The evening times., 1900-03-15
IN PRUSSIA AND HESSE.
Operations OF Railroads Owned by
the Govern

Prussian and Hessian railroads are re-
ferred to at length in letter written by
Richard Guenther. Consul General TO
Frankfort. to the Department Of State. He
says:
The railroads Of Prussia and Hesse are
owned by the respective governments and
operated by join, management. with the
exception OF ,5S4 miles owned by private
corporations.
The Prussian Minister of Public Works
has just sent a report concerning these
Government roads TO the Prussian Diet.
from which the following data are taken.
| give distances in miles and values in
United States currency. The total mil
cage has. from 1913 miles in the provi-
Gus years. increased TO IS, ,494 miles. Of
which 12.41O miles are main lines. and
6GS4 miles are local lines. Eleven thou
sand and eighty-E.a1 miles are single
track. 1929 miles are douDletrack, 25.6
miles are track. and % miles are
four track lines.
The invested capital Of the Prussian-
Hesse Government st2ndard-gauge rail
roads is placed at Sl.SJ2. 1886
or $97 444 per mile The c2pi-
tai invested mao increased over
the previous yeaT S39. 100000 and the
average cost for each nile SIS. The equip
ment was increased by 7S2 locomotives
11lT passenger coaches, $50 baggage c--s.
and p. AIS freigh cars at cost on 81
$50 000-against StS.7i4 coo the year BE-
fore. The number II locomotives In 1--we
service has incI cased from II. co. 10 L.
O7O; OF passenger coaches. from 2t,05s 70
p. SS7; of baggage cars, from 5,f5I 70 D.
7l3; and of freight ears, from 252.15i TO
267 397.
The purchase value Of these equipments
Is put down as S351 COO. .0O0, or 1852 pe-
cent Of the total invested capital The
nuI. Der OF passengers transported increas-
cd from 4s9, ,490 600 TO So, ,2S0. 600. or S-92
per cent. OF these. Lac OO0 were first
class j 550. 900 were second-class. 26O.-
$50 600 were third-ciass. and POI 100000
were fCurth-class passengers. Seven mil
lion two hundred and thirty thousand
travelled on military tickets.
The receipts from passenger trathe IN
creased from $I3 400 600 to SIS 10000 or
ITS per cent while the mileage only in-
creased LIS per cent. The average re-
ceipts for every person transported IS Dg-
uTed at - cents. against l7-z4 cents Tue
previous year. and per mile at lOZ5 cents.
against fc3s cents the year before 1his
decrease per passenger an6 per mile is
attributed to the comparatively aTge in
crease in the number Of fourth class pas
sCnEgrs.
.In the freight trafhc the number Of
tons transported increased from Isl $40. .Oj0
10 lg2. $50 OGO. Or 6.03 per cent, 70 which
must be added IL. $50. 0U0 tons transported
free Of charge, so that the total amounted
to $50 0cO tons against 94.52o,0a0 tons
+ the year before. The Increase is accO- nj
+ Cd for as a result Ct good times and OF
new lines or coal. 81 pot. COO tons were
. carried. which equals fU.S per cent Of al
freight against 1850 600 tOLs. OF 41.s - 7
cent tuv - before. The receipts on
freight increased GA per cent-lrom S1s7-
IIG.te0 to SlSg. .l50 COO being an average OF
Sl.3s per ton. against $lCss the previous
year
The total receipts from passenger and
freight transportation IN 1SSS-99 were $3.50
5CO.O GOO. an increase Of 81. .4G0 900. or 8 s.
per cent. over 1Ss7-9S. but here II must
be borne iu mind that these receipts would
have been s. eco COO higher II the Impe-
! rial Postolice Department had paid the
full value for services rendered. The tOta
receipts from all sources from 1882.
were $500 500 coo. an excess Of S17. 500, 600
or So per cent over ls97-es.
The total expenditures, however had
| increased 10 1864 per cent over the pre-
vious year. or from S156. 41o 0o0 l. $170.-
I 5000 The excess Of receipts over eX-
penses is shown to be 1927, 40 00O-S1 $780,
Geo larger than in the previous year and
S2.37O. .0C0 more than had been estimated
The net profits are equal 10 7.O7 per cen
Ton the total capital invested. against Ill
/ per cent the previous year and I.15 pei
. rent two wears ago "a