Show RAilROADS I PEOPLE Report for 1906 Shows That the Net Earnings Increased Increased In In- creased Nearly WASHINGTON Sept 17 Ii The Th Tho Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state commerce commission made public publican an abstract of its nineteenth annual statistical statistical sta eta report covering tho the year ending June 30 10 1006 1 showing the par pill value of ot ra railway capital then outstanding was ITS The Tho aggregate g r gate earnings 1 from tram 2 nO miles of or lines wore were being greater reater than In 1905 Their operating expenses wore were or 01 1 more than In 1905 1903 The Tile net nete e earnings a aggregated gated an In Increase Increase increase In- In crease of ot Tho The net earnings per mile averaged Tho The Income at attributable attributable at at- to other sources than operating I reached 2 Deducting charges the report says sas I is tho the net Income for tor tho tue year rear a for tor dividends or surplus There Thero wore Ivore passengers c carried d. d nn an Increase of ot and U tons lotus of trel freight ht carried an nn Increase of ot Tho The average I revenue p per r passenger per mile was 2002 cents Tho The earnings per train mile Increased both for passenger passenger ger gel and frd freight ht trains and tho average cost of ot running a train one mile Increased The Tho ratio o of operating expenses to earn earn- Inc iuis was 66 per cent The report shows persons persona killed d and Injured There Thera was waR a tot total 1 of I per persons on the payroll |