The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1908-07-20
VRAlgRoAD STATISTICS
Report of Commission Gives Many
Interesting Facts.

80, 1907.
The report shows that June 30.
1907, the total single-track railway
mileage in the United States was
229, 95l19 miles, or 5,5SSO2 miles
more than at the end of the previous
year. An increase in mileage exceed
ing 100 miles appears for Arkansas,
California, Colorado, Florida, Geor
gia, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ne
braska, Nevada, North Dakota, South
Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington
West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming,
and New Mexico. There was an In
crease OF 16,S9207 miles In the ag-
gregate length of all tracks, of which
3,9SS,55 miles or 1862 per cent rep
resented the extension Of yard track
and sidings.
The number of railways for which
mileage is included in the report was
2,4i0. During the year railway COM
panies owning 2.Sll65 miles of line
were reorganized. merged, or consol.
dated. The corresponding figure for
the year 1906 was 4,054.46 miles.
The report shows that for the year
ending June 30, 1907, the mileage of
roads operated by receivers was g.
1861 miles, or decrease OF 4512
miles as compared with 1906. The
number of roads in the hands of re-
ceivers was 29.
June 80, 1907 there were In the
service of the carriers 55,3SS locomo.
lives, the increase being 1887, we're
classified as: Passenger, 1854;
freight, 32,079; and switching. 92JS.
The total number OF cars of ali
classes was 2,l26,594 or l67,6S2 more
than the year 1906. This rolling
stock was thus assigned Passenger
seryice. 1878 cars; freight service,
,99l ,557 cars and company's service
,06i cars. These figures do not
include private cars OF commercial
firms of corporations.
The number of persons reported
as on the pay rolls of the railways in
the United States June 80, 1867, was
l,b72,O74 which is equivalent to am
average of 735 employees per 100
miles of line. As compared with the
year of 1906, these figures show an
increase of l50,7l9 in the number of
employees, or 81 per 100 miles of
line. or the employees 65,29S con.
ductors, 134,257 other trainmen.
There We're 53,4l4 switch tenders,
crossing tenders and watchmen.
The report shows that the number
Of passengers carried by the railways
during the year ending June 3d. 1907,
was S73,9O5,l33 this item being 10,
959,Ol7 more than for the year end.
ing June 30, 1906.
The number OF tons of freight
shown as carried Including freight
lreceiyed from connections) was 1876.
336,569, which exceeds the tonnage of
the year 1906 by 164,962,440 tons.
The gross earnings OF the railways
in the United States from the opera.
ton of 227,454.S3 miles OF line were
for the year ending June 80, 1907 49,.
5S9, lc5,5iS, being S26S,340,411 great.
er thar for the year 1906. Their OBJ
Grating expenses were Sl,74S,5l5.SI4
or $2ll,63S,54S more than 1906.
The income from operation or the
net earnings CT the railways. amount.
ed to SS40, 5S9,764 This amount ex.
ceeds the corresponding one for the
previous year by $5l,70l, SOS. The
net earnings per mile of line for 1907
averaged 1896, for 1906, $354S and
for 1905 S3lS9.
The amount of dividends during the
year under review (includmg 1927
representing other earnings TO stock
nolders) vas $3OS,13792l, leaving as
the surplus from the operations of the
year ending June 30, 1907, $l4l,323.
264 The surplus from operations as
shown for the preceding year was
l$ll2,334 ,76l. The amount of deduc,
lions from income as stated above
S567,7l2,5lS. comprises these items
Salaries and maintenance of organiza
ton, $64S,S35; interest accrued on
funded debt, S344,242,6l7 interest on
current liabilities, slG,671,532; rents
paid for lease of road, Sl2S, 766, 452.
taxes, $SO,3l2375; permanent i'm
provements charged to income ac
count, $SS,5j2, 800; other deductiors
$eS,5n,S17.
The total number of casualties e
persons on the railways for the ycaI
ending June 30, 1907 was t22,S55 OF
which ii 1893 represented the number
of persons killed and III ,016 the nun
Der injured Casualties occurred
among three general closes of rail
way employees, as follows: Trainmen
25S7 killed and 40,755 injured, switch
tenders, crossing tenders and watch
men, 1863 killed, 1891 injured: Other
employees, 1923 killed. 45,79S Injured
The casualties TO employees couplinl
and uncoupling cars were: Eluploy
ees killed, $685. injured 1853. The
casualties connected with cGuplins
and uncoupling cars are assigned n.
follows: Trainmen killed, 272: Injured
1862; switch tenders, crossing tender.
and watchmen killed 10; injured l49,
other employees killed IL iniul 90
142.
The casualties due to falling from
trains, locomotives or care IN mo
tion Were Trainmen killed. 497; In
iured 5S9S: switch tenders, crossin.
tenders and watchmen killed. 10: in
lured, 100; other employees killed
GA; injured 653. The casualties in,
to jumping on or off trains, locomo
tives or cars in motion were: Train
men killed. 147; injured 1886: switcl
tenders, crossing tenders and watch
men killed, ~ injured III; other on
ployees killed &C. injured 100 IN,
casualties to the same three classes
OF employees in consequence Of col
lislons and derailments were: Train
: men killed 776 injured 6273. switcl
, tenders, crossing tenders and watch
, men killed z; injured IS: other EN-
. ployees killed, Ill; injured 1915.
The number of passengers killed fl
the course of tho year 1907 was Gil
and the number injured 1904. Dur
ing the previous year $50 passenger
were killed and 1076i injured. Their
were 376 passengers killed and SIT
injured because Of collisions and dc
railments, The total number of pei
. sons other than employees and pas