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Show Railtvay h'lniiislio. Througli tlie . courtesy of the secretary sec-retary Cf,the Interstate Ccmmercu Commission, lMwan A. Mosley, if e are in receipt of the Becon J An-uual An-uual Rejioit on tha StatUtlca of Hallways in tlm United Htatys, l Is a very complete reiojd. and- pou-talnsmucb pou-talnsmucb valuable and lntcieslftis information. The total rail nay mileage of tbe United States ou June SO, lSh9, was 2uq,919.79 miles, tnoujlt roati to wind round llio earth at thu equ .tor more tlian eight time .. Utah has .1 total mileage of 1,121 07mile. tvhlla Ariz3na,Itfaho, and Wyomltn; have respectively 1.C9J.8T, S4I 70, atid 031 74 mil-. . -Ncvaaa, Jtw Hampshire ICtioJe Island, Vermont, Utstrictof Columbia, Colum-bia, and Indian retritorybave nho less mileage lhau Utah. The railroads give employment lo 701.743 wotkerxuf both teats, and R is thought safe tosjy tliat.ixelu.lvc of skckholdcrs, S,0J0(-a flii I a living from tiio railways: The gross earnings for the ear ending June S), 1SS0, amcuntetl to JOJl.SlOjliD, and the expenditure for the same time, to $jll,700,rjl, leaving leav-ing a net income of ST2UK9 12S. These flgtirca cover only 15a,SSo.S7 miles of o(rntcd line. Tlie chapter on accidents shows that 131 J umployea were Lilieil and DV-S Injured during that cnoytnr. That ia to ssy, one of every 32 of thu employes were killed or Lutt. Of tatsseuger-, S10 were killed and 214 1 Injured, and of oIIip.- pcreoua. killed, S54I, and Injured, 4185, giving n total of 5S2. killed and 2j.S9 lit Jurrd tluring one year. These figures aregrtadv to Hie discredit of the Uni.tU ia.&ie-., if compared with K-igiand, for Instance. In-stance. I n this country 34 i, i:i intn were emplcyol during tbeiearliS5, of which only S3s were killed and 1I93 Injured, giving oju dtath for every 67J, and one Injured for every 153 men employed. In submitting thcee Is.sU the Cora-mlssldnwlielyrimatk: Cora-mlssldnwlielyrimatk: "Itls jiossl-lile jiossl-lile to carry the Idea of iconony too far and to las. sight of tho Uu that life Is of more imparlaurp tuau money." , |