The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1908-02-01
AVE RiCAN RAILROADS.
Facts About the Common Carriers il
1CnS

On June so. 1906. the total single
track railway mileage in the United
States was pa .363.17 miles. or 6.262 Il
miles more than at the end of the pre-
vioCs year. The aggregate length of
railway mileage, including tracks OF all
kinds. was 81 ,0S3l9 miles. This mile
age was thus classified Single track.
2222cc,3340. 80 miles: second track, 1855
miles; third track l.1G6.07 miles; fourth
track. 1.279.66 miles, and yard track
and sldings, 73.7609l miles. These hs-
ures indicate an increase OF lo.2o6.4o
miles in the aggregate length or all
/ tracks, Of which 3,Sl9.o4 miles. or IL
percent. represented the extension OF
/ yard track and sidingS.
There We're in the service Of the car
/ riers 51,G12 locomotives an increase OF
SS3l5 over 1905. These locomotives. ex-
cepting 1890 were classified as: PasSen-
ger 1929: freight, 29,S4S and switching
| s4S5.
! The total number of cars of all classes
!, was 1,95S.9l2. or 1l6,04l more than for
| the year 1908. This rolling stock was
thus assigned: Passenger service. e.
2G2 cars; freight service. l,S37,9l4 cars,
and the cOmpanys service, 1876 cars
These figures exclude cars owned by
! private commercial firms or corpora
tons.
The number OF locomotive and cars
in the service of the railways agsre-
| gated 2,OlO,5S4 of which 1927 ,7S9 were
fitted with train brakes, or an increase
for the year of 1864 and 1889, 1856
were fitted with automatic couplers, Or
an increase OF 1926. Nearly all the
locomotives and cars in the passenger
service had train brakes, and all but
seventy-two locomotives in the same
service were fitted with automatic
cOuplers
The reported number of persons on
the payrolls of the railways was 1871
S55, which is equivalent to an average
of GS4 employees to 100 miles of line.
These figures show an increase In the
number of employees, as compared with
the year 1865, Of l39. 159, or forty-seven
to 100 miles of line
aries reported as paid to employees dur
ing the year We're $500, SO1 .653; but this
amount is deficient by more than ST.
100000 because of the loss of railway
records in the San Francisco calani-
ity.
The par value of the railway capt.
tai outstanding was $14.570, 421 ATS.
which is equivalent to a capitalization
OF ST., 1876 a mile for the railways in
the United States OF this capital there
existed as stock $6,S03, 100 .09S. of which
s., 403. OO1 1862 was common and 81 ,40O.-
15S,l31 PREFERRED; the remaining part.
S7.7GG. Gel 1856, represented funded debt.
consisting of mortgage bonds, 1884,
77O,962: miscellaneous obligations.
1913, 1924: income bonds, 1901 ,523.-
400. and equipment trust obligations.
1924 .O99.
Of the total capital stock Outstand-
Ing 1925, sol 1873, or 33 46 percent. paid
no dividends. The amount of dividends
declared during the year was $272. 1885,
974, being equivalent to 6.O3 percent on
dividend paying stock. For the year
ended June 30, 1905. the amount OF
dividends declared was 1927 1864, 482. OF
the total amount Of stock outstanding.
s6,S03, 76O,O93. or 1850 percent, paid
from to percent; 11.34 percent from
to percent; 100 percent from to
percent; 9.54 percent. from to Z per-
cent. and 14.94 percent from to per-
cent.
The number of passengers carried by
the railways in the year ended June 30.
1906, was 199507 1913, this item being
6O,673.17l more than for the year ended
June 30, 1905.
The number Of tons of freight shown
as carried Gncluding freight received
from connections) was 1881 .374,2l9.
which exceeds the tonnage of the year
1905 by 203, 642,314 tons.
The average revenue one passenger
one mile for the year ended June 30.
1906, was 2.002 cents. The preced-
ing year the average was 1862 cents.
The average revenue one ton one mile
was O74S cent; the like revenue for
the year 1905 was O.766 cent.
The gross earnings of the railways
in the United States were $2,325. 765, 1867.
ing $243.2S2,761 greater than for the
year 1905. Their operating expenses
were 536,877,271, or $l46,275,1l9
more than in 1905.
The operating expenses assigned to
the four general classes were: For
maintenance Of way and structures.
3911 -2O 21O. maintenance Of enujnment
$32S, 554. 65S: conducting transportation.
1896, 202. 707; general expenses, $685.
23O: undistributed, $646.S56. Operating