Show EARNED EAB NEIt OVER A BILLION railway hallway profits show A 0 slight increase crease over 1804 washington nov 24 the interstate commerce commission has just issued tl a preliminary report on the income and d expenditures of rall railways ways lit in the united states for or the year ending june SO 30 1833 1895 prepared by the th statistician the report includes tile returns from roads whose reports were filed on or before november 9 and covers tile the ol of miles of 0 line or 92 per cent of 0 the total mileage i in tile united states the gross earnings were 2853 ot of which bete from passenger service 1 from rom freight and were other earnings from rom operation covering carni earnings from rom telegraph car mileage balances switching charges charge etc the rho opera ing expenses were 15 leaving net earnings as compared compare 1 ith net earnings of 0 sa 20 for or the same roads lit hi reduced to a nille mileage inge basis the gross earnings wore were gogg operating expenses CK 1113 and net earnings were v cre 1977 or a decrease in gross ot of 13 per mile as corn compa icil with 1891 and of 1304 1504 per little lie its as compared with 2393 a dec deci case in expenses of 0 til sit a mile as compain combated com il with nth 1894 1394 and of 0 77 per mile as compared alth tt ath 1893 net earnings show a rain gain 0 over or 1891 of 0 tat ml per mile of 0 line but a d decrease decrease of 0 pir per mile as complied with 1893 passenger Pas senser receipts fall ell oft off 1177 per mile as compared with 1894 while freight receipts show allow a gain oi of per mile passenger receipts were per nille less than in and freight receipts show a decrease decro aae cis as compared with that year of 0 per mile thew thebe duta data are arc also shown by groups di sc losing that the largest gain in net earnings has haa 1 acen cen in groups 1 I ill III anti and IX incomes from sources outside or of tile the ocial tons of the roads was 33 aa making the total income adall available tor for the payment of 0 fixed ch charges arges an anil ani I dividends total deductions duct duet ions tons from income including fixed charges were anti and dividends paid were leaving a a deficit rom from the operations ot of the yea r of the dividends paid by the same roads the preceding year wore were the text of 0 the report contains a brief diRcus discussion slon ot of the facts above presented and Is followed by a table showing tile the earnings and expenditures tures of each road |