Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-10-06
GOVERNMENT REPORT ON RAIL
ROADS.

ison has issued very interesting re-
port regarding railways in the United
States:
On June 80, 1905, the report shows
that the total single-track railway
mileage in the United States was 21S,,
10104 miles, or 4,196.70 miles more
than at the end of the previous year.
An increase in milage exceeding 100
miles appears for Alabama, Arkansas,
California, Georgia., Illinois, Louis.
lana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississ-
ippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Carroll
ma, Pennsylvania, Texas, West Virgil
MIA, Wisconsin, and Indian Territory.
The operated mileage for which
substantially complete returns were
rendered to the Commission was 216,-
973.61 miles, including 7,56S.95 miles
of line used under trackage rights.
The aggregate length of railway mile
age, including tracks of all kinds, was
800, 1854 miles. This mileage was
thus classified: Single track, 216,973.-
g. miles, as just mentioned; second
track, 17,056.30 miles; third track, l.
609G3 miles; fourth track, 1,215.53
miles, and yard track and sidings, 3d.
94167 miles. These figures indicate
that there was an increase of 9,723.40
miles in the aggregate length of all
tracks, of which 3,449.21 miles, or 35.-
4S per cent, represented the extension
of yard track and sidings.
|, The number of railway corporations
for which mileage is included in the
report was 2,167. OF this number, L.
1863 was classed as operating roads,
including some miscellaneous roads
for which no comprehensive returns
were received. During the year rail
way companies owning 3,S02.02 miles
of line were reorganized, merged, or
consolidated. The corresponding fig
ure for the year 1904 was 5,6001s
miles.
Equipment.
On June &c. 1905, there were in the
service of the carriers 4S,357 locomo
tives, the increase being 1,614. These
locomotives, excepting 947, were
classed as: Passenger, 11,61S; freight
27,S69, and switching, 1928.
The total number of cars of al
classes was 1,S42,S71, or 44,310 more
than for the year 1904. This rolling
stock was thus assigned: Passenge
service, 4O,713 cars; freight service
| Ii, Cdio, anu Sohip"hS -
vice. 7O,749 cars. These figures d.
not include cars owned by private
commercial firms or corporations.
The average number of locomotive
per 1000 miles of line was 223 am
the average number of cars per LOO
9 miles of line was S,494. The numbe
of passenger-miles per passenger Il
connective was 2,04S,55S, showing a
increase of 10O,174 miles, as compare
t with the previous year. The numbe
of ton-miles per freight locomotiv
;, was 6690,700, showing an increase c
233,S54 miles.
S The number of locomotives and car
l. in the service of the railways aggrt
i gated 1,S91,22S, of which 1,641, 80
were fitted with train brakes, or a
Increase for the year Of S6,623, an
1871, $50 were fitted with automati
+ couplers, or an increase of 1856
e Nearly all the locomotives and car
!. in the passenger service had trai
:, brakes, and all but so locomotives
- the same service were fitted with a,
tomato couplers. Only 1853 per cui
of cars in the passenger service wei
e without automatic couplers. Sui
a stantially all the freight locomotive
had train brakes and automatic cou
L lers. OF 1871 400 cars in the freigl
y service ON June 80, 1905, the numbt
o., %. ,l-.'ss l--,-. . ii.---e.~- $50