Show RAILROAD tho number of persons on the pay rolls of tho railways in the united states as returned for june SO 1004 was or all per miles of line these figures when comparsi com parMI with corresponding ones tor tho year 1903 show a decrease of in the number of employees or 28 per miles of line the classification of employees includes engin men firemen conductors and other trainmen there were switch tenders crossing tenders and watchmen with regard to the four general divisions of railway employment it appears that general administration required the services of employees maintenance of way and structures employees maintenance of equipment employees plo and conducting transportation employees this statement disregards a few employees of which no assignment was made the usual statement of tho average daily compensation of the 18 classes of employees tor a series of years is continued in the present report which shows also the aggregate amount of compensation paid to moro than 99 per cent of the number of employees for the year 1904 87 per cent for the year 1903 and more than 99 per cent for the five years preceding the amount of wages and salaices sal ailes paid to empol during the year ending june 30 1904 ag fd was |