The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-01-24
MISSOURI RAILROADS.

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panies.
The total mileage on June 80,
1894, not including second, third OF
6,525.3l, the net increase since
December 81, 1892, being 121.5t
miles. The total mileage of al
tracks in the state June 30, 1894, wat
as follows
Main lines, single tracks.u......... 6,525. 81
$ cond and third tracks,. ..,...... 50 q
Sidings i ,459 .91
Total .... ............... ...... ...,.s ,C67 i5
The total net increase in all kinds
of track since December. 81, 1892,
is 146 SO miles.
All of the railroads of the state
are of standard guage, except the
Des Moines and Kansas City, the
Missouri Southern and the Sedalia,
Wabash and Southwestern. These
three roads have total mileage OF
77.4l and are three foot gauge.
The increase in the railroad mile
age of Missouri from 1875, the year
when the railroad commission was
established is 3,475 miles, being an
average of 1921 miles per year.
June 80, 1894, there was one mile of
railroad main line, to 1905 square
! milps nf tarritnry
The capital stock and funded debt
of the railroad companies, are re-
ported to the commission, for the
year ending June 80, 1894 was as
| follows:
Capital stock, s23 ,0l4 per mile 5 537 775 635
Funded debt, S2s l52 per mile. OF. 633 O7s ,6sj
Total stocks aud bonds. ...,. 81 40, ,s5i 800
| Total amount of stocks and bonds
! per mile ......... ................ 50 ,O66
! Current liabilities of the COM
panies. ........... .......... %. 500 $50
| Cash assets. ..........-............ 7,0SS $40
Total stock. funded debt and liza
bilities .... ~ .... / 1919 36s s5u
For the year ending June 30, 1894,
so far as reported, the entire earn
ings of the companies operating
railroads in Missouri were as fol-
lows:
Earnings of passenger depart
ment ................ ...........S 3s .5l3 ,6i7
Earnings OF freight department. s7,75s 6i2
Total ..-.................... ........ Sl26 272 2s9
These companies carried 80 1852,
74S passengers and moved 51,571, 1856
tons of freight. The average
amount received for each passenger
was 04.2 cents. The average dis
tance Travelled was Al 20 miles, the
average rate per mile being 2O82
cents per mile. The number of tons
OF freight moved does not include
company freight The average
per ton received by the roads was
81, ,696; the average haul per ton was
1893 miles, and the average late
per ton per mile was 0.9427 cents.
Eight of the companies reporting
paid dividends on all or portions of
their stock, the dividends varying
from to per cent. OF these COM
panies, seven operate interstate
lines, only one, the Hannibal & St.
Joseph, being wholly within the
state OF Missouri Mileage op rated in
Missouri by the eight companies
referred to is ,467. SO miles. The
dividend paying companies were as
follows:
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.
Hannibal & st. Joseph.
Kansas City, St. Joseph x Council
utfs.
Keokuk & Western.
Nodaway Valley.
st. Louis, Iron Mountain & South
ern.
Tarkio Valley.
The report says of the condition
of the roads in Missouri;
"The main trunk lines in the state
have been maintained in good condi-
: ton and show an Improvement since
December 81, 1893. Much work has
been done in the way of repairs and
renewals, especially in improvement
, of track, road bed and super -struc-
lures. Branch lines have generally
been kept in good condition, and
some of them have been much i'm
proved. Extended general inspec-
tions have been made by the board
during the years 1893 and 1894"
The board finds that about "a per
cent of the roads of the state are
laid with steel rails varying in weight
from Sc to 80 pounds per lineal yard,
and of the entire main track 56 per
cent is ballasted with broken stone,
gravel, cinders or burnt clay.
The average number of employees
in the service of the railroads OF
Missouri for the year ending June
r 80, 1894, 10000.
I AS far as reported ia persons
! were killed and 528 severely injured
ON the railways of the state for the
year ending June 80, 1894; SO en-
ployes were killed five passengers
/ and ITO others. Three hundred and
, sixty employees, 40 passengers ant
. 119 others were injured.