Show YEARS GREAT RECORD Interstate Commerce Commission Com-mission Report i FIGURES RUN TO BILLIONS I i I United States Hailronds Show Splendid Condition for Year Ending I June 30 1899 Just Issued Full of I Interesting Figures Story from Chicago that Alton Kansas City I Southern and Union Pacific Will Unite Under One Management Railroad Notes u Washington July SThe statistical report of the Interstate Commerce commission for the year ended June 30 1S90 shows that the number of railways rail-ways In the hands h of receivers on that date was seventyone a net decrease of twentythree as compared with Juno 30 1S9S The number of roads placed in tho hands oC receivers during the year was sixteen and the number removed re-moved from their management was thirtynine I On June 30 1S90 the total single track mileage In the United States was 180201 an Increase for the year of 1SOS This increase Is greater than for any year since 1893 Tho aggregate length of mileage Including tracks of 1 kinds was 252301 There were 36703 locomotives In service at tho end of tho year 6109 more than for the year I ended June 30 3S9S The total number I of cars of all classes in the service was 1375916 an increase of 19712 I The number of poisons employed on 1 al roads was 928924 an increase for I the year of 54466 v The amount of railway capital outstanding out-standing was 11033954853 or a capitalization cap-italization of 60556 per mile of Hne The amount of capital stock paying no dividend was 3275509181 or 5939 percent per-cent of the total amount outstanding and the amount of funded debt excluding ex-cluding equipment trust obligations which paid no Interest was 5572430746 The number of passengers carried during dur-ing the year was 523176508 an Increase for the year of 2210DS27 The number of tons of freight carried was 959763183 an increase of 80757276 The gross earnings of the roads were 1313310618 an increase over the previous previ-ous year of 63284197 The operating expenses are shown to have been 856 9fiS9DD an increae of 38995823 Tho amount of dividends declared during the year was 111089936 The total number num-ber of casualties to persons on account of railway accidents was 51743 the number of persons killed being 7123 and Ihe number Injured 44620 The number of passengers killed during the year was 239 an Increase of IS and the number num-ber Injured 3442 an Increase of 497 or one passenger was Idled for every 2 189023 carried and one Injured for every 151793 carried Of railway employees em-ployees 2210 were killed and 34923 were Injured during the year |