Railway Statistics of the United States of America ...: Compared with the Official Reports of and Recent Statistics of Foreign Railways, Volumes 2-61906 - Railroads |
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... capacity of freight cars against only 2.3 per cent in their number . The increase in capacity was estimated at 1 ton per car . The total capacity of all classes of freight cars in 1905 can be safely esti- mated at 53,000,000 tons giving ...
... capacity of freight cars against only 2.3 per cent in their number . The increase in capacity was estimated at 1 ton per car . The total capacity of all classes of freight cars in 1905 can be safely esti- mated at 53,000,000 tons giving ...
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... capacity owned $ 1,942,858,359 in stocks and $ 558 , - 472,242 in bonds , making a total of $ 2,501,330,601 , and leaving $ 10,711,794,278 as the net capital not owned by railway cor- porations . In 1904 only $ 3,643,427,319 or 57.47 ...
... capacity owned $ 1,942,858,359 in stocks and $ 558 , - 472,242 in bonds , making a total of $ 2,501,330,601 , and leaving $ 10,711,794,278 as the net capital not owned by railway cor- porations . In 1904 only $ 3,643,427,319 or 57.47 ...
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... capacity of statistician to the Interstate Commerce Commission and expert for the Census Bureau , Mr. Adams finds that : " The commercial value of railway operating property in the United States , computed for the year 1904 , was ...
... capacity of statistician to the Interstate Commerce Commission and expert for the Census Bureau , Mr. Adams finds that : " The commercial value of railway operating property in the United States , computed for the year 1904 , was ...
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... capacity of the single track mileage . It is apparent from the above statement , taken in connection with the fact that there were about 222,000 miles of single track in the country in 1906 , that the aggregate trackage of all kinds in ...
... capacity of the single track mileage . It is apparent from the above statement , taken in connection with the fact that there were about 222,000 miles of single track in the country in 1906 , that the aggregate trackage of all kinds in ...
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... capacity , as well as the number of cars and locomotives , afford the following view of the situation up to June 30 , 1905 : LOCOMOTIVES . Passenger . Freight . Switching .. Unclassified . CLASS Total in service .. Increase over 1904 ...
... capacity , as well as the number of cars and locomotives , afford the following view of the situation up to June 30 , 1905 : LOCOMOTIVES . Passenger . Freight . Switching .. Unclassified . CLASS Total in service .. Increase over 1904 ...
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accidents to trains aggregate American Railway Association American railways amount approximately Belgium block signals British railways Bureau carried one mile cars handled casualties classes collisions compared cost of living current liabilities data No data December 31 decrease deductions dividends ending June 30 Enginemen engines equipment estimate fatalities to passengers Firemen following statement FOREIGN RAILWAYS fourth track freight cars freight traffic funded debt German Empire gross earnings Hungary income account increase Interstate Commerce Commission Killed Injured labor less locomotives miles of line months North Dakota number of employes number of passengers Official Statistician operating expenses operating roads paid passenger traffic Passengers carried Passengers killed persons proportion rail Railroad railway accidents railway employes railway mileage railway statistics ratio returns roads reporting Second track shows single track Station agents surplus taxes Tons carried Total trackage trackage rights train accidents trainmen transportation United Kingdom wages yard track
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Page 26 - The statistical report of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the year ending June 30, 1907...
Page 3 - Bridges, trestles, and culverts . . . . .Over and under grade crossings . Grade crossings, fences, cattle guards, and signs Snow and sand fences and...
Page 4 - It may conservatively be stated that the inadequacy of transportation facilities is little less than alarming; that its continuation may place an arbitrary limit upon the future productivity of the land, and that the solution of the difficult financial and physical problems involved is worthy the most' earnest thought and effort of all who believe in the full development of our country and the largest opportunity for its people.
Page 3 - The whole problem, involving insufficient car and track capacity, congested terminals, slow train movement, and other incidents, may be said to be due to the fact that the facilities of the carriers have not kept pace with the commercial growth of the country.
Page 46 - Upon a eareful consideration of all the evidence and the statements and arguments submitted, and in view of all the services rendered by the railroads, we are of the opinion that the prices now paid to the railroad companies for the transportation of the mails are not excessive, and recommend that no reduction thereof be made at this time.
Page 4 - During the past decade the commercial condition of the country has been one of increasing prosperity. If business undertakings proportionately increase during future years, the railroads of the country must add to their tracks, cars, and other facilities to an extent difficult to estimate. The ability of the carriers to...
Page 24 - William R. Morrison of Illinois, Augustus Schoonmaker of New York, Aldace F. Walker of Vermont, and Walter L. Bragg of Alabama.
Page 31 - ... accidents than have been murdered in cold blood. Not without reason, therefore, has it been asserted that, viewing at once the speed, the certainty, and the safety with which the intricate movement of modern life is carried on, there is no more creditable; monument to human care, human skill, and human foresight, than the statistics of railroad accidents.
Page 25 - ... public" must exclude from outstanding capital all railway holdings. This has been done by the present investigation, and results in a reduction of the amount which general discussions have heretofore accepted as measuring the claim of railway securities on railway revenues from $67,936 per mile of line to $58,050 per mile of line. The statistical reports issued from this office have never before ventured to publish this net figure, but have contented themselves with stating the amount of stocks...
Page 44 - I6, 1906, at nine o'clock in the evening, an extra freight train left Nashua to run to Rochester over the Worcester, Nashua, and Portland division of the Boston & Maine Railroad. Its crew consisted of Hugh E. Shaw, engineer; Mr. McLean, fireman; Albert Betters, head brakeman; JH Burgoin, middle brakeman, and FD Eccleston, flagman. It reached Rochester at 12.30 AM on the seventeenth, and an hour later the crew left that place for Nashua with an extra freight numbered 341, which consisted of nineteen...