Show RAILROADS LEAD I 1 the railroads of the un united cited states used net tons of coal in 1915 or 24 per cent of the total output the bituminous minous wines minea furnished j tons or 28 per calit of their product production ion and the pennsylvania anthracite region tons or 7 per cent of its production these figures are compiled by C E lesher Lesh jer of the united states geological survey 1 the roads in the eastern district defined by the interstate commerce commission as that tha portion of the united states lying north of potomac and ohio rivers and cast of chicago peoria and st louis used tons of bituminous coal and tons of anthracite a total of tons the roads of the southern district that territory south of potomac and ohio rivers and east of the mississippi sis Isis sippi used tons of bituminous coal and the western roads consumed tons |