Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-08
STATISTICS OF
RAILROAD CARS
Interesting Figures Regarding
Extent OF This Branch Of In
dustry in United States.
L214 SHOPS IN OPERATION.
Value of steam Car, Bult During Gem
sus Year Was More Than one
Hundred Million Dollars

The United statcs census contains
statistics of steam railroad cars under
two hcad4-"cars. steam railroad
companies" and Gears and general
shop construction and repairs by
steam railroad companies"
There wore 1.14l shops operated by
railroad companies and carrying ON
both construction and repair work and
20 that were NOT operated by railroad
companies and Jid not do repair work
The railroad repair shops reported an
investment OF S146.gt3.12a. cor 62.b
per cent of the total investment Of
the two branches ~ the industry; cm-
ploycd 23G 900 Wugg-.Irupre. or ht.f
per cent 1f the total number. ana
manufactured products valued 40
S3og,S63.4gg, or 1876 per cent of the
shops reported n capital uf NhNls'.-
047. 34,05S wuge-curuers and products
valued at S111,175,310.
pcnusylvania was the leading state
600 the steam car Industry. JUS proc
duct was valued at SS0.449,604. or
Is.1 per cent OF the total value.
Illinois was second iu rank with a
other leading states were Ohio, with
S26.9G7,635; Indiana with S245ol,-
sol: Rev York. with S22,l36,696i and
Missouri with S20,7S9,G59.
TOTAL VALUE OF CARS.
The aggregate value OF the steam
railroad cars built during the census
year was S10O.34G.9l2. This amount
includes S59.663. the value Of steam
cars built in street car manufacturers
establishments.
The value Of the cars built IN the
railroad repair shops was only &lZ,-
5gS.OO1. or less than 3 per cent OF
the total value Of the products OF such
shops. while the value of cars com
structed in the shops that were not
operated by the railroads amounted
In SST.2SQ.2AS, or 7N.9 per cent or the
value of am the products OF such
shops
The total number of cars manufac-
tured during the year was ll394V'
OF these 2.446 were passenger cars
and 1894 were freight cars. the
passenger cars were valued M S4u'-
4E6.26O. and the freight cars al Sle,-
21E.2GO. The value OF the freight
cars was therefore almost four times
as Great as the value Of the passenger
cars. The report for the census on
1900 shows I 1863 passenger cars, Val-
ued at SS.S10,032, and 1898 freight
cars valued at S77.240,632 The in
crease Am The number OF passenger
cars was 7S.7 per cent and the gain
in value was 1926 per cent. the
number Of freight cars decreased 1913
per cent. while their value increased
PC per sent
SUBSTITUTING STEEL CARS.
Since 1900 the production OF steel
railroad cars for both passenger aud
freight service has increased rapidly
and the substitution of steel freight
cars OF large tonnage and Of distinct
types FOR smaller wooden cars OF rather
nondescript type Is progressing on the
majority of railroads as fast as condi-
tons permit.
Illinois was considerably ahead Of
every other state IN the number Of both
passenger and freight cars manufac-
tured during the year. The passenger
cars numbered 775 and the freight 81
1877. Ohio was second I'm the number
Of passenger cars, with 1882 and Mis-
souri, was third with 2lS.
PENNSYLVANIA was second I'm the num-
Der OF freight cars. with 2l,3i1 and
Michigan was third. with S59l. The
other states producing over 1000 freight
cars were Indiana. with ll,493. MIS-
souri,, with 10.49S. and Ohio. with 6Aal.
The report shows IN detail the varie-
ties Of the cars produced In the in
dependent construction shops or the
. O30 cars built for passeng,r service
reported for the census OF 1905, there
We're 16q chair and coach cars 428 or
binary passenger cars, 300 sleeping cars,
lgq baggage and express cars. ia par
Tor cars. 50 mail cars. 5S dining and
buffet cars. and lS private cars.
PASSENGER CARS.
A. the ~e,e,ts Of 1Q00 the number of
ordinary passenger cars built formed
8g.s per cent of am the cars construct
ed for passenger service and the chair
and coach cars formed lh.5 per cent.
For 1895 the ordinary passenger cars
formed only 2l1 per cent and the chair
and coach cars formed St.S per cent
of the total number manufactured.
Tho average value OF each variety or
passenger cars increased between 1900
and 1905.
The number Of the principal varieties
OF cars built for freight service we're
as follows. Box. 3N.ls4; coal and coke,
27 gqS: cOndola. 9.1ls, flat 1ilZ; stock,
4 2e,. refrigerator. 1888. and fruit 2.Sl0.
Their has been "a decided growth in
the construction of freight cars for
sbcciaI purposes. At tho census on
1900 600 fruit cars, valued N $500 ,31a
were built. no the census or 1900 the
number of such cars was 2Sio and their
value N.i2Gt'l. The oulpul or reIrls,
erator cars Increased from 1854. valued
at 81 $3.50 0g1. for 1900. to 1858, valued az
ST. Oi2 .s35. FOR 1905. while che production
az stock cars increased from 2.lG0.
valued at 81 i26.SOo to i.235, valued nt
32.A-3123
Tho value of the exports N steam
cars decreased from s255s 1923 for 1900
b. sI.g84.85o for 1900 There was 70 do
cldcd decrease ln exports of THIS class
10 thc United Kingdom. France. Ger
many. Cauadu and Mexico. ON tho
other hand the exports t0 Japan Ar
eentnt ana Peru Increased suhstan-
tally
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