Show RAILWAY statistics REPORT OF interstate COMMERCE commission total Mam Nam berof brof hallway hallar In incorporation corporations in the united aff it Is 2 0 47 with capital flO BOS boa persons at an a expense 1 of I washington july 10 16 the report of railway statistics for the year 1698 t compiled by the interstate Intent ate commerce cominis slon shows that eleven roads went into tile tha hands of receivers receive is ws as against forty five taken out while the mileage of loads was decreased by olid miles op crated an miles allies owner there vi as a 11 decrease in the capital stock of the roads in ID receivers hands of 30 the aggregate mileage of rall railways ways on june ao 30 1808 1898 was St TillS a fan increase of miles the total number of railway corporations corporation in the united states was 2047 the total number of locomotives tn in use was wai 86 an increase of over the pro pre year the total of railway cm m was an all increase ot of an interesting feature la Is it a wage num hum mary compiled from over go 09 per cent of the total emp employed loyen there was paid tn in wages an increase for the year of 8 i 0 07 17 ahls hiim 60 53 52 per cent of tile total 0 operating PC rating expenses 1 ho he total amount of 0 railway capital outstanding on junejo june 20 18 03 not in eluding current WM was to ga sill of the outstanding stoc stock 1 66 23 22 per cent paid dividends of tile tho tock stock paying dividends 0 3 01 61 per cent paid from froin I 1 to 4 per cent there was 4 54 per cent of the dividend paying stock that patti from roni 7 to 8 per cant ahe total in dividends was ow US aso being an average of I 1 M t cinton ci on all stock on which a dividend was tic do dared blared it hie lie total number of pann pasti engers carried was an I 1 lin lit I 1 case of I 1 the atal number of 0 tonu tona of freight carried one all mile e per milo mile of line was w which aleli was greatti by 08 8 than tile llie previous acar I 1 ahe h grotis grons of tile the whole ra mileage I 1 I 1 e ae go was 81 0 11 1 l an increase of 8 IS iho total number of casualties for the year were the aggregate killed WB was 0 6 and injured 40 of hallwa railway employed emp loyes anre cre killed and 81 bl tho killed were and injured 1 ai ahe total num number berof of pet pel ions killed other thau than paren gera and d employed emp loyes was and 1178 ibis includes bindues pei persons c 1 I as trespassers ti tramps and tile the like one was killed killea for eveia 2 carried and one injured for every one out of every emp employed emil loyes oyos way waa killed and one out butof of every W ont eight was in jurod |