The Cairo bulletin., 1911-04-10
PROSPEROUS YEAR
ILLINOIS RAlLao.sl4 mADE NEW
HIGH MARk lM 1910 IN ALL
7TMENTS.
Tvs Cert Fare FF3v~d C2r-fi.---i-
Gre 80 in Earnings Passenger
am F.cichs-Eiectric
Road, Ais.

sion, the railroads Of Illinois and oi
NE country at large found the year
1910 the most prosperous in tneir en-
tire history High cost OF living
held 10 terrogs for the railroads;
travel ana rattle struck new high
witey mark; railroad incomes and
jhidends experienced an unbreae.
,ented increase.
Such are The conclusions voiced in
the annual report of the Illinois ra l.
road and warehouse commission
which Orville r. Berry, chairman, t..
DAY placed before Governor Deneen,
TWO Cent Fare an Aid.
FACES and pages of comparative
tables in the report indicate that the
s.cent a mile rate has been beneffc al
to he roads as we'll as to the pG5!ic,
in that it has popularized travel In
Illinois 1910 brought an increase of
N--t ttNVU II lltt iCN~AtsG ~ pHt tA1
carrying Of passengers The passen-
SER revcne FER nile of road leape |
from S35G4 in 1900 to Sc 914.
TIE report. which is the most com
r.. ever rendered by the commit.
&c, placed black type emphasis
urea the following statistics qp.
plice5le to railroad operation in Hi.
nois.
Total operating revenue sl92,527,
2G7. Increase for the year $2O1l7,
$50.
Total operating expenses, $13S,7S1
t1l. Increase $2S,7G2, res.
Passengers carried earning revenue
c.. 81 465. Increase. $4477,5+2.
Average amount received from
each passenger, $0.4627.
The Passenger Revenue.
Passenger revenue per mile of road
-2so4 in 1909, s5,524.
Tone of freight carried earning
revenues, 1896, Col Increase fer
Ne years, tons, 21,975,SSG.
Amount received for each ton Of
1Cgh, $ocC9.
Freight revenue per mile of road,
.9.-72.
Cperatlrs revenue per mile Of roni .
'iA51L
Operating expenses per mile OF
cad, $40 .c2.
Net operating revenue per mile OF
cad, s4,o52. /
fetal employees, Illinois, 1885. In
,rea4e for the year, 1886 m y
Total yearly compensation all EN-.
}loyes, $2C09o.92G. Incrcgae for the
-ear, s9.372A31.
Average rate Of pay per day. al.
.mployes, including officers, 1926. I'm
900 it was 500 l.
1882 Grade Crossings.
There are 1892 grade highway
rcssings in the state.
There are l.05Sc2 miles Of steam
ailroads equipped with block sig
.als
The casualties from train opera.
ion in TIE state are still large.
Total nun,ber of passengers killed.
uring the year rs, or one in eyer2
50S,2S2 passengers carried.
Total number OF passengers in
FRED during the year 55l, or one in
very 1lL2S2 passengers carried,
Total number Of employees killal
%, o. one in every $50 employed
Total number Of employees injured
$50, or enc in every u employed.
Total rambcr Filled, all classes, S35
Total number injured, all classes
$50.
To al anoyht Of taxes paid in uli-
ois-steam railroads $G,77t,4242l, m
'crea.c Of scC5 .2l.9O for the year.
Electric Railroads.
The comparative tables of electric
lilroads shows total capitalization
+ %2lj S@2i5o, an Increase for The
car Of sSS,153,i7S
Operating revenues were 1888
%.
The operating expenses, $l1,6i1 !
H.
Net operating revenues $751;
IT,
Dividends paid during the year, 81.
1895, Increase for the year I5a4-
IS.
Total assets, $2l9.a173iG.
Total liabilities $24Iy2G6, 3o2.
Assets over liabilities, $5,95t .0ii,
Total passengers carried, 2i2,413,-
II.
Total Of Freight Moved.
The electric lines moved 1,415,95J
MS Of freight during the year. ThisJ
)woyer, does not represent the toia,
image, as some of the lines did NOT
'ep heir records so as to show this
formation,
The number Of employees OF electricl
ilroads is ssh and the aggregate