Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-09-22
BUSINESS OF, RAILROADS.
Poor's Forthcoming Munual Gives
~ Some interesting E'i.Sures-

Poor's Forthcoming Manual Gives
~ Some interesting Fi.Sures- ,3
The edition of "Pocr's MANUAL of
Railroads For $780," which is nosvain
press, will present seine i,ise- pst:ng
statistics, Showing tie earnings OF
American railways during the past
year. a%.t.> :,
According to the sta e:sticnl exhibits
contained in the intrGt.uct.~ J = ta Rae
work, the length OF Steam Railroads.&c.
the United States OIL Dee. u. 1873. Was
1861 $40 miles. net increase Of Ia
miles in the year. Although there We're
$3.50 miles Of new railroad CONSTRUCTED
In 1898. sundry deductions. t.t:e chiefly
to the abandonment OF rc:ll:; @l.isi.t IN
previous years. az sress:,t.Eg ,M,J niles,
caused the low net iuC. IN t..2 yeas.;
The heaviest construction OF the year
was in the SOutLUesrel:,} group Of
states, in which no less than 912 miles
were built, Arkansas having to >ita
credit 224 miles, Texas 1870 miles. New
Mexico 100 miles, Missouri 1872 miles
and Oklahoma Territory 120 miles. II
+ The result OF the operations Of the
railroads of the country is a matter Of
first Importance. with investors and
; publicists. Examination Of the figures
shows that gross earnings increased
| SIG, 692 ,O9S in 1898 over the earnings
of 1897, and $123,926. 600 over the, earn
ings OF 1896. Large as these increases
! appear, however, the percentage OF in
crease (which was 1.03 greater in 1893,
| as compared with 1890, seems inf1ni-
tesimal. ~, ..,...s Z
! The greatest increase in earnings was
In the freight department, which ag-
gregated $SOs,924, 526 In 1898. as
against $3.50, 1851, $3.50 in 1897, the in
crease Of $sS,572,587 being equal to
1.29 per cent, Notwithstanding de-
crease ofs2.8O per cent In the average
receipts per ton per mile, which, In
1893, reached the lowest figures ever
recorded, being 7.b8 Mills as against
7.07 mills In 1897 and $40 mills in 1896.
In 1898 the number Of tons OF freight
moved increased 1.S8 per cent, while
! the number Of tons Of freight moved
one mile Increased 4.21 per cent, the
actual volume Of increase In the latter
item representing 16, 723,604,041 tons
one mile. The significance OF this in.
crease becomes apparent when com.
! parison Is made with the Increases re-
corded In other years. In 1897 the In.
crease In tons one mile over 1896 was
1856, 715, sic; 1896 over 1896, b.31S, 0s2.'
s33; 1895 over 1894, 6.347. S70.303. A
The departure Of British troops from
Gibraltar for South Africs continue
and furnishes pretty conclusive evi
dence that Great Britain means to fght
the Beers II IN amicable settlement O
the Transvaal dimc ulty is not speedily
reached. The indications are that M
plomacy has failed to accomplish defnit'
results and that England has decided t,
end the controversy with force. Ceci
Rhodes issreported as saying that til,
Beers win back down This is wha
they will doubtless eventually do
i though the sturdy burghers are likely !.
!, i've the soldiers Of her majesty anothe
4 taste 81 Majuba Hill and Krugersdorl
before they black down. The Boer
4 are built that way Superior force an,
\ armament and higher civilization mus
ultimately win; but, as in the past. til
/ British redcoats will find the Boer
..foemen worthy of their steel" 1t vii
I be no holiday task to whip them. 81
Word comes from Persia that I'll
/ shah has gone crazy because be has SO'
q. wives The shah should have givel
the American divorce system a trial.