The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-01-11
STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS.
Lines Built and Earning Accounts Of the
Year.


The following interesting figures are
taken from the forthcoming Interstate
commerce commission report:
The report includes statistics Of rail-
ways in the United States for the year
ending June %, 1894 on that date there
we're S70S55 miles OF line. an increase
during the year OF 22i7.iS miles. There
were 1924 separate corporations. an In
crease Of "a over the previous year OF
these 945 maintained operating accounts,
S05 were subsidiary companies, IS were
private roads and Is were not operated
during the year. The movement toward
consolidation on the base Of mileage in
volved was greater than in the preceding
year: Is roads. representing 1.73i6i miles,
were merged; o roads, representing
e.55l.s9 miles. were reorganized, and IA
roads. representing 1.590.4 miles, were
consolidated The number Of roads hav-
ing an operated mileage of 1000 miles or
over was a. and these roads operated
$50 per cent Of the total railways. The
capitalization Of roads filing reports was
NO 1S6. 413Sl3. or $62S51 per mile The
number OF passengers carried was 80 eSS,-
1873, and the number of tons OF freight
moved was s3S lS6, $50: both these items
show a decrease as compared with the
previous year. Gross earnings were 81
073, 36l. .797. a decrease Of l2O7 per cent.
Operating expenses were s731, ,414,s29 a
decrease of 11e6 per cent. Net earnings
were $34i. 81. .4I5. a decrease of $50, 0,SS3.leO
from the previous year. Income from
other sources was $142,Sl6.SO5. which.
added to net earnings, made the amount
available for fixed charges and dividends,
siS, I64. go. Fixed charges were S4ag.NS.-
SlO dividends $95, 226, and other pay
ments $685. .O3S; leaving a deficit from the
operations OF the year of $45, S51, 49, as
compared with a surplus OF $S11775 In
the previous year. The number of en-
ployes was T9.60S. decrease of 93,9sI.
The number OF employees killed was ls2s
and the number injured was 23,442, n
marked decrease in casualties as COM
pared with the previous year. The num-
Der Of passengers killed was 32l an in
crease Of 25. and the number injured was
S,O3i, decrease of 1876.
A preliminary income account for the
year ending June 30 1895. including the
returns from $50 roads, and covering the
operations of 164,529SS miles of line, is
also included in the report. The gross
earnings of these roads for this period
were 81, ,O0S O22, ,S53, or $6,O96 per mile, de-
crease Of slS per mile; operating expenses
were $6T, T,66I,6S5. or All9 per mile, a de-
crease OF A4 per mile, and net earnings
were $325, ,355,2lS, as compared with net
earnings of $32O, 1850 for the same roads
in the previous year. an increase of s3l
per mile. Passenger receipts fell of SIT
per mile. while freight receipts show
gain OF $l49 per mile Total net earnings
and income, including income from other
sources, were $35S. 461. Fixed charges
and other deductions were 1885, 351, ,9t6, and
dividends were $59.l35,545, leaving deficit
from the operations of the year Of $751;
lI5,O@. The amount of dividends paid
by the same roads lin the previous year
was SCI, ,5O4,7S. Remissness on the part
Of the railways in filing their reports
TO cause serious delay in the
of these statistics.