Construction Company v. La Crosse & Southeastern Railway Company, 95 I. C. C. 603. Docket No. 11468, 74 I. C. C. 26.

On November 8, 1927, the petition was filed. On May 11, 1928, after oral argument, the petition was dismissed, and on May 29, 1928, the case was docketed on appeal to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Pending hearing.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

United States of America ex rel. United Railway Company, a Corporation, plaintiff, v. Interstate Commerce Commission, respondent.

Petition for writ of mandamus to compel the commission to ascertain the amount of the carrier's deficit for the Federal control period and to certify to the Secretary of the Treasury that the amount is payable to the carrier under section 204 of the transportation act, 1920. 86 I. C. C. 661.

On March 16, 1926, the petition was filed, and on March 25, 1926, the answer of the commission was filed.

Pending further action.

United States of America ex rel., City of Los Angeles, relator, v. Interstate Commerce Commission, respondent.

Petition for writ of mandamus to compel the commission to consider the evidence in Docket No. 14778, 100 I. C. C. 421, and 142 I. C. C. 489, for the purpose of determining whether an order requiring the construction and use of the new union passenger station in the city of Los Angeles should be issued.

On July 12, 1928, the petition was filed, and the rule to show cause issued, and on August 4, 1928, the answer of the commission was filed. On October 18, 1928, after argument, an order was entered by the court dismissing the petition. Pending appeal.

United States, ex rel., Empire and Southeastern Railway Company, a branch of The T. Wilce Company, relator, v. Interstate Commerce Commission, respondent.

Petition for writ of mandamus to compel the commission to accord to the relator hearing on its deficit claim under section 204 of the transportation act. 117 I. C. C. 609, Finance Docket 5735.

On October 27, 1928, the petition was filed.

APPENDIX C

STATISTICAL SUMMARIES

A. Statistics of Railway Development since 1910.

B. Statistics from Monthly and other Periodical Reports of Carriers.

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A. STATISTICS OF RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT

In the following tables slight adjustments have been made in some of the figures heretofore published, in order to allow as fully as possible for changes in methods of compilation. It should be observed also that the figures in this section for the last calendar year are based on special and preliminary compilations, made mostly from annual reports of railway companies, and are subject to changes necessitated by subsequent corrections in returns or otherwise. TABLE I.-Mileage operated and mileage owned by steam railways in the United States, not including switching and terminal companies, 1910-1927

1 Includes mileage of some small companies that do not make an nual reports to the commission.

TABLE II.-Equipment of steam railways in service at the close of each year,

The figures relating to the number of locomotives and cars as published have been adjusted to cover all operating roads each year, but the figures showing average tractive power of locomotives and average capacity of freight cars are as published in the Statistics of Railways. The fact that the same classes of railways have not been covered each year affects these averages only slightly. Privately owned cars are

luded.