The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-09-30

and automatic couplers, and large
of the cars in the service
were equipped with trainbrakes and au-
tomato couplers. 49,.
Millions in Wages. 80
The immensely of the wage PROPOSE
ton in the railway service is shown
by the fact that an average of, 637 en-
miles of line, total of l 1897, 1876, which
is an increase of 86,O75. Of the total,
54,S17 were enginemen, 1892 fremen,
41,O61 conductors, Ill, 4O5 other train
men, and 45,532 switch tenders. The
total salaries paid was $3.50, $50.
On June 80, 1905, the par value Of
the amount Of railway capital outstand-
ing was $13,905, 1858, 121. or a capitaliza-
ton. of $65, 1926 per mile for the rail-
ways in the United States. Of this
capital there existed as stock $6,554,-
557,051; the remaining part, 81 $780,
70l,070, represented funded debt, con-
sisting Of mortgage bonds, miscellane-
GUS obligations, income bonds and
equipment trust obligations.
Total Capital Stock.
Of the total capital stock outstand-
ing $2,435, 470,337, or 37.l6 per cent,
paid no dividends The amount of div
idends declared during the year was
1921, 964,482,. as against 1921, 941 ,o49 in
1904. Of the total mount of stock
outstanding, 9.72 per cent paid from 1
to per cent; 14.77 per cent from 4 to
s per cent; 1914 per cent from to
per cent; $40 per cent from to per
cent, and 11.68 per cent from 7 to 8
per cent. The total amount of funded
debt that paid no interest was 6.36 per
cent; of mortgage bonds, SAB per cent;
of misce 1 m obligati9ns' g SS9 per
cent. 49,
The number of passengers carried by
the railways in the year was 1913 1884,
senger-mileage was 523, 800, 149,436, the
increase being 1,876,935, 900 passenger
The number of tons of freight re.
ported as carried was 1,427, 731, 905,
which exceeds the tonnage of 1904 by
III ,S32,74O tons. The number of tons
carried one mile was S6,463, 109, $40
the increase being 11,941 ,019, 1888 ton,
miles. The number of tons carried one
mile per mile Of line was 861, 1896, indi-
eating an increase in the density of
freight traffic Of 31,920 ton-miles pei
mile Of line. -
The average revenue per passenger
per mile for the year was 1862 cents
was 0.766 cents. The ratio of operat
ing expenses to earnings for the year
1905 was 66.7S per cent, as compared
with 67.79 per cent. -
Earnings from Operation.
The gross earnings from the operation
Of 2l6,973.61 miles Of line were
$2,082, 1882, 406, being $l07 ,308,3l5 great
er than for the year 1904. Their oper
ating expenses were 81 800, 602, l52, %!
$51, 705, 1899 more than in 1904.
per mile Of line, an increase Of $10]
RR 1884, mile IN comparison with the Ss@ al
The net earnings Of the railways
amounted to $69l, 8S0,254: This amount
exceeds the corresponding one for the
previous year by $55,602,416. The net
earnings per mile of line for 1905 aver
aged $3,l89; for 1904, $2,998, and fol
1908, $3,133. The amount Of income
attributable to other sources than OPP
Grafton was 1921 1893, 553. The total in
come Of the railways ($923,778,807) il
the amount from which fixed and othe1
charges against income are taken t.
ascertain the sum available for dlvl
dends. Such deductions aggregated
$500, 68S, 42O, leaving 1927, 090,387 as tn
net income for the year available TO
dividends or surplus. -:
Dividends declared during the yea
are 1926, 046,897, leaving, as the surplu
from the operations Of the year $50,
O43,490. The surplus from operation
as shown for the preceding. year wa
! $50, 729,331. .--~.ec. 49, :. - !: ,
/ Casualty Figures. -
The total number of casualties t
persons on the railways for the yea
was 95,711, of which 9,703 Representa-
ualties occurred among three genera
io SeS T r m@ $50 Ei}lea cd ana 90
e5s injured; switch tenders, erossin
tenders and watchmen, 1876 killed, SO
j injured; other employees, 1926 killed
36,097 injured. go
: The number of passengers killed i
!: 1905 was 537 and the number injure
1O,457. In the previous year AL pas
sengers were killed and Gill injured
There were BAL passengers killed an
6,053 injured because Of collisions an
, derailments. The total number of pei
sons other than employees and passe1
gers killed was $685.. injured, !S,71|
These figures include the casualties
persons trespassing, Of whom 4,86
were killed and 5,251 were injured. Til
,, total number of casualties to person
! other than employees from being struc
by trains, locomotives or cars was 4,56
killed and q, 163 injured. One trainma
: was killed for every 1873 employed an
q 1 was injured for every 9 employed.
In 1905 / passenger was killed *
0 every 1,375,856 carried, and ! injure
Q for every 70,655 carried. In 100
6 1,622,267 passengers were carried for
t killed, and 1888 passengers were ca
ried for injured. For 1895, ! passe1
) ger. was killed for every 1884 1872 ca
; ried, and ] injured for every 213,6s
s carried. The figures show that ~
32O,576 passenger miles were accor
: plished for each passenger killed, ar
q 2.276,OO2 passenger miles for each pa
senger injured. For 1904 the fgur'
: were 1912, 500 passenger miles +,
e each passenger killed, and 2,406,2;
/ passenger miles for each passenger j
t jured. The figures for 1895 show tn;
& II ,696, 743 passenger miles were acco1
n plished for each passenger killed, al
!. 5, 131 ,977 passenger miles for each pa