The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1917-02-01
Ar N THE LEAD
:, STATES RAILROADS SU'
usl''' pEaloa TO ALL
..,,is.iss Reveal Facts Which
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I" Wat. Scales Of Wages

,onDarative railroad statistics ns1lcs
he t cOw states and foreign coun,
De sued by the bureau e OF tpiso@ or
sD'n na,Inc a total railroad mileage mileage
I'I isiooO miles. The I most esrso Ir'I GER
q ,; si # these statistics reveals 1.S I1
sDdy Oh ,,us economic facts Which
sn sfI 1ail TO interest any American
arnOt IA, marks the Scientific Amerl-
81 ,s the most interesting point
Pelnap - these tables is that de-
s'e'i sIrs y wages paid in the United
aiis NE Ss are carrying freight at a
Ssie'' 80 than any other country eA-
SH '. India Mi, The average rate per ihiit
~ II, l' country is O.729 cents, when nc lbs IS
D @s ,cS more than co per cent OF the
~ p.. rate for similar service IN
''e s'' countries Of Europe. In lhuia
s'aus .. e OF cents, but in that colh-
D t tss wage, which ordinarily rs IS 'h iS
% =. y, item in the expense list, Is
sf pc IS to be almost negligible. Bra a,
CIV y. ,be highest rate, 7.O4 cents per
\. The rate for France is l.lo per
IL II. and in Germany it is Ii per
LIe .,,.s nor Messenger
"a. IN the United States, 2.oOo
g. Is higher than that Of any other
o .aDt,r except Brazil and Cuba. In
" ,.sis the average receipt Is l'o'9
n france LOGS and in Germany
80 osot. The density Of traffic in
!. United States is 143,O67 passen-
!, miles per mile of line. In Ger
.,, me density is 693,317 passenger
- nor mile of line. while Belgium
:. density of 1,046,6l4. A line upon
/ !. Imoortant question of accommoda-
! -. can be had by a study OF the
,Sl,s showing the average number
,.,.ssogers per train. In the Unit
: s,,,ps Il Is IS, in France 40, in Ger
-,ry "a in Japan los and in India
- Having these figures in mind
gspct surprising to find that the pas
.,,.r revenue per mile of line on our
-o,osds which is S2,S71. is exceeded
"A other countries, the passenger
,,,,pue in Germany being s6,92, In
Edl,ud s6373, in Belgium S1,341 and
Crst Britain $9,6S4
me low rate at which our railroads
~ able to carry freight is due chief
r "a the large capacity of the indi-
sdusl freight cars, the great power
4 me Individual locomotive and the
c,sOuent length and carrying power
4 n, trains. We haul more freight
VI ar per train and per mile than
IN nIlroads of any other countries.
Thus the average capacity of the
treI.ht car in the United States three
yars 40 was 3S tons, as compared
viii l5 In Austria, 14.1 in France
udEq tons In Germany. As was to
n gpecied, II Is in the new world
at that We find cars approaching In
nadty those Of the United States,
IL Mexican cars carrying 35.4 tons
nd those Of Canada 81 tons. The
lad Of freight carried per train in the
United States Is far greater than In
ny other country, the average in 1913
Yang f54 tons. In Canada ii was
G tons, In Germany 1t was 239 tons
nd IN France l47 tons.
Our railroads hauled the greatest
InOunt Of traffic per mile of line, the
mount in 1913 being 1.245,15 ton
nls per mile Of line. In Germany il
VS. lll908 tons and in Russia l.
2ZA tons. But the freight revenue
~ mile Of line In this country was
nlJ @o4Sewhich must be compared
With slssO in Germany.
We find, as was to be expected, @
rsat difference in the average wage
rla 10 this country and in Europe
n iverage wage Of our railroad EN-
po'ees being nearly double that PAID
= The leading European countries. In
NE uuited States the average com
ehsaton Is S756.S3, in Germany it Is
ahN, In Holland S341.52 and in Rus
hsellso.
he earnings per mile of line in the
su'ed States are low compared will
Dse OF other countries. In 1913 the
"aage revenues per mile Of line In
United States were S12,S59. Ir
wnany and Great Britain they wer,
s"u twice as great, those for the lat
country being s2S,645 per mile Of
- Inc average capital per mile
me Is for the United States S65,
~ - ior Germany sl2O.O49. for Franc,
sS and for Great Britain S274,