ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES.
Wool, and Manufactures of -
Wool, raw (lbs.)--
Exported to-
United Kingdom..
Germany
Other Europe..
British North America..
Mexico..
Other countries.

Total wool, raw..
Manufactures of -
Carpets....

yards.
Flannels and blankets.
Wearing apparel..
All other manufactures of.

Total manufactures...
Zinc, and Manufactures of -
Ore...

tons. Manufactures of Pig, bars, plates, and sheets.

.. lbs. All other manufactures of..

Total, not including ore.......
All other articles.....

Total value of exports of domestic merchandise.
Carried in cars and other land vehicles....
Carried in American vessels: Steam.

Sailing.
Carried in foreign vessels : Steam..

Sailing.

RAILROADS OF THE UNITED STATES.

(From the Report of the Inter-State Commerce Commission.)

MILEAGE. The statement following shows the mileage in each State, the miles per 100 square miles of territory, and the miles per 10,000 of population, for the year ending June 30, 1896; also for the whole of the United States for a series of years.

MILEAGE BY STATES.
No. Miles No. Miles

No. Miles No. Miles of Line of Line

of Line of Line Total Per 100 Per

Total Per 100 Per
Mileage
Sq. Miles 10,000

Mileage

Sq. Miles 10,000 State or on June Terri- Inhab

State or

on June Terri- InbabTerritory. 30, 1896. tory.* itants. Territory. 30, 1896. tory.* itants. Alabama.. 3,728.61 7.24 22.02 Ohio...

8,726.29

21.41 21.23 Arkansas.

2,554.50

4.82
20.22 Oregon.

1.513.43 1.60

43.21 California. 5,055.31 3.24 37.38 Pennsylvania.. 9,919.57 22.05

16.87 Colora.lo..

4,590.14

4.43
99.42 Rhode Island.. 220.61 20.33

5.72 Connecticut.. 1,008.30 20.81

12.07 South Carolina... 2.616.35

8.67

20.31 Delaware. 317.42 16.20 16.82 South Dakota.. 2,801.41 3.65

76.17 Florida..

3,125.05

5.76
71.38 Tennessee..

3,091.15

7.40

15.63 Georgia...

5,335.36

9.05
25.97 Texas

9,519.54 3.63

38.04 Idaho.

1,085.34
1.29 115.30 Utah.

1,374.55 1.67

59.08 Illinois. 10,725.97 19.15 25.04 Vermont...

987.62 10.81

28.54 Indiana. 6,373.26 17.75 25.97 Virginia.

3,640.94

9.07

19.64 Iowa.. 8,521.05 15.36 39.82 Washington... 2,836.70

4.24

72.47 Kansas.. 8,846.58 10.83 55.38 West Virginia.. 2,063.70 8.37

24.18 Kentucky.

3,025.13

7.56
14.55 Wisconsin

6,166.18 11.32 32.65 Louisiana.

2,235.99

4.92

17.86
Wyoming..

1,179.97

1.21 173.00 Maine.

1,724.87

5.77

23.31 Alaska... Maryland.. 1.300.42 13.19 11.14 Arizona...

1,314.57 1.16 195.85 Massachusetts... 2,121.46 26.38

8.47 Dis. of Columbia. 29.75

49.59

1.15 Michigan. 7,818.39 13.62 33.36 Indian Territory. 1,182.02 3.81

58.80 Minnesota. 6,155.85 7.77 42.26 New Mexico...... 1,486.78

1.21

86.66 Mississippi..

2,5:20.04

5.45

17.50
Oklahoma....

433.57

1.12

62.53 Missouri.

6,608.47

9.62

22.04 Montana.

2,845.34

1.96 192.37 United States-
Nebraska.
5,557.58 7.23

46.87
1896.
182,776.63 6.15

20.00) Nevada..

915.62
.83 179.49

1895..
180,657.47

6.08

26.16 New Hampshire.. 1.208.71 13.42

28.67
1894.
178,708.55 6.02

26.36 New Jersey.. 2,220.21 29.78

13.73
1893.
176,461.07 5.94

26.51 New York.. 8,127.00 17.07

12.11
1892.
171,563.52 5.78

26.27 North Carolina... 3,494.80

7.19
19.29
1891.
168,402.74

5.67

26.29 1 North Dakota.... 2,518.56 3.59 123.18

1890.
163,597.05

5.51

26.05

* On basis of 2,970.000 square miles, which covers "land surface" only, and excludes Alaska.

+ On basis of 70,301,571 population for 1896, which is reached by adding to the population of the United States in 1890, 62,801,571, an estimated annual increase of 1,250,000 for each successive year.

TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYÉS,
BY CLASS AND PER 100 MILES OF LINE, FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1896 to 1893.

1886
Per 100

Miles
Class.

No. of Line.
General officers.

5,312

3 Other officers.

2.718

1 General ofhce clerks.

14 Station agents.

29.733 16 Other station men,

72),919 422 Enginemen.

35.851 20 Firemen..

36,762 Conductors

2), 157 14 Other traininen,

61,36 Machinists.

29.272 Carpenters.

38,76 21 Other shopmen.

93,013 .13 Section foremen.

31,372 17 Other truckinen.

169.664 93 Switchmen, flagmen, and watchmen....

44,266 24 Telegraph operators and dispatchers.

21,682 12 Employés-account toat'g equipment.

5,302 3 All other employés and laborers.. 88,167 49 Total........

826,620 431

-1894

Per 100

Miles
No. of Line.
5,257 3
1,778

1
24,779 14
28,199 16
71,150 41
35,466 20
36,327 21
24,823 14
63,117
29,2.45
36,38
84.359 48

17
1.50,711

27.584 28.019 75,181 38.781 40,359 27.537

16

310.569 41.478 93,109

18),

46,048

222,619

+ 48

6.146 105,410

515

AVERAGE DAILY PAY OF EMPLOYÉS In DOLLARS, YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1896 TO 1892.
United States-

United States-
Class.
1896. 1895. 1894. 1893. 1892.

Class.

1896. 185, 1894. 1893. 1992. General otheers..

9.19 9.01 9.71 7.84 7.62 Other shopmen.. 1.09 1.70 1.69 1.75 1.71 Other officers. 5.90 5.55 5.75

Section foremen,

1.70 1.70 1.71 1.75 1.76 General othice clerks... 2.21.2.19 2.31 2.23 2.20 Other trackmen.

1.17 1.17 1.18 1.2 1.22 Station agents..

1.73 1.74 1.75 1.83 1.81 Switchmen, llagunen, & Other station men. 1.0 1.62 1.63 1.65 1.68 watchmen....

1.74 1.75 1.75 1.80 1.78 Enginemen.

3.65 3.65 3.61 3.66 3.68 Telegraph operators & Firemen. 2.06 2.05 2.03 2.04 2.07 dispatchers..

1.93 1.98 1.93 1.97 1.93 Conductors.

3.05 3.04 3.04 3.08 3.07 Employés--ae'nt floatOther trainmen.

1.50 1.9 1.89 1.91 1.89 ing equipment.... 1.94 1.91 1.97 1.96 2.07 Machinists.

2.:26 2.2 2.21 2,33 2.:29 All other employés and Carpenters.. 2.03 2,03 2.0 2.11 2.08 laborers..

1.65 1.65 1.65 1.70 1.67

FINANCES.

RAILWAY CAPITAL.
Year Ending

Per Cent. of Per Mile
June 30.

Total.
Common.

Preferred. Group Capital. of Line. 1890

8.5.226, 227,269
$1,256,570,577
$99,9956,692

49.46

$29,484 1891

4,961,255,0.36
4,201,697,351

759,561,305

45.35

28.602 ]$94.

4,834,075,59
4,103,584,166

7:30),491,493

44.77

28,186 1993

4,15454,935,418
3,982,0019,6022

686,225,816

44.44

28,184 1892.

4,633,108,703
3,978,702,245

651,346,518

45.3)

29,240 1891

4,450,619,027
3.79,239,374

654,409,633

45.28

27,596 18.

4,109,658,485
3,803,284,943

606,373,5

46.73

28,194 FUNDED DEBT.

Per Yer

Equipment Cent, of Per Ending

Miscellaneous Income

Trust Group Mile of June 30. Total.

Bonds. Obligations. Bonds. Obligations. Capital. Line. 18. $7,310,-338, 502 $1,517,872,063 $177,735,131 $314,423,977 $50,301,931 50.54 $70.126 1893.

5,357,495,573 4,641,7 13,548 41.5,121,472 242,603,226 55,915,327 · 49.12 31,048 1894.

5,356,383,019 4,593,931,754 471,277,380) 242,1013.091 63,970,204 49.02 31,233 ] 13.

5:25.09.21 4,74,383,162 410,471,647 248,132,730 62,699,282 49.74 31,545 1.

5,053,11333,050 4,302,570,993 39:2, 107,940 303,205,5:22 55,153,595 49.11 31,125 1291

4,410,271,112 4,081,021,675 379,600,890) 324,285,690 51,755, 157 49.24 30.012 18). 4,571,576,131 4,123,921,357 324,242,541 70,933,818 49,478,215 48.17 29,249

Other Forms of Indebtedness
Per ('ent. Per

Total

Per Cent. Per Year Ending

of Group Mile of

Railway of Total Mile of
June 30.
Total. Capital. Line.

Capital. Capital. Line, 1895

$10,568,865,771

100 $59.610 1895, 8616,830,156 5.63

10.963,584,385 100

63,206 1894.

001,815,135

5.61
3,532 10,796,473,813

0.9,951 1853

611,610,171 5.82

3,692
10.506,235, 410

100

63,421 1892

510,601,321

5.29
3,411
10,227,748, 134

100

63.776 1891.

532,559,576

5.13
3,339
9,829,475,015

100

60,942 1890. 453,108,804 4.80 2,958

9,437,343, 420 100

60,340 NOTE:-* Other Forms of Indebtedness" omitted in report for 1896 and is not included in "Total Railway (apital."

100

OWNERSHIP OF RAILWAY STOCKS AND BONDS FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30.

Owned by

Not Owned Items.

Amount Out- Railway Cor- by Railway Stocks:

standing.

porations. Corporations. 1896.

$5,226,5:27,269 $1,101,235,551 $4,125,291,718 1895.

4,961,258,656 1,051,638,619 3,909,6:20,037 1894.

4,834,075,659 1,128,714,033 3,705,331,626 1893,

4,668,935,418 1,135,781,339 3,533,151,079 1892.

4,633,108,763 1.064,286,266 3,568,8 22,497 1891

4,450,049,027

945,227,541 3,505,121,486 1890.

4,409,658, 485

$63,853,759 3,445,804,726 1889.

4,251,190,719

847,740,399 3,403,450,320 Bonds: 1896.

4,517,872,063

400,111,363 4,117,760,700 1895

4,641,755,518

395,542,915 4,246,212,633 1894.

4,593,931,754

415,314,637 4,178,617,117 1893.

4,504,383,162

427,37,894 4,077,145,268 1892.

4,302,570,933

327,170,787 3,975,400,206 1891

4,081,621,675

337,698,175 3,743,933,500 1890.

4,1:33,921,557

443,053,242 3,680,868,315 1889.

4,267,5:27,859

301,232,502 3,963,205,357 Total stocks and bonds: 1896.

9,744,399,332 1,501,316,914 8,243,052,418 1895.

9,603,014,204 1,447,181,534 8,155,832,670 1894.

9,428,007,413 1,544,058,670 7,883,948,743 1893.

9,173,318,580 1,563,022,233 7,610,296,347 1892.

8,935,679,756 1,391,457,053 7,514,222,703 1891

8,532,270,702 1,282,925,716 7,249,314,986 1890.

8,133,580,043 1,406,907,001 7,128,6733,041 1889.

8,518,718,578 1,551,972,901 7,366,745,677

STOCKS AND FUNDED DEBT, CLASSIFIED BY R TE OF DIVIDEND OR INTEREST IN 1896.

SERVICE.

PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30.
Items.

1896.
1895.

1894. Passengers carried..

511,772,737 507,421,362 540,688,199 Passengers carried 1 mile.

13,049,007,233 12,188, 446,271 14,289,445,893 Passengers carried 1 mile per mile of line.

71,705
68,572

81,333 Tons carried.....

765,891,385 696,761,171 $38, 186,553 Tons carried 1 mile.

95,328,360,278 85,227,515,891 80,335,104,702 Tons carried 1 mile per mile of line..

523,832
479,190

457.252 Passenger train mileage.

332,854,218 317,565,615 326,503,219 Average number of passengers in train..

39

38 Average journey per passenger, miles.

25.50
24.02

26.43 Freight train mileage.

479,500,170 449,291,238 446,807,223 Average number of tons in train.

198.81
189.69

179.80 Average baul per ton, miles...

124.47
122.32

125.88

1893. 593,560,612 14,229,101,084

83,809 745,119,482 93,588,111,833

651,232 335,618,770

23.97 508,719,506

183.97 125.60

INCOME.

4,538

2,289

GROSS AND NET.
Items.

1896.
1895.
1894.
1893.

1892. Gross earnings from operation..... $1,150,169,376 $1,075,371,462 $1,073,361,797 $1,220,751,874 $1,171,407,343 Less operating expenses.........

772,989,044 725,720,415 731,414,322 827,921,299 780,997,996 Income from operation... $377,180,332 $349,651,047 $341,947,475 $392,830,575 $390,409,347 Income from other sources.

129,024,731 132, 432,133 142,816,805 149,649,615 141,960,782 Total income..

$506,2 5,063 $482,083,180 $484,764,280 $542,480,190 $5:32,370,129 Total deductions from income.. 416,573,137 425,966,921 429,008,310 431,422,156 416,404,938 Net income....

$89,631,926 $56,116,259 $55,755,970 $111,058,034 $115,965,191 Total dividends (including other payments from net income").... 88,097,757 85,961,500 101,607,264 102,941,289 101,923,135 Surplus from operation..... $1,534,169 $29,845,241 $45,851,294 $8,116,745 $14,036,056

INCOME PER MILE OPERATED.
Items.
1896. 1895. 1894. 1893. 1892.

1891. 1890. Gross earnings from operation... $6,320 $6,050 $6,109 $7,190 $7,213 $6,800 $6,725 Less operating expenses.....

4,248 4,083 4,163 4,876 4,809 Income from operation..... $2,072 $1,967 $1,946 $2,314 $2,404 $2,212 $2,300 Income from other sources......

709
745
813
881
874
830

811 Total income.....

$2,781 $2,712 $2,759 $3,195 $3,278 $3,092 $3,111 Total deductions from income...

2,396 2,442 2,541 2,564 2,410 2,460 Net income.

$492
$316
$317 $654 $714

$651 Total dividends (including

"other payments from net income")..

484
484
578
606
628

598 574 Surplus from operation ..... $8 $168 $261 $48 $86 $84 DETAILED SOURCES OF EARNINGS, YEARS ENDING JUNE 30.

-Proportion
-Proportion to Total Earn-
to Total Earn- ings and In-
ings.
come.

Increase of 1896
Gross Amount
1896.* 1895.+ 1896.* 1895. +

over 1895. Source of income. 1896.*

1895,+ Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Per Ct. Amount. Per Ct. Passenger revenue... $266,562, 533 $252,246,180 23.18 23.45 20.83 20.89 $14,316,353 5.68 Mail. 32,379,819 30,69,746

2.82 2.88 2.53 2.56 1,410,073 4.55 Express. 24,880,383 24,284,508 2.16

2.26
1.95 2.01

595,875 2.45 Other earnings, passenger service. 6,691,279 6,114,786 .58 .57 .52 51

576,493 8.90 Freight revenue... 786,615,837 729,933,462 68.39 67.88 61.50 60.44 56,622,375 7.76 Other earnogs, freight service.. 3,885,890 4,140,850 .34 .39

+254,960 36.16 Other earnings from operation. 28,574,237 27,088, 987 2.48 2.52 2.24 2.24 1,485,250

5.48 Unclassitied.... $579,398 1532,943 .05 .05 .05

.04

46,455 8.72 Totalcarnings from operation.... $1,150,169,376 $1.075,371,462 100 100

$74,797,914 6.95 Income from other sources........ 129,024,731 132,432,133

10.08 10.97 +3,407,402 Total earnings and income..... $1,279,194,107 $1,207,803,595

100 100 $71,390,512 5.91 * 181,982.64 miles of line represented. + 177,7 46.25 miles of line represented. * Decrease. $ Covers twelve roads making no classification of earnings under the several heads. I Covers seven roads making no classification of earnings under the several heads.

.30

.34

.....

+2.57