| Show What Railroads Spend A 1 The railroads of the United States UnIte I expend In a year a sum more than I JIOOOOOOOO In excess of the Total ex I pondltures of tonl w 1 4 Indlur the United States guy t gv ernment and this computation doe not Include nearly so000000 paid In 11i I 11 I the form of Interest upon railroad Intert Ulm rolrond 1 bonds or guaranteed stock and from I 1 0 000000 to S100000 XX pad in the form It I of dividends to stockholders The rail rd Indeed are the great dlsburs Ing ngncl of the CDnotv never less I than a billion dollar fit i a year and disbursing It all or lmcU 11 I cAly idl for railroads as a rule do i not I keell largcbunk accounts and do fac It rapidly fleetly n caalh business turning money Al estimate made hy one of the scientific papers a short time ago avon I I avo-n the average annual expense of I I American railroads In mnlntllng the conditions of the roadbeds 1 6000o beside 133 000 000 for the purchase of I rails ties and sleepers and 115000000 I I for the construction of nw brldg The railroads of the country spent later lat-er for fence signboards signals 1 1 arid atch towers 13500000 and for I painting and advertising 100000 1i I Very rely persons have nn accurate Ida of the extent to which railroad I li expenses are to be subdivided sun Iulag I probably that the largest 1 I l film of expenditure are for cars and 1 engines fuel mplo > es and teamInalfl I Such Is I the fat but there are other 1 large Items and on of Ih laget of I the is I the Item of taxes iticuroacia I Halroad orporations In the United States are 1 f beally taxed and thy py collectively i P r ly In a Year it has been Umnte 110000000 There is I thn another Item i hi which figures largely In all railroad 1 accounts thltmf legal expenses I I railroads being drawn Into Almost eon I I slant litigation and requiring at all i I times the services n counsel I is I 11 11 Umtd that expenses of American xpne Amrn 1 rrifilroads for rflonnl l legal ervlc 11 i amount in a year to ibnut 10000000 i and this Is I ot course exclusive of the I 1 1 Pump required to met claims for pr 1 1 Panel or damages to property Some 1 nf the large railroad companies I ex I pend n much as 25000 tit n year forth le for-th e it lement of such cases or the 11 pivment of Judgments recovered This I I Item of expense on all Amlen railroads J rail-roads Is I ordinarily rut at lout 151 00 A serious accident may entail on liii a rnlrMd comp in < omalt IRA laree I an to offset many months profit And i I some rlrod have In crippled for lonit periods by much comes t There are In th United States see 4 000 railroad employes 100000 station men 35000 engineers 40000 firemen I j I and helpers 2iOOO conductors nnd dam I Poachers HOfto trainmen noOOO Ma Milnlsts 100 000 shopmen other than 14 I Machinists 20000 telegraph operator I I I and their helpers 6000 switchmen I ngmn Laid vntehmn end 17500 1 al 15001 4401 rnckmen The dally payroll on all I 1 American railroads combined officers t 1 ind clerical staff Included amounts to about 13009000 a dayNow York Sun 4J 11 a t i I ill 1 |
