| Show KNOW KIVOW THY TY COUNTRY 11 Rall railroads roads in discussing the commercial achievements of this great ace age we shall approach the subject as the historian chronicling events this series will endeavor to record la writ ing the supremacy of american men and industries in the worlds affairs and perpetuate an of our marvelous industrial achievements by simple facts flowes and comparisons that are overpowering in their convictions america holds her proud laco among the ot of the earth today on account of her supremacy in trans port atlon facilities the might minds rr ot t the he ege go are engaged la in t problems of transportation and the great est eat men in the history of the worlds world a commerce aro are at the head ot of the transportation is stems of the united states in the discussion of transportation let us consider separately our rail rall wa ways telegraph anit amt telephones express public highways Illg hays steamships street railways interurban and other forma forms ot of transportation and this ar title thle will deal with railways the united states has the tile largest larest mileage the best service the cheapest rates pays labor tho the highest wages and we have the most efficiently managed of the railways railway of tho the world they stand aa as a nt to the native genius of ot our marvelous builders and most ot of the railroads in foreign countries haab been hulit built under tinder american orders the railroads represent a barier in vestment of capi capital altal than VRY y other branch of human activity the mileage in tha united states exceeds the accepted distance from the earth to the moon NN e had in 1911 1 the ladt year in which figurea for all countries are available on the mahs surface miles of rail way divided as tollo follo vs united states europe and other countries so the ut fled state states baa has 9 23 8 per cen cent t of the world a mileage seven per cent of ot the estimated pop and about ali five a per cent of the area tha the total capital invested itt in the railways of tho the world orld la Is divided as follows united europe and other countries 11 reduced to a mileage basis the capitalization Is as follows fol lovs the orld 78 united states europe and other countries A comparison of rates 8 equally ai as interesting and the united states takes talea the lead in economy and ice the average rate per ton per hundred mile haul baul is as follows fol lovis united states great britain 2 53 france germany russia 92 austria hungary italy 12 30 and switzerland S Itze ta 82 the average yearly pay of all railroad employed emp loyes in tho the principal coun tries Is 18 as follows united states 77 germany italy aug aus tria great abrl britain aln franca and 20 about 30 per cent tent or of ot too the of the orld are government owned abut half h the he dalway mileage of europe Is govern ment owned A comparison of the economy onomy in time and money and the convenience conven lence in will be made in a later article |
