Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-10-06

1t should be understood that the
income and the expenditures of rail
way companies are compiled from the
annual reports of leased roads as well
as OF operating roads, and thus, nee
essarily, include Implications, in Ger.
tain items of income and also of ex-
penditure on account of the fact that,
in general, the income of leased
road is the rent which it receives
from the company by which it is op-
Grated. There is included in the sta
tistical report, however, a summary
which presents the income account
for all the railways considered as
single system, from which INTERIOR
porate payments are substantially
eliminated.
The complete report includes a sum-
mary showing the total taxes and as
sessments of the railways by States
and Territories and also an analysis
showing the basis of assessment.
Railway Accidents.
In their annual reports to the In
terstate Commerce Commission, car
riers are expected to include all cas-
ualties to passengers, employees, tres
passers, and other persons. The fol-
lowing figures therefore are not COM
parable with the returns shown in the
Commissions Accident Bulletins,
which are based on monthly reports,
and mainly relate to casualties to pas
sengers and to employees while on
duty on or about trains.
The total number of casualties to
persons on the railways for the year
ending June so, 1904, was 95,711, of
which 9,703 represented the number
of persons killed and S6,00S the num-
Der injured. Casualties occurred
among three general classes of rail
way employees, as follows Train
men, 1890 killed and 29,S53 injured;
switch tenders, crossing tenders, and
watchmen, 1876 killed, SS3 injured;
other employees, 1926 killed, 3G,097
injured The casualties to employees
coupling and uncoupling cars were:
Employees killed, 230, injured 3,543;
the casualties connected with coup
ling and uncoupling cars are assigned
as follows: Trainmen killed, 217;
injured, 1916; switch tenders, cross
ing tenders, and watchmen killed, 6;
injured, 1913; other employees killed,
Z; injured, 80.
he CdSudlllcS uu6 W HUN
trains, locomotives, or cars in motion
were: TrainmeI killed, 407 injured
4,645 switch tenders, crossing tend
ers, and watchmen killed, ~; in
jured, 1876; other employees killed
60; injured, $50 The casualties due
to jumping on or off trains, locomo
tives, or cars in motion were: Train
men killed, 119; injured, 3,79S; switch
tenders, crossing tenders, and watch
men killed, 4 injured, III; other EN-
ployees killed, 40; injured, 62S. The
casualties to the same three classes
of employees in consequence of col
lissions and derailments were: Train
men killed, $40; injured, 4,736; swIucI
tenders, crossing tenders, and watch
men killed. 8; injured, 81; other EN-
ployees killed, IS; injured, $50.
The number of passengers killed IL
the course of the year 1905, was So
and the number of injured 10,457. II
the pervious year AL passengers wer'
killed and Gill injured. There wer'
341 passengers killed and 6,053 in
jured because of collisions and de
railments. The total number of per
sons other than employees and pas
sengers killed was $685. injured, 8,
us. These figures include the cas-
ualties to persons trespassing, o
whom 1865 were killed and 5,251 in