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Show I Statistical Review Shows I StS elopments Highways Easily Outclass Railways in Mileage, According to Report; Rhode Island Has Auto for Every i Nine Yards of Railroad Track I WASHINGTON. D C A statistical review conducted by the government o motor development during ihe last decado shows some results Ibal are simply amazing. An idea of the development of motor transportation during the past ten, years can be obtained by comparing it with the development in railroad trans-poi trans-poi ration. A comparison of railroad' mileage wiwtta highway mileage Bhowe ihat throughout the entire United otates the highway mileage is approximately approxi-mately ten timc3 greater than the rail road mileage, the figures showing that there are 2,478,552 miles of higha i and 253.626 miles of railways. For eery mile of railroad there are ten miles of highway; for every rail road car there are three motor cars. In the United States there is a motor vehicle for every fifty-nine yards of railroad right of-way. A comparison of the railroad mile age in the various states with the number of motor vehicles In use in those states shows a decidedly unequal distribution of transportation faclli ' tie? In Rhode Island, for Instance. I there Is one motor vehicle for every nine yards of railroad track, while 111 Nevada there is but one motor vehicle for every Z yards. Texas, whose railroad mileage is per cent grea'te-tr-nn thai of an other state, has on- motor vehicle tor every 85 vards, as compared with one motor vehicle fori every 188 yards In Louisiana, Its neigh . boring state rn |