The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1898-08-25
AFEW FIGURES
Summary Of Tenth Statistical
Report of the Interstate
Commission.
Increase of 1861 Miles During
1887 -Ninety-tive Per Cent
Steel Rails.
Considerable Decrease in the
Amount of Wages and Sal
aries Paid.
Capital Stock, Debt, Gross and
Net Earnings---Casualtiesf for
the Year.

w ASH1NGTON, aug. SO.-ET TON suH-
maries which will appear in tenth sta
tistical report from the interstate COM
merce commission, prepared by its
statistician, the following advance
figures are obtained:
On June 30, 1897, there were 1873
roads in the hands of receivers. These
roads operated a mileage Of 1851
miles; the mileage owned by them be.
ing 1884 miles. These figures, as
compared with those of 1896, show that
there was net decrease of 2,614 miles
in mileage operated, and S.622 miles in
mileage owned by roads in the charge
OF receivers.
Mileage and Equipment.
The total railway mileage in the
United States was 1874, 428 miles, there
being an increase of 1861 miles, or 600
per cent during the year.
Ninety-five per cent of the railway
mileage of the country is laid with
steel rails. The total mum Der of loco.
motives in service was 80, 1856, an in.
crease of 81 for the year. The number
of passenger cars was 33,626, and of
freight cars I,22f,730.
Or the total number of cars $50, 1856
were fitted with train brakes, the in
crease being rs, 432, and 678, 725 were
fitted with automatic couplers, an in.
crease of 1873, 142.
The number of men employed by the
"a lroads Of the United States on June
10, 1897, as reported, was 932, 476.
basis, show that 449 men were en-
ployed per 100 miles of line.
Wages and Salaries.
Regarding the year ending June 80,
1897, it appears that the amount of
wages and salaries paid was .$465, 6O1.-
5Sl. This amount represents 6l.87 per
cent of the total operating expenses of
railways, or $3.50 per mile of line.
The total compensation for 1896 was
SIS, 222, $50 greater.
On June 30, 1897, the amount of
railway capital outstanding was $1O,-
635, 00S, O74 which, assigned on a mile
age basis, shows a capital of 500, $50
per mile of line.
Capital Stock, Debt, Etc.
The amount OF capital stock paying
no dividend was So, 76l, 092, 277, or 70. 10
per cent Of the total amount outstand.
ing. The amount of funded debt, ex-
Guiding equipment trust obligations,
which paid no interest, was 1869, $780,
$40. The total amount of dividends
was $S7, Ito, 500, which would be pro-
duced by an average rate of 5.S3 per
cent on the amount of stock on which
some dividend was declared.
The number of passengers carried
during the year was 489, Az, 198, a de.
crease of 20, 1927, 539. The number of
tons of freight carried was TAI, 7O5, 946,
which is "a, 185, 4S9 less than for 1895.
Gross and Net Earnings.
The gross earnings of the railways of
the United States for the year ending
June 80, 1897, as reported for an oper-
ated mileage of 1888, were $1,122,.
0S9,7 In comparison with the pre-.
ceding year this amount shows a de.
crease in gross earnings of $2S, O79, 6O3.
The expenses of the operation of rail-
ways for the fiscal year covered by the
report were 1852, 524, 1854. This amount
is $40, 464, $50 smaller than the CORES
ponding amount for the year 1896, the
operated mileage for the year being
1S1, 982 miles.
Net earnings were 1859, 569, 900.
This amount is $685., 1923 less than the
corresponding item for the previous
year.
Casualties For the Year.
The total number of casualties to
persons on account of railway accidents
tor the year ending June ~, 1897, was
% .6S. Of these casualties 6,437 re-
suited in death and So, 73l in injuries
OF various kinds. Of railway em.
ployes 1903 were killed and 1857,
were injured during the year.
From summaries showing the rate
OF casualties it appears that l out of
every 4SS employees was killed and l
out of every lSo employees was injured
during the year. One passenger was
killed for every 1904, 709, and one in.
jured for every 175, l65 carried.