The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-23
, Chicago Market.


Chicago, is the worlds greatest live
stock marriott and It's magnitude continues
to grow. In 1906 there arrived there for
market 16,1S0,sA anmals--cattlo. hogs,
sheep, horses--vnlued at 500, 100000. IL
they had como on foot, In single nle,
spaced to avoid unseomly orowding. these
visitors would have formed a procession.
say, $1,000 miles long. That manifeetly
being impractcable. they came by rnii.
soolably, filling cars enough to make q
train extending from Chicago to San
Francisco. Compared with 1904, there
was an increase OF e0l,s1 In number and
OF SSo,0oo.o0o in vafuo Of animals received
Then. over 2,0oo.oo0 of theae animals
horses not oountcd--wcre slaughtered hcre
and converted into humorous products or
increased value. nnlNch fur5rshed the
railways great traffic to haul out OF
ues were as follows: Hogs. 112o,TsS. value
SOS. 900: sheep 4,7sst5s. value rs. Ic0 ooa;
cattle 3,7sl,28, value slsl.ioD.0e0; horses
l27,sa0 value sis,so4ooo
New York Railways.
In earning SIPS. 1851 net during the fls-
cal year ended juno 3d. 1906, the steam and
electric railroads operating in New York
State employed S6s.Sls persons. s.197 loco
motives, S,sI3 horses and 2t7.19S passenger
ind freight cars. end caused tho death
OF 1888 and injury to Ass persons.
The steam railroads Ind gsoss earn
ings OF $3tS,Sl3,2ass which was greater by
s14, S7s.7T than In 1904 The operating e1-
penses, 2T,sz2.olB, were increased S7.7ss.5n.
and net earnings, $11o. 2l5 were greater
by ts,st3.lGs than In 1901.
In 1906 the Interest paid and accrued was
Si3.S79, gf4.5o; in 1904. st1,Tii,s6So8. In 1908
tho taxes paid and accrued were Sl2,3S3
laa,s.; in 1901. sn.s.9. 1888. In 1905 the
dividends declared were aseees. isi.l3; IN
1904. So4s63,07210. The percentage OF div!-
dends declared to capital stock was 3.5l
in 1906: in 1904 1t was SO The total cap!-
tai stock OF the companies in 1905 was
sg13. $50, sss.e3; in 1904. 500. 279,6sS.GS Tho
percentages Of interest paid and accrued
to funded deSs Was AT In 1906; In 1904, 42s.
The total fundeS debt of the companies In
1878 was sl.oii3a7. 71e.3s; in 1904. ssso,os',-
1915.
Gross Earnings.
During tho three months ending Sep
tember 90 1905, compared with the corre-
spending months in 1901 10 fthe principal
companies), there is an Increase In sross
earnings from operation OF $r,oc3,95s.s
ard an increase In not earnings from
operations Of S731, 114o5.
Mileage shows u net Increase for tho
year OF AS miles. making 1883 miles, and
there IRE under construction 1i2 miles
more Of track Tho employees number
2a7.1l7 and there was paid them in salaries
and wages si44.4ls.fo4. This was Al per
During the year there were 800 persons
killed and 1861 injured. These nguros are
20 less killed and t3S less injured than
in 1901 or tho number rs Of tho injured
and is Of the killed wero passengers. Tho
average for the last five years is 20 pas
sengers killed and 800 injured; 29S en-
ployas killed and liza injured.
Tho figures for 1908 show ono passenger
killed for each .. .ss5 and ono injured for
each SEQ, ss5 passengers carried. Other per-
sons than paasnngers and employees lnjur-
ed were a52 and killed B2 AT highway
crossings 8s persons were killed and 10
persons Injured
OF the egi7,eoo appropriated for the elm.
ination OF grade crossing since 1898 There
is q balance OF s7s,s5 remaining. There
nre 1916 crossings over or under grade.
o.T4s unprotected grade ,croHsingsS and 2,e7
protected grade crossinfs
There wac expended from operating ex-
per1ses for maintenance OF way and struc-
lures during the year s4ssso.sls. an In
and for equipment Sao.727.17D. a greater
sum by ss.4o2,s42 than in 1901.