The record-union., 1897-10-29

The increase during the year was. $780,
ei4. The number OF ,d6 tons rs Of OF freight car
an increase of 10, 100, 44,3Sl. The density OF
freight traffic is shown by the number OF
tens Of freight carried enc mule per mlie
as compared with those OF the preceding
year, show an increase or 44,342 ton-mlles
per mile of line.
EARNINGS AND EXPENSES.
The gross earnings of the railways of
the United States for the year ending june
80 1896, We're 81. .150, 169, $40, having increased
in comparison with the previous year stl,-
7SI, 914. The sources Of the income com
prised in gross earnings from operation
during the year were: passenger revenue III
$266 562. .533; increase, $14,316.553; mail, S5z,-
379, ,819; increase 81 4100I3; express, Sz4, eao,-
3s3: increase, 1886, 5,S75; other earnings. pas
senger service, Sc, ,691 219: increase, Sofos 4J5'
freight revenue S7S6,blo, ,o3t, increase, sSo' So'
622.375; other earnings frelgIlt sedN %
SS5, $50; decrease, $254 $50; unclassHled, Solg,-
3sS The expenses Of operation dor 5ne
year covered by the report were Slfz,sos, o4t'
being greater by S47, ,26S. $50 than the precea-
ing year. The operating expenses Were We ,,ta,, a7r
signed as follows: Maintenance OF way
and structures S160,344 ,950; increase. $d9'-
36S 606: maintenance of equipment, Sl33,-
38i' '998: increase. SIS, ,593, 2S9, conducting
transportation, S442,217, 5S2; increase. 1 $iI,-
06S 619 general expenses 80 eees ea3'zsS; 800 IA
comparative summary giving a qelalls95 di q
analysis of operating expenses for 1896 anu
1895 appears in the report -,
The income from operation, thaL -, f tils
amount of gross earnings remaining after
the deduction of operating expenses, VIZ W q ,
$$77, 180 332 which exceeds Ine MI i7
from other sources mainly from Leases
and investments, was Sl29,oz4, '5l, Wnlcn, ,
added to the income from opet3tIolI, ~ ~ se7 n
a total income of $500 20o,Uo5 Inc 10 1oeS4 o. ue @
that the net income out OF WIllcn sec e99 zoe
and surplus were declared Was e. ,ear
I Al n
than han the i' Corresponding one for the the
nrevious wear. The dividends declared
were sS7, sos 81, leaving surplus q "a
534. .l69 after the satisfaction od sedJrst- {rf!
ment claims amounting to $494,3s6 l ms
small amount of surplus however slloM,S Io@,
an Improvement, since the results en- ol iell az
vay opera tfons during the years 1922 81 auu
| 1891 showed deficits of S29, 21 and Sla'-
! 851. .294 respectively ,,oA,o,,e fro,,,
An analysts of the total Deductions from from
income. SAFE. .573. 1877, shows that they were
composed of the following items: SaIaTles Ia 1eo
! and maintenance of organlzatdlo&n; n sois,f a
interest on funded debt, S249 ~
! IS 4eq 063: rents paid for lease of road, W.
I S7a 500: Taxes, $39, go. 791: permanent I'M
provements, $5, 1920; other deductlohs'
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.
| The statistics submitted show that the
number of railway employees killed DUR
| ing the year ending June 5O 1870. "as % oeo
SCI, and the number lnJurtu ,.oasa "as of "a
IN n. A'T numbar killed, and 4,279 in the
number injured, as compared Win e,,5 e,le
preceding year The ngnper Per 13l,1ber Oh nf
/ passengers injured 2873. being an increase re-
/ Of II in the number killed and OF f9n o,l ~
| the number injured The NUMBER " ", ~, per :
/ sons other than employees and passengers
| killed was 4 406 and the number injured
! 5,G45 These figures include casualtles ~ ~
| persons reported as trespassers, OF Mnotii oi
! 3S11 were killed and 4.46S were injured
From summaries showing the rduo ~ ~
casualties it is found that TOR every ga
/ men employed on railways l was kllieu'
| and for every Is men employed / was IN
iured A similar comparison as 10 tram,
| men shows that l trainman was Kllieq
! for each 152 trainmen employed; ana az ! ti!sl'
/ l tranman was injured for each ~ train
/ men employed. The number or passeh-
! gers carried for / passenger Killed was
! 2S27474. and the number of passengers ems taa
/ carried for I passenger injured was lfSl3z.
! AS showing in another way the immunity
| of passengers from accidents, the report
| gives ratios based upon the numper ol
| miles travelled from which 1t appears
| that 72 093 1863 passenger miles We're ac-
compished for every passenger Killed
and 45f1 945 passenger miles for every
| passenger injured.
CONCLUSION.
In the conclusion of his report the statis-
| tician repeats the recommendations con-
! tanned in previous reports, TO the enec'
that reports should be secured rom e4e *
| traffic that reports should be secured
! from cornora+fons and companies owning
rolling stock which is used IN lntersdaIe Istd Ie
| traffic, and special reports from corpora
| tions and companies owning depot prop
! erty elevators and the like ana tnat re-
ports should be secured from carriers py
| water. so far as their business is inter
state traffic.
The report closes with extracts from
recommendations adopted At the Nat1ona
Convention of Railroad Commissioners
held at ST Louis in MAY last. in support
of the proposition TO establish a Bureau
of Statistics and ACCOUNTS IN connectl'or
! sion an argument in favor of which was
| quoted in the statisticians report for ls9'
| from the ninth annual report or the corn
mission Among the points which in the
| view Of the National Convention shoulc
be embodied in a law were the follow
ing: ,,,so .ou +ho an
| pointment of railroad examiners by the
| Interstate Commerce Commission. ana SC
define the duties of said examiners as tC
| insure the keeping of the books of cor
porations subject to the Act to regulate
commerce according to the principles ant
rules laid down by the commission
"Second-It should prescribe that annua
and monthly reports should be filed witt
the Interstate Commerce Commission
which reports should be passed upon by
the examiners. and in case of discovery
| of abuses such use should be made Of
the reports as may lead to appropriate le
gal remedies.
tablishment of q Bureau of Statistics an6
| Accounts. under the direction Of and ir
connection with the Interstate Commerce
Commission: and give to the commission
the right to promulgate. through this bu
reau rules and regulations according K
which accounts should be kept by tbs
corporations subject to the Act. to the
| end that the last clause of the 10th sec
tion of the Act to regulate commerce may
be made effective.
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