Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02
Report of Railroad Commission
ers Does Not Contain Com
plete Statistic
IMPORTANT FEATURES GIVEN
The Comparative Table on the Earn
inss and Operating Expenses in Iowa
Shows the Gross Earnings to Have
Increased Over Four Million of Dol
lars-lncreas in Mileage.

Des Moines, Dec. 2.-The annual re-
port of the state railroad commission
ers for the year ending June 80, 1902,
was filed with Governor Cumnins yes
terday. The report is signed by the
three members of the board, E. A. Daw-
son. Colonel D. J. Palmer and Ed Z.
Brown, and by D. n. Lewis as secre-
tary. 1t does not contain the COM
pIeted statistical tables and the COM
niled reports of the different roads. but
does contain the comparative tables
which are the most important features
of the annual report of the board. Inc
compiling of the completed tables Will
be delayed this year longer than usual
for the reason that there have been
large number of changes in the railroad
systems in the past year, lines having
been bought up or leased in a number
of cases. Secretary Lewis says these
changes in the year covered by the re-
port were more numerous than in the
preceding five years.
Gross Earnings Increased.
The comparative table first pre-
scented in the report is that on the
earnings and operating expenses In
Iowa, including mileage and earnings
per mile. This table shows the gross
earnings have increased over S4,000.0o0
On this subject the commissioners say.
The annual reports of the railway
companies as filed in this office indicate
that earnings in Iowa have increased
over S4,000,000, bearing proper pro-
portion to the earnings on entire sys-
tens. and that the operating expenses
have increased something over $4,000
geo, making net increase in earnings
in the state of nearly s2,000.000 in ex-
cess of what it was year ago. The
mileage of the state has increased TO-
some extent, which might have ten
dency to decrease the net earnings per
mile per road, but from the showing
made by the companies the net earn
ings per mile have also considerably in
creased during the past year. BY ref
erence to statistical tables submitted
with this report information in detail
can be ascertained.
The comparative table on earnings
and operating expenses makes the fol-
lowing showing for 1902 as compared
with 1901:
Mileage ....s s,e14.os s s,s53.so
Earnings
(gross) 59,1o6,19141 54,7s46a5.95
Expenses -. 39,SS9, 794.SS 37,44s.S7l1o
Net earn
ings -. 1s,26s,ss6.5s 17.s14s65.s5
Net earnings
per mile. 2.0039s 1S51.06
IL this statement is compared with
the showing as to gross and net earn
ings made in the reports to the ex-
ecutive council, it will be seen the
earnings for the year ending June 80.
1902, were larger by about 100000
than those reported to the executive
council for the year ending December
81, 1901. Those reports show the gross
earnings for the year ending Decem-
Der 81. 1901, were s56,079,943. The net
earnings were SIC, 460,975. There were
GALS miles of road and the net earnings
per mile We're s1,766, as shown in the
compilations made and published by
Secretary A. II. Dawson of the execu-
tive council on the railroad assessment
Of July %, 1902.
Decrease IN wages.
The report shows a decrease in the
compensation to employees, considering
the daily average. In 1901 the average
daily compensation was $1.SS. In 1902
this dropped to $1.s2. At the same
time there was an increase in the
aggregate Of wages paid and in the
number of employees. The number of
employees in 1901 on the roads in Iowa
was 1885 and the wages paid amount
ed to $22,253,S22.79. In 1902 the number
Of employees was 40,5SS and the tota!
wages paid was $23,097, 1882.
Safety Appliances.
The number of cars equipped with
automatic couplers increased from
LILO, AGA in 1901 to 2as,255 in 1902 and the
number killed coupling cars decreased
from six in 1901 to four in 1902. The
number injured also decreased from
fifty-two in 1901 to forty nine in 1902.
In 1901 the number of all cars in Iowa
was 211,SS3 and in 1902 the number
had increased to 237,250.
In 1901 twenty-one employees Were
killed falling from trains and in 1902
but six were killed in this way. There
were 100 injured by falling from trains
I in 1901 and ninety-eight in 1902.
ALL RAILROADS PosTRoADs.