Show RAILWAY MILEAGE A few weeks ago the NEWS received recel advance sheets of the report of Henr Henry H c Adams statistician to the he Interstate commission giving the tha general rail rail- railway railway railway way statistics of the he country u try for tor b the year ending June Jone 80 O 1898 The reason assigned for the be seemingly long delay in 10 getting the report before the tha public was explained by the statement that bat there had bad been been great dilatoriness on OD the p part rt of some of the railways In 10 giving desired information The NEW placed before its readers reader when the Ule sheets came to band a summary of the statements statement therein regardIng rail ran railway railway way mileagE e operating expenses profits values value freight and passenger ems em loyes accidents etc ba ia the United States tates There now come cometo to hand band advance sheets containing Qa the tables of the statisticians statistician report which give Ive much of detail that interesting is and aDd valuable to those specially con con- concerned concerned in la railway matters A feature of general Interest to Ua the people in 10 this thia section in addition t to the items Item heretofore published appear in ID the tha railway mileage aa u gi given eD by states state and territories The toI mileage of the country la Is placed t sat miles tulles an increase over the previous year of 48 mile Of this thie amount Illinois lead leads with miles mlle and the he District of Col Columbia has bas the tha least leut share bare 2886 2885 miles Next Nest in ID the list lilt above the District of Columbia is II Oklahoma with JI I then Rhode Island with Utah Ut b has ha melee The I t lest in the be state tat of 01 6 A mile miles the lowest low Dakota 7 of or a ft milt mile Utah's Utah e el II miles Idaho's Idaho 2386 Wyoming and nd Arizona and Leona 1 here bere was wa a decrease of I aMa as follows Kansas Kama I B 3 BS evade 3 n Oregon 1947 1947 in Jf District tI T-t-tI-A of r Columbia and New Mexico M o le lap The number of miles mile of railway g A sib b per square equate miles mile of terri terri- terri yi W at in tue toe United fie 59 and the number per par Ik habitant Ants in Utah at t In the 3 red State States at t 2651 |