| Show n U I The fourteenth annual report ot of the h Commerce tb 10 Congress un on the nh Ith ot of tads month lIow that till the gram earnings or of the railroad operated for tor the year ending Jane ae 0 last laM amounted to or per mU mila Ot Of these earnings ti were classed as passenger tI earning and II as f Ight earnings The grog croll earnings shown hown In th the Anal report for tor forthe the year yar sera expenses fur tur the last year or per mILe of line The net nel earnings ot of the roads embraced m raed In this advance r re report port porI we wen for 1100 1000 or nl HOm more nor than they wire were for tor 1549 Income from Investments and other othor sources amounting to were wee received co that the total Income was The Th amount or of dividends declared was Wa which I le said Id to bt be and II a half hult millions million In excess of the dividends during flu lit previous year The total for force lIy by the tho roads fur tor the year wu was per persons end of 2910 1810 were wre killed and El 11 which shows by the way that the accidents end and of oC the railroad during on ono year are about equal to those of 1 n small war warThe The commission recommends that n a or eat public supervision should be maintained end and a doe tole Inspection Uon made of the rolling stuck In n service eo that no wear PAr or breakage may So go un and It I not nol pro proposed posed that such pubic lh Inspection stall hall hallIn In any respect ruPI interfere with the I of th the operating companies r respecting repairs Such would re require quire some om expenditure of neny but butin In view or of the barge larl dividends dividend paid to stockholders the railroad companies should hould nO not reel feel en an u expenditure for the purpose too tou much of a finan vial burden burdell c The sum In of 1800 as by bl last JUI s enable th the commission to to some 0 extent such rIlon and the report port portha says this ha hea proved highly salutary for forIn forin In every case call communications sent to the railroad companies concerning the equipment of the roads have been fa favorably acted man many inertia have been The system of inspection t Should therefore be main maintained and 1 rendered lucre It la hI that accidents have h urea greatly reduced during the thelast last couple or of year ear and there thre le Is no reason why fiby they should not be MUll more mor reduced One If the most twit rul ful or of ou on the road mad I s said alii to bl be the neglect t of oC the In proper repair and such luch are re not nol un unavoidable avoidable |
