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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... present year have been somewhat decreased . " From 1897 to this day , these conditions have been reversed . The demands on the passenger service have become more severe and exacting both as to accommodations and speed ; while the ...
... present year have been somewhat decreased . " From 1897 to this day , these conditions have been reversed . The demands on the passenger service have become more severe and exacting both as to accommodations and speed ; while the ...
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... present here the latest available statistics from official sources on the subject . Omitting the injured , because the defi- nition of what constitutes a reportable injury varies with every country , the figures from the British Blue ...
... present here the latest available statistics from official sources on the subject . Omitting the injured , because the defi- nition of what constitutes a reportable injury varies with every country , the figures from the British Blue ...
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... present means of knowing , but many roads are building or buying refrigerator cars on their own account . COST OF NEW EQUIPMENT . According to estimates made by the Railroad Gazette , the cost of new equipment purchased by the railways ...
... present means of knowing , but many roads are building or buying refrigerator cars on their own account . COST OF NEW EQUIPMENT . According to estimates made by the Railroad Gazette , the cost of new equipment purchased by the railways ...
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... present moderate prosperity - they pay an average of less than 4 per cent on actual capitalization - it is , by no means , an easy matter to gain an accurate idea of what they have cost . It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the ...
... present moderate prosperity - they pay an average of less than 4 per cent on actual capitalization - it is , by no means , an easy matter to gain an accurate idea of what they have cost . It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the ...
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... present a very small proportion of the rail- way system of the United States is operated on the block system . " ( b ) 1905 . ( d ) Decrease . The pregnant evidences of railway expansion and progress shown in the column of percentages ...
... present a very small proportion of the rail- way system of the United States is operated on the block system . " ( b ) 1905 . ( d ) Decrease . The pregnant evidences of railway expansion and progress shown in the column of percentages ...
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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...