Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1891 — RAILROADS. [ARTICLE]

RAILROADS.

The Commerce Commissioners Submit their Annual Report. Statistics Galore—Mileage, Number of 1.0-comotives comotives and Many Other Figures of Interest. The third annual report of the Interstate Commerce Commissioners is out. 11 show's that railway mileage in the United States on June 30,1890, was 163,587 miles: the increase in railway mileage brought Into operation during the year was 6,030 miles; The total length of tracks for the United States, Including all sidings and spurs, is 209,060 miles. The number o railway corporations on June 30,1890,wa 1,797. There were seventy-four companies In the U. S., whose gross income in 1880 was $837,000,000, out of a total gross incoma of all roads in the country of $1,051,877,632. The total number of locomotives in the United States was 29,928, of which 8.381 were passenger locomotives and 16,144 freight locomotives. The number of Carl used on the railways of the United States was 1,163,138, of which 26,511 were in tb» passenger service. The number of tons ol freight carried one mile per freight engin! was 4.L’1,629‘ and the number of passengers carried one mile per passenger engine was LM3,142. JThe total number of men employed on the railways of the United •States was 749,401, being an increase ol 15,558 over the number employed in 1889 The number of passengers carried during the year was 429,430,865, the number oi tons of freight 636,441,617. The total number of persons reported by railways as being killed during the year was 6,320 4 and the total number reported as injured wa» !3.034. Of the total number killed. 2.451, were employes', 285 passengers, and 3,58 i classed as “other persons.”