Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-09-01
STATISTICS OF RAILWAYS.

From summaries which will appear
in the tenth statistical report of the
Interstate Commerce commission, pre-
pared by it's statistician, being the
complete report for the above named
period, for which preliminary income
account was issued in December, 1897,
the following advance figures are OBJ
taiued:
On June Both. 1897. there wers 1873
roads in the hands Of receivers. These
roads operated a mileage OF l7,S6l. 6S
miles, the mileage owned by them
being 1894. 81 miles. These figures,
as compared with thoBs for 1896, show
| that thsra was net decrease of IA
6l3 II miles in mileage operated, and
1922. SO miles in mileage owned by
roads in the charge OF receivers. Dur
ing the year ending June 30th, 1897, 81
roads we're removal from the control of
receivers and % roads were placed
under their management. An inspec
| ton of the roads operated under re-
| ceiverships on June Both, 1897, shows
| that % operated u mileage in excess OF
300 miles; 20 between 100 and 100
| miles, and 70 mileage less tbnn 100
miles. 1t is not always possible to So
cura complete returns for railways
operated by receivers. but the follow
ing figuras may be accepted as practi-
of this class: The capital stock repre-
sented by these railways on June 30th,
1897, was Si86, O64, 6l0; funded debt,
s53l. 407, 100; and current liabilities,
S113, BOG, :}4S. comparison of these
figures with those corresponding for
the preceding year shows decrense in
capital stock represented of over S256,
600, 900, and in funded debt of over
SI6S. 600, 600. ~ 4
The total railway mileage in .ht
United Staten on June Goth, 1897, was
1874, 428. AZ miles, there being an in
creaee Of 1,65i.8I miles. or 600 PEI
cent during the year. In round NUN
hers, Alabama shows IN increasa D
III miles; Arkausns. 1872 miles; Cali
fornia, 2l9 miles; Louisiana, 161 miles
! and Michigan, 123 milss The inoreas
in mileage in the other States and Ter
ritorIea in which an increase occurred
was less than 100 mileH. In a few
States, ma usual, decrease in mile
. age is shown. Tho aggregate lengtl
of railway mileage, including al
. tracks, on June 30th. 1897, waa 243,
444.4l, tho increase being 3.3l5.2
miles. The length of second track wa
IL, 0lS. Az miles; OF third track, 995.T
. miles; OF fourth track, TS0.4S miles
q The milsuge Of yard track and siding
I amounted TO 46, 23l. 20 miles.
a Excepting yard track and sidingl
!. about 81 per cent Of which are lai
q with iron rails. substantially 90 pc
!, cent OF tho railway tracks in the couL
/ try are lnid with steel rails. ~
: The number of railway corporation
!. on June Both, 1897, embraced 10 til
a "Statistcs OF Railways in the Unite
. Statss'' was 1887. Of this numbe
Z 1,037 maintained operating accounts
d $40 being classed MS independent ope
a ating roads, and 2l9 az suhsidial
= operating roads. OF the roads operate
il under lease or other agreement, 800 n
h eeived a fixed money rental and l69
a contingent money rehtnl, 258 ware G
i signed for operation under forms
Il agreement not easily clnssii fable.
The operated mileage affected by r
organization and other corpora
changes during the year ending Jui
10 Both, 1897, was ld,542.39 milos,
" which IL, $780, 81 miles pertaiasd TO T
8 organized roads.