The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
WORK OF THE YEAR
UTATlsTlcAL REPORT AS re
coUNTRYs RAILWAYS.
TotaI Mileage Shows Enormous In
erease-Large Additions to Loco
motives and Cars in the serv.
ice--The Salary List.

ice ne salary List.
An abstract based on summaries I'M
Guided In the eighteenth annual sta
tistic1l report Of the interstate com
merce commission for the year ending
June 30 l9D5. has been issued by the
commission giving The mileage and
capitalization of railroads and treat
ing OF equipment employees. capital
ization OF railway property. public
service OF railways. earnings and eX
ponscs and rallwa, accidents.
The report shows that the total
single track railway mileage juno 30
1905. was 2iSlOt.Ol miles. an Increase
Of 4,t96 20 over The previous year The
aggregate length OF mileage. including
tracks Of all kinds was 306 1854
miles. These figures show Increase
Of 9,723l0 miles in the aggregate
length Of track OF all kinds, of which
354S per cent was extension of yard
track and sidings. The report repre-
sents 2,lG7 corporations
On June 30 1905. iS.357 locomotives
were in service. an increase of L6lf
OF this number 2I,S69 were freight en-
glnes Cars Of all classes in service
numbered l,S42.S7l an increase Of
4i.3l0. This census does not include
cars OF private corporations. or this
number l,73l.i09 were freight cars
and 7O,7i9 were in company serv.
ice.
OF the total of locomotives and cars
in service. l,6il. 395 were fitted with
train brakes, an increase of S5.623
OF the total. 1871 $50 were fitted with
automatic couplers. an Increase OF
1850. Passenger service stock was
nearly all equipped with train brakes.
and all but SO locomotives had auto
matte couplers. Nearly all OF the
freight locomotives had train brakes
and automatic couplers and large
proportion of the cars in the service
were equipped with train brakes and
automatic couplers.
The immensely of The wage propo.
sition In the railway service Is shown
by the fact that an average OF 637 en-,
ployes were on the rolls for every 100
miles OF line. total OF 1889 1876.
which is an increase of SG,075. or the
total. SASH were engine.aen, 1882
flremen. 4l.OGl conductors. III 405
other tralnmen. and 1882 switch
tenders The total salaries paid was
$3.50. 9i4 $50
On June 30. 1905, the par value Of
the amount OF rallway capital out
standing was SS.S05. 25S.12l. OF a cap.
italization OF s65.92 per mile Tor the
railways In the United States.
The number Of passengers carried
by the railways in the year was 73S.
S3i. 667. an increase Of 23.ili,9S5 The
passenger mileage was 23.S0O. ll0 1876,
the increase being l.S76,935,9OO pas.
scnger miles.
The number of tons OF freight re-
ported az carried was 1,42773l .905.
which exceeds the tonnage of 1904 by
l17,S32.7iO tons.
The gross earnings from the opera.
ton of 2l6.9736l miles of line were
$2,0S2. 4s2 ,406. being slO7 ,30S3 great.
err than for the year 1904. Their oper.
ating expenses were 81 ,390, 602 1862, or
s5l, I05.s99 more than in 1904.
Operating expences averaged S6409
per mile OF line. an increase of $101
per mile in comparison with the year
1904.
the net earnings OF the railways
amounted to s69l .SS0.254 This amount
exceeds the corresponding one for the
previous year by 55602,4l6
The total number OF casualties 10
persons on the railways for the year
was 95.7ll of which 9.703 represented
persons killed and S6.00S injured. Cas-.
ualtles occurred among three general
classes of railway employees as fol
lows: Trainmen. 1890 killed aud 49,.
500 injured; switch tenders. crossing
There were 3il passengers killed and
tenders and watchmen. 1856 killed. $50
Injured: other employees. 1886 killed.
36,O97 injured
The number of passengers killed I'm
1905 was 537 and the number Injured
i0.i57. In the previous year AL pas
sengers were killed and 9,llI Injured
There were 3il passengers killed and
6,053 injured because of collisions and
derailments. The total number OF per.
sons other than employees and passen.
gers killed was 5.S05. injured. Sis.
These figures include the casualties TO
persons trespassing, of whom 1896
were killed and 5,25i were Injured.
The total number OF casualties TO per.
sons other than employees from being
struck by trains, locomotives or cars
was 1863 killed and i.163 injured. One
trainman was killed for every 1888 EN-.
ployed, and | was injured Tor every o
employed.