The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-26

ried was 1,556,559,741, an increase O.
~2s.577.951 over 1908, and the ton
mileage. or the number Of tons car
ried one mile was 218,SO2, 1868 ton
| miles. ar increase of 421,432.127 over
1908.
The average receipts per passenger
per mile as computed for 100? were
1928 cents; the average receipts per
ton per mile. 0,763 per cent. he pas
senger service revenue per
freight revenue per ton mile
was s2,.e4, with average operat-
ing per train mile Of s2,lo1,
and average operating expenses per
train mile OF s1.43: the ratio Of oper-
ating expenses to operating
66.16 per cent.
Returns from small roads are ex-
Guided from the figures showing rev
enues and expenses OF de1l-
ciencies of their reports, but accoIo-
ing to the figures of n COMMISSION
the operating Of the railways
of the United States over 232,981
miles in 1909 were s2,41S,677,53S, as
against s2,393, sos, go in 1908.
Operating Expenses Reduced.
The total operating expenses during
1909 were $1,~599,443,A10, as against
s~1.669.54T,ST6 in 1903. Thus while
there was a falling off in operating ex-
penses in 1909 a large increase IN
revenue is to be noted, the operating
revenues averaging s1O,381 a mile and
the operating $3.50 a mile
in 1908.
Summary of Equipment.
Relative to equipment the commits
sion says:
There were 57,212 locomotives in
the service of the carriers June 30,
1909, an increase Of 479 over the pre-
vious year. OF the total locomotives,
1877 were passenger, 33,s35 freight,
S,S37 switching and 1923 unclasslfed
The total Of cars of all classes were
2,218,28O, or II, 9O1 less than on June
30,1908. This equipment was thus
assigned: Passenger service, 1854
ears; freight service, 2,073,6O6, and
company's service, $4,000. The figures
given do not include so-called private
cars of commercial firms or corpora
tons.
The locomotives and cars in the
service of carriers aggregated 2,z75,-
492, of which 2,214.907 were fitted
with train brakes, an increase Of TO-
400 over the previous year, and 2
260.777 fitted with automatic couplers,
a decrease of 10,178. Nearly all loco
motives and cars in passenger service
were equipped with both train brakes
and automatic couplers. Substantial
ly all freight locomotives had train
brakes and automatic ~couplers. Of
the 2,073,606 ears in freight service
on June 80, 1909, the number fitted
with train brakes was 2,03s,219, and
the Number with automatic cOuplers
2,oe1,473.
6s,54s More Employees.
Relative to railroad employees the re-
port of the commission says:
THE total number Of persons re-
ported on the pay rolls Of steam roads
on June 80, 1909, was 1902, S23, an
average Of SIS per 100 miles. AS COM
pared with returns for 1908, there was
an increase of 66,548 in the total Of
railway employees. There were 57,O77
enginemen, 60,349 firen1en. 43,6O8 con-
ductors, 114,76O other trainmen and
A, 9 switch tenders, crossing tenders
and Watchmen.
1.-THE total railway employees (omit-
ting 42,342 not d~istributed) was appor-
toned among the six general divisions
of employment as follows: Mainten-
ance of way and structures. 459,O69:
maintenance OF equipment s99,3S1;
traffic pen POTTS; transportation
expenses, 6O4.S67; general
52,457; outside operations, 24,529.
The total wages and salaries re-
ported paid to railway employees dur
ing 1909 was s9Ss,a23,694.
salaries reported by switching
and terminal companies on
their pay rolls we're Is, 9S5. The total
of wage and salaries reported by this
class Of companies for 1909 was ST.
026.264.
Chapter on Casualties.
"The total number Of casualties to
persons on the railways for the year
ended June 80, 1909, was 1O4,34S, OF
which 8,722 represented persons kill
ed and 1886 injured Casualties &C.
Cured among three general classes Ct
railway employees. as follows: Train
men, 1914 killed, 29,118 injured;
switch tenders. crossing tenders and
~watchmen, 93 killed. 5O7 injured: 9TH
er employees, Its killed, 1851 in
jured. The casualties to employees
coupling and ~uncoupiing cars We're:
illed, 1876; injured, 2,382.
Safer for Passengers
In 1909, one passenger was killed
for every 3,523,6O6 carried, and ore
injured for every Sc 458 carried. For