Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-02
NINETEEN YEARS
Of RA|LROAD|NG
Object Lesson in What Has Been
Accomplished in That
Space Of Time.
STUYvESANT FISH REPORT.
President of Illinois Central Furnishes
Some Data OF Changes Under
Ills Long Regime.

a report submitted By the president
OF the Illinois Central Railroad com
pany to the board Of directors cover.
ing the 10 years that stuyyesaut Fish
has been at the head Of the company
makes interesting reading Tor those In
terested in the growth and development
Of a modern railroad system.
In dealing with the subject Of.eapltal
stock Mr.. Fish SAYS;
The showing above made Of a reIa-
lively larger increase in the cOmmol
capital stock Of the Illinois Central
than in that Of other railroads, Induces
me 20 recall some facts relating there
10. For every share OF added capital
the company has received DO money at
least its par value, each stakeholder
has. IN respect 20 every new issue had
precisely the same right and oppor-
tunity Of subscribing, and ia no case
has the company paid a dollar for hav-
ing any OF IT'S stock Underwater. AL
Of which proves that the shares have
been held b. the general public for IN
vestment and that those owning them
have had such an abiding faith ~ the
enterprise as 10 have thus admitted Of
an increase 30 the money az the risk u
the business. from 81, 1905. WOO 70 Ss5,ViO,-
000."
From the pages OF statistics covering
the report ~ CLEANED among other
things the following:
In 1856 the company employed s,5l6
persons, and paid them As3Is05, b}ing
an average OF $3.50 TO each.
In 1905 It employed 1881. and paid
them $50 g02 137, being al average OF
sl37 to each.
The number Of employees haS IN
creased 233.l5 per cent, the average per
mile Of railroad has increased from,
i0s In 1856 20 6.is IN 1905. say b90i per
cent, and the average annual compen-
sation OF employees has been Increased
200 per cent
The heaviest locomotive now IN use
weighs. exclusive of tender upward o.
III tons The most powerful lotomo-
tive now IN ueG has a capacity for
hau,Hg. on level track. 1863 tons
against a maximum capacity On 1890 Of
2.s74 tons.
The average capacity Of each loco
motive has been Increased from ALI
tons 10 1850 tons. or by about ~ per
cent. The number OF locomotives has
been increased from as 10 LIS. and
their total hauling capacity, on level
track. from 1901. 4Oi tons to 4469,Jsi
There were then In service ~ passen-
ger cars; ,here are now 500. In the
meanwhile all cars used In through
passenger service have been provided
with vestibule equipment and with
Master Car Builders standard Of au-
tomato couplers
All passenger equipment II now fitted
with Westinghouse quick-acting auto
matte brakes,
There were then li.2ol freiaht cars
and work ears; there now are 56.52s
The average tonnage capacity OF
freight cars has been Increased from
as tons 10 3i2l tons. Maximum ca
paclty OF freight cars from 30 tons to
50 tons.
Then only 62i. or 49, per cent Of the
freight and work cars were equipped
With air brakes Now Jo.s35, or 1910
per cent. are so equipped,and all freight
cars are equipped with automatic cou-
piers.
one might quote for columns on the
report. but the above are few sam
pies TO show how the transportation
facilities ~ the country have been de-
veloped during the past nineteen years
and the Illinois Central Is not the big
gest railroad system OF the United
States by several thousand miles