al
, Operating expenses, 1S94-5. $59,6S1 y
: Operating expenses, 1884. 62,Olo "
Decrease for 1ss4-5 . $2,82S1
1S94-5 .,..' ........ 1854 y
Ne 1se ea[hinsS ifon opei",io 2O,725 II
, Increase for 1s94-5 $43,s69 IS
Net income after paying taxes
and interest on funded debt: 20 900 a.
1907 '''''''''' 22O1 ~
1ncro,so for 1se4-5 $45,897S
, Number of tons of freight
, hauled: o5S4J y
,oo,r 1880
+ The business of this road is aiino''
: tirely interstate. ,,,issiopg
Mr.. Askew, the railroad comlff, rom tbs
, expert, complies the following Els l5S tbSt
, reports of the different rallroauffnn mi n
, "a railroads have made regular arnocial # b
, ports and that II have made s III Of tbs
/ ports, total reported, 20, ana an
5 above 65 have mileage.