Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-03
RECORD MILEAGE
Of RAILWAYS IN
HANDS Of COURT
And Less Miles Of New Rail-
road Built in 1915 Than in
Any Other Year Since Civil
War Says Ace Gazette.

Loss miles Of railroad were built
IN the United states during 1915 than
IN any other yenr for over fifty years.
or since 1864, and more miles OF rail-
road were IN receivers hands during
the year than ever before, according
To tho Railway Age Gazettc's sum
mary Of It's railroad statistics for the
year, compiled from official sources
aud published IN It's annual review
nhml ~. There have been only three
other years since ls4s when the in
crease IN railway mileage was less
than 1000 miles and they were the
civil war years Of 1861, 1862 and
1864
IN 1875 the total mileage Of new
railroad constructed IN the United
states was 1888. as compared with
l,532 IN 1914 and 3,07l IN 1913. There
was also large reduction In the
Inileage Of second track built. In adj
dition 10 the new line there was built
J56 miles Of second track, az com
pared with 500 miles in 1914. and
,2Gi In 1913, ana siXty-three miles
OF third track. fourth or other multi
pie track, making Il total OF 1854
miles Of track. 50 compared with 2,I27I
In 1914 and d,4G6 in 1913.
f7'hit buiiuitiG III .IttNO.
The largest mileage in one state
was In Pennsylvania which heads the
list OF states with ninety-eight files
oregon WAS second with eighty-three
miles and Washington third with soy
enty-Onc miles New lines were built
In thirty-seven states while none was
built in eleven states. Canadian roads
built us miles Of new first track,
Il ttgtf
Mexico thirty-siX and onc-half miles
of new line was built ~ against none
reported for 1914.
In the United states tire reports re-
celved by the Railway Age Gazette
show 2,062 miles OF new line pro-
jctced. 1874 under survey and 1907
under construction and completed, a
total OF 1888 miles in prospect. A
year ago there were 2,03l miles OF
new line projected and 122g miles
surveyed and -,015 miles under CON
struction. or more than was actually
completed in 1915. In Canada there
were 315 miles of line projected, 299
miles under survey and SIS miles un-
der construction. total of 1,25S
miles, and IN Mexico twenty-five miles !
Of line arc being built
Receivers Operating 81, GGGi Miles
ON December 81, 1915, according to !
the Railway Age Gazette'g compila- |
lion. 23S, 66l miles OF railroad, with |
a total funded debt of $500 sos, 500, |
and "A total of S741,00a,S0l capital
stock, or securities amounting to
$500 500. 30l In all, were being OPP |
Grated by receivers. This representa- |
nearly one-sixth of the total mileage
and capitalization Of the railways Of /
the country, on October |, the mile !
age in receivers hands over I'll 600 I
was The greatest ever recorded. since
then tho receivership of the Wabash /
with 2,5l5 miles. has been terminated |
and several smaller roads have been
sold under foreclosure. The mileage
now being operated by receivers wa |
exceeded IN 1921. when the total was
40,StS on June 30. Roads having IL
total mileage Of 24.l43 and a total
capitalization of 1870, S0s,62S went
INTO reeelVerehipG during the calendar
year 1918. This is thr greatest mile
age placed in receivers hands during
ono year since the panic year. 1898.
Orders of Equipment
one Of the lest indications OF the
progress Of the railways is the extent
20 which they have added to their
and the Railway Age Ga
Iette has also compiled statistics
the number Of new freight +
and passenger ears aud locomotives
ordered and built during the year az
follows
1915. 1914. 1918 /.
Freight cars