Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-09-14
RAILWAYS OF THE COUNTRY
SINGLE-TRACK MILEAGE OVER
224, 1000.
Use Over $4,000 Locomotives and Over
100000 Cars, Including Over
$4,000 for Passengers.

The nineteenth annual statistical report
OF the interstate commerce commission.
prepared by its statistician, for the year
ending June 80, 1906, shows that the total
single-track railway mileage in the United
States was 224, 63. II miles, or 6, 1852. IL miles
more than at the end of the previous year.
An increase in mileage exceeding 100 miles
appears for Alabama, Arkansas. California,
Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Louisiana. Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi.
Nevada, North Carolina, North Dakota,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Vir-
ginia. Wisconsin, Wyoming, New Mexico
and Oklahoma.
The operated mileage for which sub
stantially complete returns were rendered
to the commission was Do, 34O.3O miles, in
Guiding 7,SO597 miles of line used under
. trackage rights. The aggregate length of
railway mileage. including tracks OF all
kinds. was 317,OS3. 10 miles. This mileage
was thus classified: Single track. ID, 30
miles, as just mentioned; second track, H.
% miles; third track, 1.765V7 miles;
fourth track, 1.279.66 miles. and yard track
and sidings, 49, 76O.91 miles These figures
indicate that there was an increase of
10 2S6.45 miles in the aggregate length OF
all tracks, of which 3,Sl9.2 "a miles. or 31l3
per cent, represented the extension or yaro
track and sidings.
The number of railway corporations for
which mileage is included in the report
was 2,S13. During the year railway COM
panies owning 4.O54.46 miles of line were
reorganized, merged or consolidated. The
corresponding figure for the year 1905 was
3S02.U2 miles.
The report shows that for the year end
ing June 30. 1906. the mileage of roads OPP
Grated by receivers was 3.971.43 miles,
increase of g. 1861 miles, compared
with 1905. The number of roads in the
hands of receivers was "a.
Equipment.
On June 80. 1906. there were in the serv-
ice of the carriers 5l.672 locomotives, the
increase being 1916. These locomotives,
excepting 1000. Were classified as: Pas
senger, - 2i9; freight, %, S4S, and switch
ing. S4S5.
The total number of cars of all classes
was 1,95S.912, 1904 more than for the
year 1903. This rolling stock was thus as
signed: Passenger service. ~ 262 cars;
freight service, !, S3T,914 cars and COM
panys service, 1876 cars. These figures
do not include cars owned by private COM
mercial firms corporations.
The average number of locomotives per
1000 miles of line was 232 and the average
number of cars Der 900 miles of line was
$50. The number of passenger miles per
passenger locomotive was 2.055 300, show
ing an increase of 6751 miles, as COM
Der of ton-miles per freight locomotive was
1872, o63, showing an increase of 541 .S63
miles.
The number of locomotives and cars in
the service of the railways aggregated p
O1O,S4. of which 1.s27.7S9 Were fitted with
train brakes, or an increase for the year
of 1854 and 1889, 796 were fitted with
automatic couplers, or an increase of 49,
206. Nearly all the locomotives and cars
in the passenger service had train brakes
and all but seventy-two locomotives in
the same service We're fitted with auto
matte Gouplers. Only "a per cent of cas-
in the passenger service were without >au-
tomato couplers. Substantially all the
freight locomotives had train brakes and
automatic couplers. OF l. S37 ,914 cars in the
freight service on June 80 1906 the num-
Der fitted with train brakes was 1.6S9. 141
and with automatic couplers 800, S54.
Employees.
The reported number of persons the
pay rolls of the railways in the United
States on June 30 1906. was 1,521 .355. which