The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-06-17

statistical rcpor. Of tho Interstate com.
mcrcc commission for tho year ending
Juno 50, 1904, mas just been submitted.
Ii the introduction special attention
Is called TO the peculiar conditions al
icciias tho operation OF railroads dur
in. tho year.
First, tho report covers tho last iour
months OF tho Columbian exposition,
during which time there was an in.
creased passenger traffic.
Second, it covers period OF widc.
spread aud Unprecedented business de.
preston.
Third, on June 30, 1894. ono hundro d
and ninety-two roads operating upwards
Of 1000 miles Of line aud representing
about one.iourth OF the total railway
capitalization, were in tho hands Of re-
ceivers. The eiisc. of these conditions
Is apparent IN nearly all OF the figures
presented.
Tho total railway mileage in tue
United S,ateA on June 80, 1894, WAS
liS.IOS. an increase daring tho year Of
9,9iI miles.
Ths increase during the previous year
was i,SO7 miles.
The percentage of increase during
1874 was less than for ANY preceding
year Tor which reports hive been made
20 the commission and 1t Is no: probn.
bic that the year ending June 80, 1895,
Will show much Improvement.
he number OF roads abandoned vas
sixteen. The total mileage OF all tracks
was @31, ,533 miles.
The total number OF railway corpora.
tons on June so, lSli. was 1924, an in.
crease during the year OF >, he mum.
Der OF roads not in operation was II.
The movement OF consolidation duriuG
the year on the basis OF mileage in
VOWED has been creates; in four years
previous; 10 roads, representing l,I3t
miles. have been merged; - roads.
representing 2.3j2 miles, have been re-
organized, and IL road. represen ting
1880 miles, have been consolidated \
classification Of railways on the ba.is OF
operated mileage shows that n roads.
aud with a mileage OF over l,0O0 miles
operate l00,5t7 miles OF line, or $3.50
per cent OF the total mileage OF the
country.
Ninety roads operate l2.90 per cent OF
the entire mileage. On June 50, 1894.
the total number OF locomotives were
3j.t02. an increase during the year OF
7li. The total number oil cars reported
was l,27S,07S. The increase in the
number OF cars during the year was
1852. as against an increase OF lS,SG4
during the previous year. This falling
oil IN the ratio OF increase is due TO the
fac. that the railways have daring tho
year destroyed large number OF old
worn out cars. During tho year $40
locomotives and 30,3SG cars were fitted
with train brakes, and ,l97 locomotives
anG 34.lS6 cars were fitted with auto.
Ilatlc couplers. Seveniy-four and
eishty-oncthundr per cent OF the
total equipment is still without
train brake. and 7207 per cont
without automatic conplers. The
total number ot railway mployes
on June 80. 1894. was T0.G0S, 4 de.
crease as com pared with tho number on
June 30. 1893, oil 93.90i, or 1916 per
cent. This is smaller numocr en-
r!oyed than in any year since 1899.
It'll. decrease is due, the report states,
10 the heavy falling oil in traffic and the
endeaYor OF the railroads 10 economize.
new feature in this report Is a table
giving comparative statcmen. ol the
average daily pensation OF the var
!oGs classes OF railway employees for
!s92. 1893 and 1894, was SO, 100, ,i3.Sl3.
or 30, ,g5l per mile OF line. This is mn
increase in the amOun. Of outstanding
during the year OF $50, 23S l13. The
amount OF capital stock was 81, S2l. .075.-
$50. OF which 81. .l03 jSi. lG6 was common
stock, and S730,49l, ,4O3 was preferred
stock. The funded debt was 1855, ,5S3.-
0lg.
The amount OF current liabilities was
SG0j. .Slj, l35.
The amount OF railway securities held
br the railways as Al investment was
Sl.jii.0jS, $40, n decrease during the
year OF SIS. .9I3,5G3.
The amount oil stock paying no divi-
deni was S3oGG, l6J.09i. or G3.l3 per
cen: OF the total amount. Tho total
amoun. Otthe dividends was S9j, ,9I5.01U,
or an Average rate OH the dividend pay
il. stock OF III per cent. Tho amount
0i hOnda paving no interest was $780,
1B.7g9. The amount Of miscellaneous
obligations having no interest was Sj3.-
~. .lGl, and tho amount Of income
bnnis paying no interest wns $40. 75I,-
a5i. Tho number OF passengers carried
wa, Gl9,GSS, l99, al inCrens' over the
previous year OF 2G. .l2I.5SI. and
va, occasionud by thu worlds
lair travel. There was Il large decrease
in ircieht traffic, tho number OF tons
carTie! being 636, 1858, ns against
Hj,! j,!l9,IS2 in 1893, decrease Of lOG..
932,0 tons. The gross cnrainG9 oil tho
railway. for the year were $lO3,JGl. .Di,
deCrOe.o as CON pared with tho pre-.
voug ycar OF :l47,390,OT. Passenger
revenue decreased $40, lA2.25S and tho
revenues from freight traffic decreased
Sl2J,5G@, ,OiS. Tho amount Of operating
expGnscs waa S773l, ,ili,322, decrease OF
SyG, ,5OG,977. Tho largest per cent of
Crraacs was in the operating expenses
assigned to maintenance OF way ana
structures. and to maintenance oil
equipment, which show. respectively.
d"crease oil 1912 and l.T2 per cent.
Tho net earninga wcro S3il ,94T 40,
dncrcase Of $jO.S9L. 100. na com
Farci with tho previous ycar. Tho in:
come derived from sources outside OF
operations was Sli2,Sl6,So5. Inc
GmOnnt OF Gxcd charges md other do
GGCtiona from income was S429,OOS,"lO,
lenying q net income oi Sj5,7jj,O7o
available for ciyidonds. n decrease IA
comparcd With tho previous year OF
nearly 80 per cent. Tho amount OF hlTi'