The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-11-10

$50 per for tho year ended June co. 1900
700 per cent for the year ended June go 1900
n:4J per cent for the year ended June 90 1901
the State and counties for taxation against those roads which have
per per cent for for s the year ended June June &c, 1898
90 per cent for the ended June 1907
4.44 per for the year ended June go 1898
1886 per for the year ended June So 1900
i4ss per for the ending June 3o
40 "a per for the year ended Jane 90
COMPARISON OF FREIGHT EARNINGS.
Table No Iscomparatye statement Of freight earnings (of
June 50. I0o for the ended respectively June
road and the Increase or decrease for the latter year compared
with the The total for al the roads listed this table for
The witch ended June 1900 was S54S267733 for the
twelve ending June it S4s7Ssss9.3t, thus
showing an increase of Ss!o3Si.9S or 49, per cent
cpa commodities and Of articles and Of the
railroad so far as We have up during
which ended June 80 As explained in former reports
concerned considering the totals for The roads
reports itself the carried by it the whole
its road irrespective Of the fact whether not much OF te
freight has been was to be TRANSPORTED over one or more
much additional the railroad eompanes)
that instances the same tonnage counted and reported
tines the aggregate for the roads as
hauled By comparing this table, with the correspond
ing reports previous which construct
respective different kinds OF freight carried
cular roads Such comparison Tor all the poTns) companies
for three years is shown in the next table
Table No I4Comparatiye statement by years of the GUAM
percentages of yielding freight transported
Texas railroads far reported u) during the three
which ended respectively June 1890 and
ned very nearly in accordance with the classification of the Inter
The number carried as reported to u.s. was
ao04sOO tons during the which ended Juno
aa5So6o7 tons during the which ended June 3d.
aosS. tons during the year ending June The figures
requirements close the table operating
there in either year the different tons Of
freight carried which these figures might indicate explained
show the relative volume kind freight and Of the entire
freight business Of each year compared with other years.
70 freight carried
Table No IsComparave statement for the two years end.
ing respectively June June o 1901
weight of shipments originating the Of Texas rail
roads, for which reports were made to this commission for the
twelve months ending June go For the ending June
90 the total 7o4ss9o and for the year ending
June 80 1901 it was 9s37s tons net increase of
for the roads Of the weight OF shipments received
from all connecting lines by each OF said roads The total for the
for the year ending June it sos66oa in
crease of I.7o9767 tons, 1873 per
COMPARISON OF PASSENGER REVENUE.
Table No I7compaatve statement Of passenger
his does not include mail express extra baggage and msce
pectively June and June So Of those Texas rail
year for year and the
increase decrease for the latter The aggregate
ending June 3o SII 'z69434s year which
ended June gain for the latter period of
NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES.
Table No IS shows the number of general officers and
railroad June go 1t shows the numbers separately
eaen class of smpoyes snGh " staten agents conductors ma
the table 5000 an increase OF 1888 over the number shown
each than four thousand employees two OF which have
than FIVE thousand
Table No 9showing for each Texas railroad, for which
have received Of accidents to persons having occurred
month ending June So 1901 columns Showing
accidents which happened each class Of
employees passengers and other persons and further uni
each Of those headings OF killed
When compared with the figures of the preceding year this show
an increase OF 20 killed 400 injured OF
persons more About onethird the railroad companies
port that no accidents occurred on their lines
Table No 2o.Comparison OF railroad accidents
Texas years which ended respectively June
sons ana IN "aq l az 10 ' bi i condensed and ,f
wnere or how they occurred ms - So"e , 49, anu Tt
number Of railroad employees killed while coupling and uncoupn
oS gs T and the number injured that class Of work
s. less At highway crossings employee and - other person
in the number of other persons At stations the loss Of life
enpoyes was and other Overhead OBJ
strucoHs caused death and 10 instances OF injury among EN-
poye' ROLLING STOCK.
Table No. a1Quanes and classification Of rolling stock in
GLIDING coaches and Of the various kinds OF ec
table also shows the brakes and automatic coupler
with which the equipment is provided inc tg'as were as 70
brakes eoehe makes and Sac t automatic coupiers car
d m the freight service gooo6 OF which 6s36 have trai
brakes and os7s automatic couPers in compane
service ssas Of which Is43 are provided WIN tram brakes an
aass with couper Total coaches and cars OF
classes s4oa an the number reported for June s.
rooo Of 7.7s The for the number Of trai
brakes on coaches 3I7 and Of automatic coupler
considerable of the railroad companies 81 Tex
sno no .ouipnen whatever owned and still numbt
anpar to be nadequatey equipped juagng from the large ba
r amounting 10 hundreds Of thousands Of dollars which
out Of the State year for mileage and hire OF qupne
Taking railroads Of Texas in the aggregate Their oeomo'
srt has practically remained stationary during the
notwithstanding great increase in tonnage and revenues
STOCKS AND BONDS.
Table No a-Comparson for those roads which have bee
valued by the commission Of the amounts mile OF road
stock and outstanding, of this eommsson valuations an
state and coun
for those roads are stock and bond
oer mile; SIS65 mile;
y | sessed valuation, S86s5 mile
. PERMANENT IMPROVEMENTS.
Table No s,-A railroad companies reported that pc