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Show ELECTRIC LIKES REPOpSUED Special to The Tribune. WASHINGTON, March 9. Preliminary figures of the forthcoming (Quinquennial report on the electric railways of the states of Nevada and Utah have been given out by Director Sam L. Rogers of the bureau of the census, department of commerce. They were prepared under the supervision of Eugene F. Hartley, chief statistician for manufactures. The statistics relate to the years ending December 31, 1917, 1912 and 1907. The totals Include electric light plants operated i in connection with electric railways and 1 not separable therefrom, but do not include in-clude mixed steam and electric railroads nor railways under construction. The figures as presented for the states of Nevada and Utah show general gains for the semldeeade 1912-1517 and for the decade 1307-1917, but .the increases in operating expenses and overhead charges considerably exceed the gains in income. The operating companies in these two states numbered six in 1917, as compared with seven in 1912 and four in 1907. There were 4S8.97 miles of single track in 1917 (Utah 477.41 miles and Nevada 11.66 miles), as compared with 271.45 miles in 1912 and 129.69 miles in 1907. The number num-ber of persons employed was 1552 in 1917 and 1224 in 1912. and salaries and wages aggregated 1, 389, 553 in 1917 and $1,122,914 In 1912. The income from all sources amounted to $3,796,453 in 1917, as compared with 53,375,218 in 1912, an increase of 12.5 per cent; but operating expenses increased from $1,729,202 in 1912 to $2,141,169 in 1917, or at the rate of 23. S per cent, and deductions from income, comprising taxes. Interest, and fixed charges from $1,148,-517 $1,148,-517 in 1912 to $1,687,616 In 1917, or 46.9 per cent. As a result, there was a deficit In 1917 of $32,332, in contrast with a net Income of $497,499 In 1912. The companies all operated with purchased pur-chased electric current In 1917, whereas In 1912 they reported power plants of 41,286 horsepower, as compared with 12,-150 12,-150 In 1907. In 1917 the current purchased aggregated 40.349,595 kilowatt hours. In 1912 the companies generated 34,846,S91 kilowatt hours and purchased 45.815,875, a total of 80,662,769 kilowatt hours. A large portion of the current consumption in 1912 was on account of electric light and power departments of the railway companies as then organized. SERBIA DECLARED TO BE PHYSICAL RUIN NTCW YORK, March 9. Serbia was described de-scribed today as both an economic and physical ruin by Dr. Louis T. Dublin, a .stat istician of New York, Just returned from a health survey of Italy, Greece, Serbia and Jugo-SIavia for the Anieri'.jin Rod Cross. Dr. Dublin delarfd that in every one of the countries ravaged by the enemy tiio number of deaths from disease in the civilian population far outnumbered the var capualtiea. As an example of this he. mentioned Haly, wiif"", he s,iii. w-.i.T'.y 8(m.ih"ui ci,lhanN died from infh; y.;. Serbia h;iH KuffrC'd worn of ;tll. 'n ..'lid. 'Hid in- :itr,:i!.-d j) vvouhl take flft.-.-.n 5 ' nl ' :J I" n;Mofj , to iur ll'Tl-.-,; CM, Mil!'. Ml. 1 |