Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-16
RAILWAY STATISTICS.
Report of the Interstate Commerce
Commission

The fifteenth statistical report of the in
teresting data concerning the conditions on
the railroads of this country. This report
. is for the fiscal year ended June 80. 1902.
The number of railways in the hands of
receivers on June 80. 1902 was 81 showing
net decrease of Is as compared with the
fiscal year 1901. The number of railway
placed in the charge of receivers during
1902 was and t--e number of railways
taken from the management of receivers
was -. The roads under receivers operated
.4I5.32 miles of line. of which /, 161 SO miles
were owned by them.
AS nearly aScertainable the capital
stock represented by the railways in tn,
charge of receivers June 30, 1862 was
s1S,267. ST. funded debt s25 156977 aud cur
rent liabilities $4.746399. These figures
show decrease in capital stock repre-
scented, compared with 1901, of s31 21O $50
and in funded debt of 500 .591 ,6s5
June 30, 1902. the total single-track rail-
way mileage in the United States was
202. Hiss miles. lnis mileage having in
creased during the year 5,234.4 miles, this
increase being greater than that for any
other year since 1890.
The number of persons in the employ
ment of the railways of the United States
was ! .lS9,3lo. or an average of 594 employees
per 100 miles of line. AS compared with
June 80. 1901, the number of employees in
e.
The classification of these employees shows
that 4S,31S were enginemen. 50.651 firemen,
35.O70 conductors and 9l.3S3 other train
men. There were 0.4S9 switch tenders
crossing tenders and watchmen.
Disregarding 1882 employees not assigned
to the four general divisions of employment
it appears that the services of OIL en-
ployes were required for general admins
tratiOn. 1883 for maintenance of way
and structures. $50 for maintenance Of
equipment and J1S, $3.50 for conducting trans
portation.
The amount paid in salaries and wages
to employees was S676, OPS. 592, which was
s65. 314 .S91 in excess of what was paid DUR
ing 1901. The compensation of the railway
employees for 1902 is equivalent to 60 SO pc.
cent of the operating expenses of the rail-
way companies and 1916 Fer cent of their
gross earnings.
The amount of railway capital outstand-
ing was $12. 134, 1S2,964. This amount, on a
! mileage basis, represents a capitalization of
ST.. 3O1 per mile of line.
The amount of capital stock paying no
| dividends was s2.6S6. 556,614. or AGO per
cent of the total amount outstanding.
The number of passengers carried during
the year ending June &c. 1902, was $40 3d.
505, increase for the year of ~, SOC, 1854.
The number of tons of freight carried
during the year was 1,2003151S7, an in
crease of Ill .OS9. 347 being shown.
The average revenue per passenger par
mile was 9S6 cents. For the preceding
year it was 2.013 cents. The revenue per
ton of freight per mile was 0.757 cent, while
for 1901 it was O.7JO cent.
The gross earnings from the operation of
the railways in the United States, arising
from the operation of 200. 154.56 miles of
line were s1.726.3S0, 267 being sl37, S;54 .23O
more than for 1901. The operating expenses
were 81. ZIG. 24S TAT. having increased in COM
parison with the year preceding sS5,So1 ATT
The total number of casualties to persons
| on account of railway accidents was
i Il. $50. the number of persons killed having
hean
| OF railway employees 2,969 were killed and
| 80, 524 were injured.