The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-13
(rrom Our Regular Correspondent.

(E'rom Our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. c.. September r.
a census bulletin Issued to-day shows
that the value OF the railroad property
In Virginia Is greater than that OF any
Southern State. with the exception OF
Texas. The estimated commercial value
OF all the railways Of Virginia on the
3oth OF June. 1904. was s211,3l5, 0oo
on that date there were in Virginia
3.y32 miles or single track. valued at
$4,000 per mile. This was 1879 per
cent. OF the total railway valuation of
the United States, and made virginia
the seventeenth among the States IN
point Of theffnaluc Of railway properties.
North Carolina, with 4,o1b miles Of
single track valued at 27,S00 mile had
a total valuation OF s1l3.146.ooo. or 1.006
per cent. Of the entire railway valua-
ton OF the country. and the thirticth
place among the States.
West Virginia's Position.
West Virginia is eighteenth. coming
Immediately after Virginia. The value
OF her 2,s36.S3 niles OF single track. was
estimated at S2o1,79a.0o0, or sI,ooo
mile.
Georgia had s.304,7o miles Of single
track. valued at $l56.Go3, or s24soo per
mile. She stands twenty-second among
the States In point OF railway wealth.
Texas, which Is first among tho
Southern States in the commercial value
OF her railway property. had ll,Sis niles
OF single track; valued ut sll,sas inlle.
making total for tho State 81 s2ai,-
us, 600 ana putting Texas n sixteeh,h
place. just ahead OF virginia. iiIc
many other States hive much greater
mileage than has Virginia, the value
per milo Is very high.
In the matter OF railway values, Penn
sylvania stands first among the states
of the Union, New York second, Illinois
third Ohio fourth, Minnesota fifth' IN :
diana sixth, Kansas seventh. California
eIgtl. a Iowa Il ninth. New Jersey TENN,
Missouri eleventh. Wisconsin t"eilth'
Michigan thirteenth. Nebraska .ou..
tenth, Massachusetts fifteenth, e*hS
sixteenth and then Virginia seventeenth,
and so on. The highest valuation per
mile is that Of the roads OF tl'e D'sll'e'
OF Columbia, s174,3oo.
Richmond Much Crowded.
a recent bulletin issued by the census
bureau reveals the fact that there IS
scarcely a city in the country where SO
many people live on each accre o. lhhu
in the corporate limits as in Richmond.
or twenty-five Southern cities, with me
execution OF Covlngton, Ky" Richmond
10 far more crowded than any OF them,
She, has an average of 21,7l8 to INC acre.
The &c for other Southern cues IS:
New Orleans. $50; Louisville l"'Is'
Memphis. 1857; Atlanta, 1911: Nash
vile, 1917: Savannah, 1923; san An
tonic. 1907: Norfolk, 1893; Charleston.
iii; Houston. 9.2a; Covngton. KY. %. o.
Dallas, 7.9s; Birmingham, 1885, Little
Rock. '5.7s; Augusta, 1887; Mobile, o.o2;
KnorvlVe. 10. 4s; Montgomery 2l,l7;
Jacksonville $50; Galveston, 7,o7; Chat-
tanooEa, 1870: Fort Worth. $50; Lex
ington. Ky. 1882,
Tho population per acre in some OF
the larger cities Is: New York, 1I76 per
acre: philadelphia 1919; Chicago lhiaa'
ST. Louis 1850; Boston. 1916; Balti-
more oG.4l. It will be seen that OF ING
larger cities, only Baltimore Is so dense
| ~ populated as is Richmond
The bulletin shows that nearly every
civ In the country has extended It's cor,
porate limits In the course or we p q
fow years, while Richmond has not 'aks''
In more territory for over q dechn'.
! Tho result ia that other cities have mace
great gains In population. while rs
nopuation Of Richmond has Increased a.
y rate OF only 3o1 year,