The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-19
THE RAILROADS
WER{PA0SP[R0US
INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMITS
SION REPORTS FOR YEAR
ENDING JUNE 80, 1907.
SHOWS HEAVY INCREASE
In Nearly All Departments Of Raj.
road Activity and Revenue
Net Earnings Per Mile,
Expenses, Etc.

Washington, July II. - Advance
figures have been issued on the TWEEN.
tieth annual statistical report of the
Interstate commerce commission. pre-
pared by its statistician, as complete
report for the year ending June 30
1907. This report is similar to pre-
ceding reports in the series. contain
ing tables showing mileage, earnings
and expenses, etc, by roads. and also
various summaries Of statistics for tn
roads as a whole.
Public Service of Railways.
The report shows ;nat the number
of passengers carried by the railways
during the year ending June 30, 1897.
was S73,905,133, this item being rs.
579oli more than FOR the year ending
June 30, 1906, The passenger mile
age, or the number of passengers car
ried / mile, was c7718.554,030, the
increase being 2,551 ,313,199 passenger
miles
The number Of tons of freig' t
shown as carrier (lncluding freight
received from connectionsJ was !.
779G 1876 $50, which exceeds the ton
mage of the year 1906 by 1G4 1862 440
tons The ton mileage, or the nun.
ber Of tons carried mile was 23G,
col see 1893, the increase being 20723.
1898 ,S62 ten miles. The number of tons
Carried mile per mile Of line was T.
J52, ,l19, indicating an increase of 60
7lS tor miles per mile of line in the
density of freight traffic.
The average revenue per passniissar
per mile for the year ending June 80.
1907 was 20li cents. For the pre-
cedine year the average was zoos
cents The average revenue per ton
average for the year 1906 was 074S
cent The earnings per train mite
show an increase for both passenger
and feight trains. The figures show
all increase in the average cost of
running a train / mile. The ratio cf
operating eXpences 10 earnings for
the year 1907 was G753 per cent. For
1906 this ratio was GG.OS per cent
Earnings and Expenses.
The gross earnings of the railways
In the United States from the opera !
tiol. of 227,454S3 mics of line were, |
for the year ending June So 1907, 81 |
$50 lt5,57S, being $263,340, All greater
than for the year 1906. Their operat- |
ing expenses were Sl74S.5l58l4, or |
S21 ,65S543 more than in 1906 The !
following figures present statement |
Of gross earnings in detail and show |
the increases of the several items !
over those of the previous year: |
Passenger revenue 1864 0G.343-in
crease. $54573, ,7G0 mail $50 ,378, ,9G4-
increase, S3,007, ,5l1; express. $57332,
So, 2,O0l; other earn
ngs from passenger service, s12G7+.
99-increase, $i,3GO,GG2 freight
revenue. $lS23, 651 ,99S-increase $1S3-
2C5,343: other earnings from freight
service, $G,1l3.64S-increase $lG842G;
lther earnings from operation, includ-
ng unclassifed items, S74,34G, 79j-
Increase. s14,342 70S. Gross earnings
rom operation per mile of line aver
aged S11,3S3, the corresponding aver
lge for the year 1906 being 1928 less.
The operating expenses were as
signed to the four general classes as
Cllows: For maintenance of way
md structures, $343,544, ,907; main
enance of equipment; $36S,0G1, ,72S: |
conducting transportation, s970.9j2,-
'24: general expenses, 0G5, ,404 655
S55IGOO Operating
averaged s7,GS7 per mile af
ine this average showing an increase
# $775 per mile in comparison with
he year 1906.
The income from operation. or the
let earnings of the railways, amount !
q to $50, $50. 7G4. This amount eX- q
ceGs the corresponding one for the +
Concluded on Eighth Pdge.l