Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 270, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — World’i Railroad Mileage. [ARTICLE]

World’i Railroad Mileage.

A world-wide reduction in railroad construction was experienced during 1913 as compared with 1912, accordihg to the annual railroad statistics of the world compiled by Archiv fur Elsenbahnwesen, the official publication of the royal Prussian department of public works. The railroad mileage of the entire world for 1913 was 684,614 miles, an increase of 15,000 miles for the year, as compared with an increase of 16,770 miles reported for 1912. The gain in mileage was also less than that for 1911 and even less than that for 1908. The increase in 1911 was 15,078 miles; in 1910, 14,387; in 1909, 14,139, and in 1908, 16,672. How pre-eminently the United States is the railroad nation of the world is shown by the fact that over 37 per cent of the entire mileage falls within its borders. The increase tor the United States, as compiled by this publication, was 4,979 miles, or almost one-third of the entire gain for the year; while out of the entire 15,000mile increase 9,910 miles were contributed by the two Americas.