The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-09-09
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One OF the most interesting reports
yet sent out 10y the Interstate Com
merce Commission is that for the year
ending June 20. 1901. Ii shows that
the total single-track railway mileage
in the United States was then 1917
23I.44 miles, the gain during the
year having been 1891 &C miles. Out
of the sixteen States and Territories
reporting an increase of more than n
hundred miles, nine were Southern as
follows: Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana.
Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas.
West Virginia, Indian Territory and
Oklahoma. The Others were Colora-
do. Illinois. Indiana. Iowa. Minneso-
ia, Pennsylvania, and South Dakota.
Including lines of all kinds, such as
second, third, and fourth tracks and
yard track and sidings, the total
length of railways in thecountry was
265. 366.29 miles. Included in there
port are 2O57 companies.
The number of locomotives in ser.
vice on June 30, 1901, was 30, 5S4.
or 1921 more than were in use the
preceding year. There were 1O,1Si
passenger engines, -. $40 freight
engines, $3.50 switching engines and
COP not classified. The total num-
her of ears was $50, S:,3, an increas,.
of %. 800 during the year. There
We're 3I.969 passenger cars. ! ,f64.-
BPS freight cars and 30, 80 devoted
to the railway. service Cars owned
by private companies and firms are
not included in these figures. Nearly
all locomotives in both passenger
and freight service and ears in the
passenger service We're fitted witt
train brakes, while 50 per cent. oi
freight locomotives We're equipped
with automatic couplers, but the per
centage OF passenger engines equipp-
ed with such couplers was not quite
so great. The number OF freight ears
equipped with train brakes was l.
OH, 75s, while 1,434.O75. were also
equipped with automatic couplers.
Practically all passenger cars ha6
such couplers.
The number of employees was l.
OIL, 169. AN increase during the year of
53,516. The amount paid to en-
ployes during the year was $780,
1l3, T01, or a gain of $33, AS, $50
as compared with the preceding year
The amount of railway capital was
S1l, 6SS, III, 991, of which S4.475,-
439, 12l was common stock and ST.
331, 15T 1888 preferred stock, while
the funded debt was s., SSI, 5SO. SS7.
The gross earnings were 81, 5SS, 526.-
OBJ, an increase of SOL. 4S1,223 az
compared with the previous year.
The operating expenses were 81, O3O,- |
397, 210, an increase of SOS, 96S.- |
1873 The income from operation, or
net earnings, was sos, lbs, 767, an
Increase of So, 512, f63. The total
income was S737, ST5,2l5, and the
net income available for divi-
dends or surplus was S241,5l1.3I7.
The net surplus from operations was
SS4, 64,7Sl, a decrease of S2.S93.-
152 as compared with the preced
ing year.
During the year 500 persons We're
killed and 53,339 injured. OF those
Killed, 2S2 were passengers, 26T5
were railway employees and 549S
were persons other than passengers
and employees. The number of pas
sengers injured was 1888. the num-
Der OF employees injured was 1,142.
and the number OF other persons in
iured was 1909. Most of the acct
dents to persons other than passeng-
ers and employees occurred from the
victims trespassing on the track, but
large percentage happened at
crossings.