The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-14
FACTS AND FIGURES
INTERSTATE COMMERCE C0NkIs-
SION MAKES REPORT.

Fewer Roads In Receiver Hsnds-Largest
| stats decrease In Mileage Shown BY
0eorgia-Increa.s In Can and Locomo-
tives-Statist.cs - to Safety Appliances
Employees Wages Over Sixty Per Cent
of Total Operating ExPsnses-C.pttaiiz-
ton aud valuatioa-frane and Earn.
inRs-Oe.ths aud injuries.
Washington, Oct. 1.-THE ninth sta,is-
| teal report Of the Interstate Commerce
commission for the year ended June 80,
1896. gives interesting information con-
corning the mileage. equipment. number
| OF employees, capitalization and valuation
accidents and earnings and expensts OF
railways in the United States for the
year named.
One hundred and fifty-one roads, rep
| -esenting 30.475 miles OF operated mileage
were in the hands OF receivers on June
80, 1896. a decrease Of eighteen from the
previous year. The capital stock repre-
scented by the railways controlled by re-
ceivers was s742,597 69S, and the funded
debt was 1895, 733.7s6.
| The total railway mileage on June 80,
1896, was 1s2.776. an increase Of 2.11S for
| the year. Georgia showing the largest in
crease, 233 miles.
The number Of locomotives IN use was
81, $50, and Of cars of all classes 1,297,S49,
an increase Of PSI locomotives and 27,oSS
cars. OF the total cars and locomotives
| 44S,S54 were fitted with train brakes and
| 545,5S3 with automatic couplers. The
| number Of freight locomotives fitted with
automatic couplers was 1878 out of 20
| tai Of 20. ISL, and the cars in freight serv-
| ice fitted with train brakes was S79,05S
out of total Of 1,221 .SS7.
| An interesting feature OF the report Is
| a summary showing the amount Of COM
| pensation paid to the railway employees
| of the United States, who aggregate $685.
| 620. Their aggregate compensation
announced 20 over so per cent OF all the
total operating expenses Of all railways,
slight decrease from the preceding
year.
Much data on the capitalization and
| valuation Of railway property is contain
ed in the report. The amount OF railway
capital, 1t is shown, was SO, ST. 1851
| which, assigned on a mileage basis. show
| a capital of s59.610 per mile OF line and,
| II current liabilities be included as part
| Of the capital. $63,06S per mile of line.
The amount of capital stock was s5.22S.
| 527, 26s, of which 1886. 692 was prefer
| red. A fraction Of over 20 per cent of the
capital stock paid no dividends. The to-
tai dividends amounted TO ss7,603,37L.
Passengers carried during the year
| numbered 511, az, 1877, an increase OF over
| 1900, 900 compared with the previous
year, which, however, showed decrease
| Of SO, 26S, S37 as compared with 1894.
Freight tonnage amounted 20 765.S91, :
| 3S5, the largest ever reported for rail-
| ways in this country and an increase OF
| nearly 10000, 900.
| Gross earnings amounted 10 $1,,150. l6s,-
| 376, an increase Of nearly 900, re-
sulting in net income Of over $50, 000, 900
| larger than the previous year.
Nearly 1900 employees were killed and
| almost 10000 injured during the year. an
| increase Of fifty in those killed and near
| ~ 5000 injured. The number Of persons.
| "other than employees and passengers
killed was 4.406. and those injured 5.s45.
Those figures include casualties 10 per-
| sons reported as tresspassers. For every
4H men employed on railways one was
| killed, and for every IS employed one
was injured. One trainman was killed
! for each 152 trainmen employed and one
| trainman was injured for each 10 men
employed. The number Of passengers
carried for one passenger killed was
2,2s7, asa, and the number OF passengers
carried for one passenger injured was
10000.
NEBRASKA WILL LOSE.
New York, Oct. ia special from
Washington to the Herald says: The
Union Pacific, the Burlington and the
Chicago and Northwestern roads will. IL
Is expected, win their case against the
state Of Nebraska, the opinion in which
will be handed down on Monday in the
supreme court, in whose jurisdiction it
was appealed at the spring term. when
W. j. Bryan appeared as counsel for Ne
br3ska. n
.
sitting in circuit, in Chicago, two years
ago, decided an Injunction against the
state against enforcing the Nebraska
law OF 1898. the legality Of the provisions
OF which was called ito question by the
railroads. and II is understood :ha; the
opinion of the supreme court will be in
accordance with this injunction.
The law OF 1893 esta biished a schedule
OF maximum freight charges which was
considered by the railroads doing bust
ness in the state as Illegal, being too low
70 allow hauling on living basis. II was
asserted also thai the law was uncon-
etitutional. The case was pending for
more than four years in the state courts,
the decision each time being in favor Of
the railroad companies.
Upon the granting Of the Injunction by
Justice Brewer. the state carried its case
70 the supreme court OF the United States
but a; no time has there been any hope
for a final decision favorable TO the state.
The case IS almost identical with the
Texas case. which was decided by the
supreme court in favor OF the Texas rail-
roads.
MR.. TRCMBCLL DENIES.
Denver, Oct. l3.-Speaking OF the re-
port tha; The Gul: road, after is reorgan-
ization. intends % operate the Kansas
Pacific road. Receiver Trumouil said:
The story IS the bodies: piece % fiction
imaginable. Il is absolutely wi;hou; any
foundation for TWO reasons: First. Gen
erai Dodge is no; engaged. in any euca
deal; second, the plan OF reorganization
OF the Union Pacific. which Is exposed
aba ~