The Stamford American., 1906-10-11
MANY DIE ON RAILS
TRAINS KILL 2e PERSONS DAILY,
 SAYS GOVERNMENT REPORT.
Greatest Number of Casualties Are Among Employes-lnterstate Com merce Body Tells Of Years
 Earnings Of Carriers.

I merce commission. an average of a6
 people were killed and 23S injured every day in railroad accidents in the l United States. The total number killed during the year was 9.703, while the injured numbered S6.00S. The greatest casualties were among the employees of railroads. as follows:
 Trainmen, 1900 killed and 2s,S5s injured: switch tenders, crossing tend CTS, and watchmen, 1s6 killed, SSS in- Jured; other employees, 1.2S5 killed, ! S6.O9T injured. The casualties to em- ployes coupling and uncoupling cars
 were: Employees killed, 2S0; injured, l S,542.
 l The casualties connected with cou- bling and uncoupling cars are assigned as follows:
 l Trainmen killed, 217: injured, 3,S16; switch tenders, crossing tenders, and watchmen killed, $; injured. 12S Other employees killed, :: injured, 99 The casualties due to falling from l trains, locomotives, cars in motion, were: Trainmen killed, 407: injured, 1 4,646. Switch tenders, crossing tend CTS, and watchmen killed. 12: injured. 126. Other employees killed, 60; in- 1 jured, 559.
 l The casualties due to jumping on or i of trains, locomotives, or cars in mo- | tion were: Trainmen killed, 119; in | jured, S,7sS. Switch tenders, crossing l tenders, and watchmen killed. 1: in- jured, Ill. Other employees killed, 4S: 1 injured, CPS. The casualties to the rhroo olo of ;r o,n 1 sequence of collisions and derailments were: Trainmen killed. 579: injured. 4,136. Switch tenders, crossing tend CTS, and watchmen killed. s; injured, S7. Other employees killed, S5: in i jured, 750,
 The number of passengers killed was 5S7 and injured 10.457 In the previous year Al passengers were killed and 9,111 injured. There were S41 passengers killed and 6,053 in- jured because of collisions and derail- l ments. The total number of persons other than employees and passengers killed was 5.S05; injured. SITS. These figures include the persons trespass- ing. of whom 4,S65 were killed and 5,261 injured. The total number of
 
 ployes from being struck by trains. and 4,16s injured.
 The casualties of this class were: At highway crossings, passengers killed, 1; injured, 10; other passen- gers killed, SS7; injured. 1864. At stations, passengers killed, 24; in- jured, 90; other persons killed, SS1: injured, 571. At other points along track. passengers killed. 6; injured, 37: other persons killed, S,S20; in- jured, 1891.
 The ratios of casualties indicate that one employe in every All was killed. and one employe in every 21 was injured. With regard to train men-that is, enginemen, firemen, con- ductors, and other trainmen-one trainman was killed for every 1sS em- ployed and or e injured for every nine employed.
 In 1905 one passenger was killed for every 1,S75.S56 carried and one in- jured for every 7o,655 carried. For 1904 the figures show that 1929, ,267 passengers were carried for one killed and 7S,523 passengers carried for one injured.
 The interstate commerce commis- sion has also made public statistics of railways in the United States for the year ending June 30. 1905. based on reports of the railroads as required by law. These show that on June 80. 1905, the total single track railway mileage in the United States was 21S,- 101, or 4,196 miles more than at the end of the previous year. The oper- ated mileage for which substantially complete returns were rendered to the commission was 216,971 miles, in cluding 7.56S miles of line used under trackage rights. The aggregate length of railway mileage, including tracks of all kinds, was So6,196 miles.
 The reported number of persons on the pay rolls of the railways in the United States on June 30, 1905. was per 100 miles of line.
 The par value of the amount of rail- | way capital outstanding on the date | named was s1S,S05, ,25S.1 .121. Of the l total capital stock outstanding S2,4S5,- | 470,3S7 paid no dividends.
 The number of passengers reported | as carried by the railways was T3S,- | S34, ,667, being 23,414,9S5 more than in |. 1904.
 The number of tons of freight re- | ported as carried was 1,427,731, ,905, ex- ceeding the tonnage of 1904 by Ill., | SS2,7 tons.
 The gross earnings from the opera ton of 216,s7S miles of line were g. oS2. ASS, ,4O6, or $107. .30S,s15 greater | than for 1904. and for the first time | exceeding the s2,000. .000, ,000 mark. The operating expenses were s1,ss0,- l 60a, ,152, or S51, ,T05, ,Se9 more than in ! 1904. The income from operation or the net earnings of the railways