Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — Progress of Steam. [ARTICLE]

Progress of Steam.

The Union Pacific, 1892, operates 10,928 miles of road. Nevada has 1-117 of a mile of track to the square mile. The daily earnings of a passenger locomotive, 1892, are SIOO. Illinois has, 1892, greatest length of railroads, 10,213 miles. The average cost of' a passenger locomotive, 1892, is SB,OOO. In United States, 1892, there are 202,786 miles of railroad track. The Colorado Midland, 1892, ascends 11,530 feet above sea level. New Jersey has a quarter of a mile of track to the square mile. The total assets of United States railroads are $10,205,493,050. Rhode Island, in 1892, has least length of railroads, 212 miles. In 1892 the estimated cost of United States railroads is $9,000,000,000. In United States, 1892, there are 31,062 locomotive engines and 1,090,813 ears. The Manhattan Elevated Railroad carries 190,000,000 passengers every year. * Twenty-four United States corporations have each over 1,000 miles of track. The longest railroad bridge span in the United States Is at Poughkeepsie, 548 feet.