Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 265, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1912 — Carried Over a Billion. [ARTICLE]

Carried Over a Billion.

In the last year the railways of Great Britain, according to the government report just issued, carried 1,326,317,000 non-commuting passengers, an increase of 19,588,000 over 1910. The total, receipts from freight and passenger traffic was $570,354,000, of which $307,976,000 was for freight The total gross receipts increased $15,933,000 over 1910. The tube railways of London carried In the last year 175,000,000 passengers, an increase of 2,000,000 oyer 1910. The- total paid-up capital of the British railways has grown by $26,800,000. The dividends now average 3.62 per cent, on ordinary and 3.56 per cent, on preferential shares.