AMERICANS BIGGEST USERS USE 1131 OF RAILROADS us SERVICE HERE FAR OUTSTRIPS EUROPE EU HOPE the railways of the united states in point of actual railway service lead the world americans buy more railway service and a greater amount of transportation la Is supplied and used in the united states than la in any other country accordini to statistics prepared ed by the lareau or It hallway allway economics the ton miles per capita carried by united states railroads in 1913 were almost five times the ton per capita carried by germany which was second to tho the united states in this respect the ton miles per capita carried by the united states railroads in 1913 were 3 la in germany theton the ton rulles miles per capita carried by the railroads were and in france since 1913 the increase in ton miles per capita curried carried by the railroads ot of the united states was more than the total carried by either of the two other countree coun countr tres tes in that year in comparison with the total of carried by the railroads mil roads in germany and the total of carried by the rall ronda in france the increase carried by the railroads in the united states since 1913 was ton miles per capita the chart below shows the transportation por tation supplied in the united states germany and franco france in 1913 1013 and the increase in railroad service in the unit ed states since 1913 ton miles per capita increase 1913 since 1913 states 30 7 ax ri ge r rn b V ja f t ra etc d wa the th increase alone since 1913 in ton mlle miles per capita tons ton carried one mile for one of the every population on american america n railway rall waya a was wa more than the total of any of the next leading countries for 1913 the last year for which comparative data Is available