Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1900 — RAILROAD ACTIVITY PROVES GENERAL PROSPERITY. [ARTICLE]

RAILROAD ACTIVITY PROVES GENERAL PROSPERITY.

t MILES OF RAILROAD BUILT. X Year. Miles. ♦ 1892 4,441 X 1895 1,650 ♦ 1899 4,500 ± 1900 *5,100 X * Estimated by Interstate ComX meree Commission. X NUMBER OF RAILROAD EMT PLOYES. X 1899 928,924 ♦ 1895 785,034 ♦ Republican increase 143.890 t THE WAGES PAID THEM. ♦ 1899 $522,967,896 X 1895 445,508,261 X Republican increase.. $77,459,035 X GROSS RECEIPTS OF RAIL- ♦ ROADS. X Year Amount. ♦ 1892 $1,169,036,840 X 1N94 1,066,943,358 X 1899 1,313,610,118 X Decrease of $102,093,482 between X 1N92 and 1894.

Increase of $246,666,760 between 1894 and 1899. TONS OF FREIGHT CARRIED ONE MILE. 1899 123,667,257,153 1895 85,227,515,891 Republican increase. 38,439;742,262 NET EARNINGS OF RAILROADS. 1899 $456,641,119 1895 349,651,047 Republican increase. . $106,990,072 Gain in number of employes, amount paid in wages, tonnage and earnings during McKinley’s administration over 1893: Gain of 143.899 in number 'of employes. Gain of $77,459,635 in wages. Gain of 263,002,412 in tons. Gain of $238,238,656 in gross earnings. Gain of $106,990,072 in net earnings. Gain of 2,750 in miles built.