The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-07-15
INTERsTATE COMMISSIONS REpoRr
Figures and Facts Of Interest TO shinoers
and the Travelino p,,i,l;o

washington, July 1.-THE ntoryto.
commerce commission has Just comf,cted
IT'S annual report Of railroad STATS, ri. ~.
me fiscal year ending June 20. tos, the
showing of the report Is peculiar ami il,
terestihg in many features. The upr,b i, os
railways in the hands of receiver. an, INN
q" 400, was o. there being nat M,
cre'se OF 49, as compared with the cor
'eSpondlng date of the previous wear.
oh June 30 1902 the total single irncl
runway mileage in the United STA cs W..
''o'"4'.'S miles an increase during Tho
year OF lO5ll II miles being shown This Is
greater Increase than that for any ohio.
year since 1893. rhc States and Tarrlto,4e.
winch show an increase In mileage in OK
cess of 100 miles nre Alabama Arkopsos
SalIorhla, Idaho, Illinois Iowa. Louisiana
minnesota, Mississippi Nebraska. Nor n
carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania. South Car
umnhh, Texas and oklahoma Prarflcai n
On vi lhS railway mileage OF the countr.
Is covered by reports made tc tine comnl's
SON Tue amount not covered being TNg a
IiIeSs' or Al per cent OF the to,al single
lrntk mileage. The aggregate length az
railway mileage. including tracks oI iii
hmis. was 2j!tISS.O7 miles
There were 1868 locomotives in the SIR.
Nlct ga the t4.WJ.s On dune so lhU
or SO mole than the year pipvious of no
totnl number reported, 90G3 are c.assnl Il,
passenger locomotives 2l,JTO az iroiulli iu-
cemotives, J62l as switching 10. oiuotiNes
and JS3 are not classified
me total number Of ears Of all classics In
the service Of the railways on the sam
date was l,40V,o3S, an increase of i4v-2
being shown in this item, or the total NUN
Der 81, II" are assigned to the passCngtr
service, l,365,53l to the freight SerS ce "a
JV,514 to the direct service ui the til.
ways.
Ii appears that the railways of the In tel
states used on an average % % ON t.N
and IJ3 cars per 100 miles Of line; mat
IS,4SS passengers were carried, ana LOU,
lp passenger miles accomplished per pas
sengef locomotive, and thai 5tQl3 tons Il
freight We're carried and 65J6,I3l ton mil,
accomplished per freght locomotive. All
oil these items show an increase when coll.
pared with corresponding figures tor the
year 1899
The number of persons employed by tho
railways of the United States as report
for June 30, INFO. was 1,ulI,GJ3, or an
average of go employees per loo miles OF
line. As compared with the numbtr I'm
pluyed on June 30. 1881, there was an Ia
crease Of SS12a. or 81 per lOJ miles OF llue,
From the clasShcation- OF these emp
1t appears that 42,SI7 were enGnemtn,
A. 13u hremen. 2A,g51 conductors, and "a pa
othur trainmen. There were 5r ~ swiich
men, tagmen and watchmen. During the
year ending june 30 1900, SJiG2 +etl
were paid In wages and salaries. an amau
Sl3l f5U.0SU In excess OF that PAID during
the fiscal year $3.50, Inc compensation
of the employees of railways for the IFS al
year 1900 represents 90 per cent OF the
operating expenses of the roads and 81
per cent of their gross earnings
The amount 0f railway capital outsiand-
ing June 30. 1860, was Sll,49l, ui,0h rms
amount assigned 70 a mileage btS"s rep
SCENTS n capitalization 81 SoI59l y n, ID e
Of line OF this amount Sj,S4,Slia.lB eN-
isted in the form Of stock. Of which S4.J2e
POI S3S was common stock and 81 ,3-3'-s',,
100 preferred stock. The amount on Cabiaai
stock paying no dividend was S3,lIb.3UJ
CPS or asa per cent of the to;nl amount
outstanding The amount of fam lea debt
excluding equipment trust ehiiEat'ohS'
which paid no interest. WAS S3IS, S',ol,
The number of passengers carried during
the year ending June 80, 1850, as shoWjtn ny
the annual reports of railways was oNa
ST. 800, showing an increase for the gen.
az ~ 6ss. 722. The number Of tons OF
freight carried during the year was l. w.
6s,' ,23S, an increase of l4l,9lG,G1o helhg
shown. The average revenue per nossrinaSs
ucl mile for the year ending June 10 l0h',
was . UO3 cents For the preceding ear II
was 1925 cents. The revenue per ton -
freight per mile was IN cent WINE l"r
For the year ending June 30. 1900, the
gross earnings from the operation OF me
railways in the United States covering ~
81 .4S7 GA, S14 being S173 434 Gni more IMAM
FOR the preceding fiscal year The operating
expenses were S9Gl 42S, 81. the incr ase ~
this item beng S104 i59,5l2,
The railways Of the United states during
the fiscal year paid taxes to the amount OF
SI7 A. 'n3 ar IN average tax OF S2>4 ~
nor mile of line The total number 81
casualties to persons on account OF railWss6
h. ..a s,ll-- tnv yrar en- Ing Jhue "h
1900 was IS 49,. The aggregate NUM-,
oil persons killed In CONSEQUENCE 81 ralIWaE
accidents during the year vas 800, ~, ana
the number injured WAS $3.50. " railWuH
ON Moves 255O were Killed and 3H.bl5 We're
Injured. The casualties to employees result
ing from coupling and mcouphnS E1ts
wore: Number Killed, 2s2; injur d. o..
The corresponding figures for the preGe diig
yter were! Killed, 2GO; injured, 6IG5'
The number Of passengers killed during