The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-07-06

piiation makes no prctcnso of abso-
lutc accuracy but be- only Intended tu
show the approximate proportion Of
stale and private railways
Tho greatest increase la govern
mcnt-wuod mileage is shown In the
ngurca fot America, where the total
of state unos was Increased By To-
osI mainly by the transfer Of the
Mexican mileage, hut also By s5a
miles ia Ccnttui America. TO in Co
lombia. and 6s in Venezuela. where
there was none IN 1910. a siight IN
crease in he Greater Antiltsa. aud
au Increase 81 COS in Peru, 800 IN
chile and sos IN Brazil. America
also shows nm increase Of 1919 miles
in company mileage, principally In the
United States and Canada. which is
Tar greater than the actual Increase
o. state railway mileage since 1910.
In Europe the government mileage
Increased G.2og miles, principally by
extensions Of the existing government
systems In Germany. Austria-H Hun
gary. Russia. Italy. Norway ana hui
garia, and by absorption " private
lines The private mileage In Eu-
ropc decreased SIS miles
Asia shows IN Increase uf 7.iSg
miles Of owned mileage.
aud "a Y,Hu.tt.u A.. ,. .nm.w.
Of 3,sfs miles. The principal change
was IN British India. where the stat,
mileage increased from 24.tOs To go
800. while the privately owned lines
decreased from 1915 10 i.t00.
In Africa government owncd mile
m increased 2,iS9 miles while the
private mileage increased 1852. 1900
MILES Of new state owned Inc havlng
been added In Algeria ana TunB !.
while the private mileage in these
countries decreased nom 3.i97 -
2.i60. The Rhodcsian mileage Of
1880 miles. however. has been trans
fcrred to the company owned col
umu, In the compilation for 1919
Il was erroncously included in the
state mileage.
In Australasia state mileage in
creased 975 miles. while the company
mileage shows an increase Of l85L
The total Increase Of state mileage.
as previously stated, is 26.629. while
The Increase In private mileage IN
America. Africa aud Australasia to-
tails i0,lia This II partly offset by
the decrease of 4.3SS miles In Eu-
rope and Asia. while measured by
length OF line private ownership Is
stHl Overwhelmingly the railway poi-
icy Of the world. the bulk OF th2 pri-
vately owned mileage Is i'm the United
states. the length 81 line in this
country In 1879 being reported as
2f9.7S9 miles, which In 80. EOS more
than the aggregate length OF all the
state owned railways Ia the world
Outside ~ the United Stntcs .he
mileage owned by companies Is eos
623, or 1884 miles less than the gov
eminent owned mileage.
As the Railway Age Gazette point
cd out In connection with the 1910
figures. Il cannot be said that even
In point Of mileage government own
ership has become the policy uf most
% the leading countries OF the world.
Al of the railways In tho United
states. Great Britain, Spain n CHI
ma are N the handle Of private com
panics. and most of those In Canada.
In France throe-fourths Of the mile
age II privately owned, and IN Swe-
den nearly t~wo-thirdn. in Brasil and
Argentina company mileage In great
~ predominant II h. noteworthy
that In North and south America
Peru Is the Dnly country In which
there is more government tina pri-
waite mileage. ON the other ha-A. In
Germany. Nustrie Hungary. Russia
aud italy government ownership Is
the dominant policy. japan is com
mitted to state ownership. and In In
dia the s~tate-owned mileage greatly
predominatcs. In India. however.
the bulk of the state-owncd milcage
b. leased 10 and operated by private
companies. and In Mexico all ~ the
lines are operated by companies.
There are 20 countries IN n" list
given by Archiv FUR Eiscnbahwescn,
where there il no s-tate-owned mile
agc and only 3 whore there are M
privately owned railways. while tho
privatcly-owned mileage H. greater in
80 countries as against 80 where
government ownership predominates.