Show EARNINGS OF RAILROADS preliminary report of 0 interstate corn com merce commission Comm leeloo the preliminary report of the inter state commerce commiss on on the income account of the railways of the united states for the year yea ending rending june last contains returns of railway companies operating miles of line or probably 98 per cent of the to tal railway mileage of the united states the passenger earnings of these roads were 4 49 and the freight earnings 81 00 in eluding these and other earnings from operation gross earnings amounted to 54 or SQ per mile of line and 01 01 crating expenses to 81 1 or per mile of liae noe showing that the net earnings were or per mile the were 51 4 greater than during the kiev ous year |