Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-10-21
RnroRYs ~ RAILROADS..
Interstate Commerce. Commission Civ
Soma lnternsting ItgnreH.

Interstate Commerce. Commission Gives
Some Interesting Figures.
The ninth statistical report OF the
Inter State Commerce Commission for
the year eEGed lEnu 3Oth, 1856, gives
interesting information concerning the
mileage, equipment, nunlhpr OF ON.
pluyes, Capitalization and valuation,
accidents and earnings and expenses OF
railways in tina United States for the
year named. One hundred and fifty
one roads, representing 30. 40 Mills Of
operated rolGs, warn 10 the hands of
receivers on June 30th. 1896, a decrease
OF IS from the previous year. ihe cnpi-
tai stock reprrhentsd ny tie railways
controlled by receivers was s7l2, 5a7, 69S,
and the funded debt was $3.50, 733, 7G6.
Tho total railway miiengs on Junp
3lth. 1896 was lS2, 776, an increase OF
., 10 for the year, Georgia showing the
largest increase, viz, :.;G3 miles. The
number OF locomotives in service was
81. $50, and Of cars Of all CLASSES /, 297,
GAO, an increase Of 25l locomotives and
81, 0SS cars. OF the total cars and loco.
motives li9, SOL were fitted with
train brakes and $40, 5H3 With automatic
couplers. The number OF freight loco
motives fitted with automatic couplers
WAS 3, 1878 out Of a total of 20, 35l, and
the ears in freight service iitted with
train brakes were 379, 05S out of total
of |, 22l, SS7.
The number of employees is nlnced ut
SIG, GO. Their aggregate compensation
amounted to over 90 per cent of the
total operating expenses OF all railways,
a slight decrease from the preceding
years. The amount Of railway capital,
ii ia shown, was $40, 16G, 500, I'll, which,
assigned on a mileage basis, shows u
capital OF S19, Go per mile of line, and,
if current liabilities lie included as
part Of the capital, S63, 068 per mile of
line. The amount OF capital stock wna
So, 226. 52i, 2G9, of which $9G9, 956, CO.
was preferred. fraction of over 70
per rent OF the capital stock paid no
dividends. The total dividends amounted
to ss7, Cos. Ill Passengers carrisd dur
ing the year numbered oil, 772, 1871, an
increase OF over 4,o0O,O 00 compared
with the previous year, which, how
ever, showed decrease of .}3, 2G6 S37 as
compared with 1894. Freight tonnage
amounted to 765, SOL, $50 the largest
ever reported for railways in this coun-
try, and MI increase OF nearly 10, 600, 600.
Gross earnings amounted to 81. lao. l69
376 an increase Of nearly SO, 600, QUO.
resulting IN a net income Of over S;}3
600, 600 larger than the previous year
Nearly /, 800 employees were killel and
almost 30, 900 injured during the year,
an increase of so in those killed and
over !, OO0 in the number injuret,. One
hundred and eighty-one passengers
were Killed and nearly 5000 injured.
The number Of persons "other than
employees and nassengers killed was
4, 40G, and those injured 5.Si5. These
figures include casualties to persons re-
ported an trespassers. For every Al
men employed ON railways onp was
killed, and for every q men emplo, ed
one was injured. One trainman was
killed for each 1872 tralnmen employed,
and one trainman was injured for each
10 men employed. Tins number of
passengers carried for one passenger
killed was 2, S27. 474, and the number
of passengers carried for one passenger
injured was lis, l32.