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Railroad Statistics,

MILEAGE, ASSETS, LIABILITIES, EARNINGS, EXPENDITURES, AND TRAFFIC OF SURFACE STEAM RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES.

This table was compiled from "Poor's Manual of Railroads of the United States for 1907."

$Including, in 1906, 1905 and 1904, real estate mortgages, equipment trust obligations, etc., previously included in item “unfunded debt."'

COMPARATIVE STATISTICS OF RAILROADS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1896-1906.
Net Earnings. Interest Paid. Dividends Paid

YEAR.

Miles
Operated.

Capital Stock.

Bonded Debt.

Gross Earnings.

1896. 180,891 85, 290, 730,567 $5,426,074,969 $1,125,632,025 $332,333,756 $242, 415. 494 881,364,854 1897 181,133 5,453,782,046 5.411.058,525 1,132,866,626 338,170,195 231,046,815 82,630,989 1898. 184.194 5.581,522.858 5,635,363,594 1,249,558,724 389,666,474 237,133,099 94,937,526 1899. 186,280 5.742,181.181 5.644,858,027 1.336,096,379 423.941,689 239,178,913 109,032,252 1900. 191,511 5,804,346,250 5,758,592,754 1.501,695,378 483,247,526 244,447,806 140,343,653 1901. 195,886 5,978.796,249 6,035,469,741 1,612,448,826 520,294.727 261.645,714 156,887,283 1902. 197,381 6.078,290,596| 6,465,290,839 1,720.814.900 560.026,277 263,237,451 178,200,752 1903. 206,876 6.355.207,335 6,722,216,517 1,908,857,826 592,508,512 278,101,828 190,674,415 1904.211.074 6.477.045,374 475.840,203 1.977,638.713 639,240,027 275.800,200 211,522,166 1905.212.624 6,741,956,825 7,821,243,106 2,112,197,770 685,464,488 270,315,290 203,675,622 1906. 218.476 7,106.408,976 7.851.107.778 2,346,640.286' 790,187,712 309, 538,574 253,340,925 SUMMARY OF RAILWAY MILEACE IN THE UNITED STATES. (From Statistical Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission.)

* On basis of 2,970,038 square miles, which covers land surface" only, and excludes Alaska and Hawaii.

On basis of 83.794.575 population for 1906, which is reached by adding to population of the United States in 1900, 75,994,575 (which excludes Alaska, Hawail, and persons in the military and naval service stationed abroad), an estimated annual increase of 1,300,000 for each successive year. Averages for 1898 and 1899, based on an annual increase in population of 1,304,686, the population for 1890 being 62, 947.714.

Excludes mileage in Alaska (80.39) and Hawaii,

Principal Railroad Systems of United States and Canada

WITH A SYNOPSIS OF LAST ANNUAL REPORT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE AS SUBMITTED TO "THE WORLD ALMANAC" BY THE RAILROAD COMPANIES,

First Div. Districts: Richmond, 131.65 m.; Norfolk, 289.18 m.; Wilmington, 352.19 m.; Charleston,814,59 m.; Fayetteville, 211.13 m. Total mileage, 984.15.

Atlantic Coast LineR.R. [Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia Second Div. Districts: Charleston, Florida, Alabama, ] 274.39 m.; Columbia, 267.37 m.; For year ending June 30, 1907. Florence, 374.56 m.; C. C. & W., Total earnings. $26,771,528 30,56 m). Total mileage, 946.88. Operating expenses 19,587,377 Third Div. Districts: Savannah,230.77 m.; Waycross, 217.60 m.; Albany, Ne earnings.. $7,184,151 251.35 m.; Montgomery, 348 42 m. Other income.. 2,673.427 Total mileage, 1.048.04. Total net income. 9,857,578 Fourth Div. Districts; Newberry, Total payments.... 9,731,708 109.14 m.; Jacksonville, 274.11 m. Surplus........... $125,870 Sanford, 247.08 m.; Gainesville, 275.67 m.; Lakeland, 297.66 m. Total mileage, 1,203.66. Grand total, all divisions, 4,182,73 m. EXPRESS Co.-Southern.

Brownville to Caribou, 154.95 m.; Oldtown to Greenville, 76 m.: Fort Fairfield Junction to Fort. Fairfield, 13.30 m.; Ashland Junetion to Fort Kent, 94.89 m.; Caribou to Van Buren, 33.11 m.; Milo Junction to Katahdin Iron Works, 18.95 m.; Patten Junction to Patten, 5.67 m.; Caribou to Limestone, 15.72 m.; Spurs, 15.86 m.; South Lagrange to Searsport, 54.13 m.; Millinocket to East Millinocket, 8 m. Total mileage, 490.58.

EXPRESS Co.-American,

Main Line, Boston, Mass., to Albany, N. Y.,200 m.; Ware River Br., 49 m. Athol Br., 45 m.; Pittsfield and North Adams Br., 19 m.; Hudson and Chatham Br., 17 m.; Milford Br.. 12 m.; Webster Br., 11 m.;] other branches, 89 m. Total mileage, 392.

EXPRESS Co.-American.

General Officers.

President, E. P. Ripley, Chicago, Ill.; Vice-Presidents, J. W, Kendrick, G. T. Nicholson and W. B. Jansen, Chicago, Ill.; General Manager, J. E. Hurley, Topeka, Kan.; Secretary, F. L. Copeland, Topeka, Kan. Assistant Secretary, L. C. Deming, New York. General Offices, Chicago, Ill., and Topeka, Kan.; New York Offices, 5 Nassau St., 377 Broadway.

President, T. M. Emerson; 1st Vice-President, Alex. Hamilton, Petersburg, Va.; 2d Vice-President, C. S. Gadsden, Charleston, S. C.; 3d Vice-President, J. R. Kenly: General Manager, W. N. Royall; Secretary, H. L. Borden, New York. General Offices, Wilmington, N. C.; New York Offices, 71, 407, and 1218 Broadway.

President, O. G. Murray; 1st VicePresident, George F. Randolph; 2d Vice-President, H. L. Bond; 3d Vice-President, G. L. Potter;4th Vice-President, J. V. McNeal; Secretary, C. W. Woolford; General Manager, T. Fitzgerald Manager Freight Traffic, C. S. Wight; Manager Passenger Traffic, D. B. Martin, General Offices, Baltimore, Md.; New York Offices, 2 Wall Street, 434 Broadway. General Offices B. & O. S. W. Div., Cincinnati, O.; New York Office, 2 Wall Street.

President, F. W. Cram; VicePresident, Percy R. Todd. General Offices, Bangor, Me.

Vice-President and General Manager, A. H. Smith, New York, Assistant General Manager, J. H. Hustis. General Offices, Boston, Mass.

Principal Railroad Systems of United States & Canada.-

Boston and Maine Rail-
road.

[New York, Massachusetts,
Vermont, New Hamp-
shire, Maine, Quebec.]
For year ending June 30, 1907.
Total earnings......$41,125,256
Operating expenses 30,968,397
Net earnings... $10,156,859
704,358
Other income.....
Total net income. $10,861,317
8,262,022
Total payments...
Surplus..
$2,599,195

, Mileage. and Operating
Express.

Western Div. (Boston to Portland),
115.31 m.; Eastern Div. (Boston to
Portland), 108.29 m.; Conway Jet.,
Me., to Intervale Jct., N.H., 73.37

Officers

Columbus-Andalusia, 138 m.; Griflin-
Chattanooga, 198m.; Macon-Athens,
105 m.; Savannah-Atlanta. 294 m.;
Birmingham-Macon, 257 m.; Ft.
Valley-Montgomery, 194m.; Smith-
m.; other
ville-Lockhart, 178
Total mileage,
branches, 549.4 m.
1.913.4.
2,340.374 EXPRESS CO.-Southern.
8448.125

Surplus.....

Central Railroad of New
Jersey.

[New York, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. ]

New York to Scranton, 191.67 m.: Newark Br., 10.62 m.; South Br., 15.78 m.; Perth Amboy Br., 23.56 m.; High Bridge Br. 55.80 m sundry branches in New Jersey, 23.08 m.; sundry branches in PennNew Jersey For year ending June 30, 1907. sylvania, 91.18 m.; Total earnings $25,687,403 Southern Div., 174.24 m.; Freehold Operating expenses 14.164,118 and Atlantic Highlands Div., 24.47 $11,523,285 Net earnings. m.; New York and Long Branch 1,175,653 Other receipts...... R. R..38.04 m. Total mileage, 648.44. Total net income. $12,698,938 EXPRESS CO.-United States. On New 10,428,121 Total payments... York and Long Branch R. R., Surplus.... ...........$2,270,817 Adams; United States.

Ga.; 1st Vice-President, A. R.
President, J. F. Hanson, Macon,
Lawton; 2d Vice-President, W.
A. Winburn; General Manager,
T. S. Moise; Secretary, C. C.
New
Williams, Macon, Ga. General
Offices, Savannah, Ga.;
York Office, 317 Broadway.

President, George F. Baer; Vice-
President, R. W. De Forest;
and General
Vice-President
Manager, W. G. Besler; Secre-
tary, G. O. Waterman. General
Offices, 143 Liberty Street, New
York.

SYSTEMS, LOCATION, AND

FINANCIAL DATA.

Central Vermont Ry.
[Connecticut, Massachusetts,
Vermont, Quebec.]

For year ending June 30, 1907.

Divisions, Mileage, and Operating
Express.

Total earnings.. $3 $33,088 Southern Div., 173.5 m.; Northern

Operating expenses. 3,041,513|

Div., 362.6 m, Total mileage, 587.
$791,575 EXPRESS CO.-American; Canadian.
13,840

Net earnings......

Other income.

General Officers.

President, Chas. M. Hays, Montreal, Can.; Vice-President, E. H. Fitzhugh; General Manager, G. C. Jones. General Offices, St. Albans, Vt.; New York Offices, 386 Broadway, 82 Wall Street,

Chesapeake & Ohio Ry.

[Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio. ]

For year ending June 30, 1907. Main Line, 664.9 m.; Louisville Line,

Total earnings.... $25,796,860
Operating expenses 16,650,306

Net earnings......$9,146,554
Other income....... 244,359
Total net income. $9,390,913
Total payments.. 9,329,843
Surplus....
$61,070

[Illinois and Missouri.]
For year ending June 30, 1907.
Total earnings.....$12,809,426
Operating expenses 8,024,452
Net earnings. $4,784,974
Other income...

207.7 m.; James River Line, 229.9
m.; Washington Line, 93.2 m.;
other branches, 643.6 m.
mileage, 1,839.3.

EXPRESS Co. -Adams.

Total

Chicago and Alton R.R. Chicago to Fast St. Louis, 279.95 m.; Coal City Line, 26.92 m.; Dwight to Washington and Lacon, 80.77 m.; Bloomington to Kansas City, 361.58 m.; Mexico to Cedar City, 50.12 m.; Grove to Sherman, 50.66 m.; Roodhouse to Wann, 47.78 m.; Barnett to Eldred, 48.62 m. Total mileage, 946.40.

894

Total net income..$4,785,868 Total payments...

Surplus........

3,775,639

81.010,229 EXPRESS CO.-United States.

Chicago and Eastern
Illinois Railroad.

[Indiana and Illinois.]

For year ending June 30, 1907.

Total earnings.....$11,337,714|

Operating expenses. 7,177,308 Now part of "Frisco System."

Net earnings......$4,160,406

Other income........

289,246

President, Geo. W. Stevens; Vice-
President, Decatur Axtell; Secre-
tary, C. E. Wellford; General
Manager, C. E. Doyle, General
Offices, Richmond, Va.; New York
Office, 362 Broadway.

President, S. M. Felton, Chicago,
Ill.; Vice-President, Edwin Haw-
ley, New York; Secretary, James
S. MacKie, New York. General
Offices, Chicago, Ill.; New York
Office, 115 Broadway.

President, H. I. Miller; 1st Vice-
President, Robert Mather, New
York; 3d Vice-President, W. B.
Biddle; 4th Vice-President, C.
W. Hillard, New York; Vice-
President, E. L. Pollock; Secre-
tary, J. S. Ford, Chicago. Gen-
eral Offices, Chicago, Ill.; New
York Office, 115 Broadway.

Chicago and Northwest

ern Railway. The wisconsin Div., 324.55 m.; Galena Northwestern Line." [Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming.] For year ending June 30, 1907.* $68,878,931 Total earnings.... Operating expenses 47,253,759

Net earnings......$21,625,172 Other income.

701,580

Total net income. $22,326,752

Div., 497.98 m.; Iowa Div., 569.46 in.;
Madison Div., 508.10 m.; Minnesota
and Dakota Div., 1,302.41 m.; Penin-
sula Div., 464.44 m.; Iowa and Min-
Northern
nesota Div., 323.11 m.;
Iowa Div., 383.57 m.; Ashland Div.,
902.78 m.; Northern Wisconsin Div.,
332.72 m.; Sioux City Div., 416.15 m.;
Nebraska & Wyoming Div., 1,428.31
m. Total mileage, 7,453.58; Chicago,
St. Paul, Minn. & O. Ry., 1,697.57.

Total payments.... 14,496,363 EXPRESS Co.-American.

[Illinois, Wisconsin, Min-Lines in Illinois, 1,680,20 m.; in Wis-
nesota, Iowa, Missouri, Ne-
braska, Kansas, Colorado,
Wyoming, South Dakota,
Montana.

consin, 223.10 m.; in Minnesota,
38.45 m.; in Iowa, 1,438.00 m.;
in Missouri, 1,133.66 m.; in Ne-
braska, 2,738.06 m.; in Kansas,
260.44 m.; in Colorado, 429.35 m.; in
Montana, 199.90 m in South Da-
kota, 282.49 m.; in Wyoming, 451.42
Total mileage, 8,875.07.

President, Marvin Hughitt, Chicago, Ill.; Vice-President and Secretary, E. E. Osborn, New York City; Vice-Presidents, M. M. Kirkman, H. R. McCullough, J. M. Whitman, and William A. Gardner; General Manager, R. H. Aishton; Freight Traffic Manager, Marvin Hughitt, Jr.; Passenger Traffic Manager, W. B. Kniskern. General Offices, Chicago, Ill.; New York Offices, 111 Broadway.

President, Geo. B. Harris; 1st Vice-
President, Darius Miller; 2dVice-
President, Daniel Willard; Sec-
retary, H. E. Jarvis, Burlington,
Iowa; Assistant Secretary, G. H.
Passenger
Earl, New York;
Traffic Manager, P. S. Eustis;
Freight Traffic Manager, G. H.
Crosby. General Offices, Chicago,
Ill.; New York Offices, 299, 379
Broadway.

General Offices of lines west of the
Missouri River at Omaha, Neb.

Principal Railroad Systems of United States & Canada.—

, LOCATION,

FINANCIAL DATA.

, Mileage, and

Oel

,
Minneapolis to Chicago, 430 m.;
wein to Kansas City, 357 m.; Hay-
field to Clarion, 100 m.; Oelwein to
Omaha, 265 m.; De Kalb Br., 6 m.;
Cedar Falls Br., 7 m.; Mantorville
Br., 7 m.; Lehigh Br., 16 m.; Man-
kato-Osage Line, 210 m.; Winona-
Rochester Line, 55 m. Total mile-
age, 1,453.

Chicago Great West-
ern Railway.
[Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska]]
For year ending June 30, 1967.
Total earnings.. $9,139,087
Operating expenses 6,538,808
$2,600,279
Net earnings.
1,141,270
Total payments..
Surplus................ $1,452,009 EXPRESS CO.-Wells, Fargo & Co.
Chicago, Indianapolis
and Louisville Ry.
[Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky.]
For year ending June 30, 1907.
Total earnings...... $5.988 867
Operating expenses 4,163,452

Chicago to Louisville, 335.3 m.; Mo-
non to Indianapolis, 95.1 m.; Bloom-
field Br., 40.3 m.; Michigan City
Div., 60 m.; French Lick Br., 18 m.
Total mileage, 537.9.

Net earnings..... $1,825,415
233.188
Other income....
Total net income. $2,058,603 EXPRESS Co.-American,
Total payments... 1,063,577

Surplus...........

$995,026

Chicago, Rock Island Chicago-Colorado Springs, 1,070.94

and Pacific Railway. [Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Indian Ter., Colorado, Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana.]

m.; Davenport - Terral, 830.07 m.;
Herington-Texhoma, 823.34 m.;
Keokuk-Des Moines, 162.40 m.; Des
Moines-Sibley, 176.35 m.; Burling-
ton-Minneapolis, 365.04 m.; Vin-
ton- Watertown, 375.97 m.; Mem-
Haskell-
phis-Texola, 649.40 m.;

For year ending June 30, 1907.
Total earnings.....$54,785,414
Operating expenses 37,026,590
$17,758.824
1,885,292 Chicago, Rock Island and Gulf Rail-
way, 470.65m.; Chicago, Rock Island

Mirand, 298.50 m.; Kansas City-St.
Louis, 209.55 m.; other lines and
Total mile-
branches, 2,894.35 m.
age, 7,355.91.

Net earnings.. Other income..

Total net income $19,644,116 and El Paso Railway, 111.50 m.;|
Total payments.... 11,049,921
EXPRESS CO.-U. S.; Wells, F. & Co.

Surplus......

$8,594,195

Officers

President, A. B. Stickney; Vice-
President, Ansel Oppenheim;
2d Vice-President and General
Manager, S. C. Stickney; 3d Vice-
President, L. S. Cass; Secretary,
R. C. Wight. General Offices, St.
Paul, Minn., and Chicago, Ill.;
New York Offices, 31 Nassau
Street, 305 Broadway.

Ill.; Vice-President, M. F. Plant, President, W. H. McDoel, Chicago, New York; General Manager, B. E. Taylor, Chicago, Ill.; Secretary, J. A. Hilton, New York. General Offices, Chicago, IL; New York Office, 80 Broadway.

Mt. Gilead Short Line, 2 m.; Cin-
cinnati-Sandusky Div., 320 m.; St.
Louis Div., 309 m.; Chicago Div,,
321 m.; Cairo Div., 270 m.; Peoria
and Eastern Div., 352 m.; White
Water Div., 70 m.; Michigan Div.,
302 m. Kankakee and Seneca Div.,
42 m. Total mileage, 2,330.
Total net income $2,776,851 This Road is now part of New York
Central System.

For 6 mos, ending June 30,1907.
Total earnings. $12,439,771
Operating expense 9,716,708
Net earnings..... $2,723,063
53,788
Other income....

Total payments.... 3,426,641

Deficit...

$649,790 EXPRESS CO.-American.

Chairman, Roswell Miller, New
York; President, A. J. Earling,
Chicago, Ill.; 2d Vice-President,
E. W. McKenna; 3d Vice-Presi-
dent, J. H. Hiland, Chicago; Gen-
eral Manager, W. J. Underwood,
E. W.
Chicago; Secretary,
Adams, Milwaukee, Wis.; Assis-
tant Secretary, J. M. McKinlay,
New York. General Offices, Chi-
cago, Ill., and Milwaukee, Wis.;
New York Offices, 42 and 381
Broadway.

President, B. L. Winchell; 1st Vice-President, R. A. Jackson; 2d Vice-President, H. U. Mudge;3d Vice-President, W. B. Biddle; 4th Vice-President, C. W. Hillard; Vice-President, E. L. Pollock; Secretary, George H. Crosby. General Offices, Chicago, Ill.; New York Offices, 115 and 401 Broadway.

President, W. H. Newman; Vice-
Presidents, E. V. W. Rossiter, W.
C. Brown, J. D. Layng, C. F.
Daly, A. H. Harris and John
Carstensen, New York; C. E.
Schaff, Chicago; General Man-
ager, J. Q. Van Winkle; Sec-
retary, D. W. Pardee, New York.
General Offices, Cincinnati, O.;
New York Office, Grand Central
Station.

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