The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-22
RAILWAY STATISTICS.
Interesting Report by the Interstate Com
merce Commission.

merce Commission.
Washington, July 21.--The eight, sta
tistical report of the interstate Commerce
commission prepared by it's stat. stefan for
the year ended June 80, 1885,, has lust
been submitted. Referer ce is made to
the effect of business depression and the
large number of receiv erships. On June
1895, 1859 roads operating 1885 miles
were reported In 1tie hands of receivers,
show net decrease of twenty three roads
and <, 936 miles in line. The railway cap
ital represented by these roads was nearly
81, 800, 100000 or about 1915 per cent. of
the railwSy capital in the United States
e The total railway mileage in the United
States on June 30, 1895, was $780,
miles, an increase for the year of 1,94S
miles or 1.09 per cent or the smallest
during any preceding year, for which re
ports have been made to the commission.
The aggregate length of all tracks in the
United States on June 80, 1895, was 1885,
1914 miles
The number of railway corporations on
June 80, 1895, was 1866, of which 1, 103
maintained operating accounts and SOD
financial accounts. During the year four
teen roads were abandoned, nine merged,
thirty-two reorganized and twenty-eight
consolidated.
The statistics show that almost all
classes of locomotives are fitted with train
brakes and 1912 out of 0,012 freight
| locomotives have them. 1t appears that
| 6, 106 passenger locomotives were without
automatic couplers.
The number of men employed by rail
| ways show an increase of 5, 1926, as COM
] pared with last year, the number of en-
| ployees being 7S5, 034 on June 80, 1895.
| The statistics on this point show that the
effect of commercial depression upon the
| payroll of railways fell most severely upon
| the groups comprised under the descrip-
| tion maintenance of way and struct-
ures." and next to this upon "mainte
| nance of equipment.
The amount of railway capital on June
80, 1895, was $40, 9S5, 1908, 125, or S63,3S0
| per mile of line, an increase during the
| year of SSS, 729,312. Current liabilities
| tai stock outstanding 81, 1863, OH, 17S or
%. 81 per cent, was owned by the railway
| corporations as well as S437, sos, S41 or
| 800 per cent. of bonds outstanding
| These figures show an increase in the cor
porate ownership of securities, probably
rather due to railway consolidation than
to the strengthening of reserve funds.
Stock to the amount of S345, $40, BOB or
20 .05 per cent. of the total outstanding
paid no dividend and 1904, 436, 200 or 16 80
per cent. of funded debt, exclusive of
equipment trust obligations, paid no in
terest during the year covered by the re-
port.
The number of passengers carried by
the railways during the year ending June
! 80, 1895, was 507, 421 1862, decrease of
33,266,S37 The number of tons of
freight carried as reported by railways
was 696, ISL, III, an increase of SO, 574 61S
for the year.
The gross earnings for the year ending
June 80, 1895, were 81, 075, 81, 462, an in
crease of 81, 900 665 for the year. Passen-
ger revenue was 1852, 246, $50, decrease
of 1913, 103, 378; freight revenue, 1929, $685.
1852, an increase of $50, 500, $40 The num-
Der of railway employees killed during
the year ended June 80, 1896, was 1871,
and the number injured 81, 896; passengers
killed 10, injured 1870 The number of
passengers killed is remarkably small,
being only one out of each 2,9S4, 1872 car
ried and only one injured out of 213,
carried