Railway Statistics of the United States of America 1916 Fourteenth Year

Description: RailroadTreasures offers the following item: Railway Statistics of the United States of America 1916 Fourteenth Year Railway Statistics of the United States of America 1916 Fourteenth Year by Slason Thompson Soft cover stapled Missing cover? Title page is split along the folded area, read stains 124 pages Two DECADES OF RAILWAY PROGRESS4 INTRODUCTORY 5 Railways and the war 5 Unification to cope with war traffic 5 Tremendous jump in traffic 6 Rise in expenses 6 When peace returns 7 Adamson Act, effect 8 Rate reductions 8 Decisions by I. C. C. members9-10 Income account, June 30, 1908, to '1710ff World War, railways in15ff Change in fiscal year 22 I. RAILWAY MILEAGE, DEC. 31, 1916 24 Report covers 250,233 miles 24 Mileage by states 25 Ratio mileage to area and population. 26 Mileage by territorial groups 27 Construction, 1916 and since 1893..28-29 Mileage of all tracks, 1890-1916 30 Switching and Terminal Co. miles 30 Trackage by territorial groups 31 U. S. vs. European mileage32-33 World's railway mileage33-36 II. EQUIPMENT 37 Inadequate and rush orders of no avail 37 Has lagged behind requirements 38 Capacity increase only salvation 38 Locos. and cars built, 1899-1916 38 Locomotives, number and capacity..39-41 Equipment, 1889-1901 41 Cars (pass. and freight), capacity ..42, 46 Steel passenger cars 42-43 Passenger train equipment 43 Cost of railway equipment 43-45 Cost of railway supplies 45 Equipment by territorial groups 45 Cars, freight, classes of, 1902-1916 46 Foreign railway equipment 47 Surpluses and unfilled requisitions of freight cars, 1907-1917 48 Safety appliances 49 Block signals 49 III. EMPLOYES AND COMPENSATION 50 Hours worked 50 Wages up, rates down 50 Number, pay and averages, 1916....51-52 Rise in wage rate 50, 53, 67 Number and pay, 1889-1916 54 Unremunerative expenditures 55 Average daily pay, 1892-1914 57 Ratio wages to revenue and expense 58 Foreign railway labor and pay59-61 Retail prices, 1890-1915 ... 62-63 Income Account of U. S. Railways-Condensed, 1889-1916 64-65 Cost of living 66 Wholesale prices, 1890-191567-68 Wholesale prices, 1916 and 1917 67 IV. CAPITALIZATION 69 406 out of 482 roads have no dividends 69 Capital, Dec. 31, 1916 69 Capital, June 30, 1916 70 Dividend fiction 70-71 Gross and net capital since 1889...71-72 Capital less than investment 72 Capital by territorial groups 73 New railway capital, 1916 74 Maturities of obligations 75 Foreign railway capital 76 V. COST OF CONSTRUCTION 78 Cost of road and equipment 78 Net investment (balance sheet) 79 Valuation, federal 80-81 Valuation, federal, cost of80, 121 Valuations, state, and taxation 81 VI. OWNERSHIP OF AMERICAN RAILWAYS 82 Number of stockholders 82 Distribution of securities 83 VII. PUBLIC SERVICE OF THE RAILWAYS 84 Passengers and freight, 1907-1916 85 Passenger service, 1888-1916 86 Cost of passenger per mile 87 Pullman Company returns, 1916 88 Mail and express receipts 89 Railway mail pay vs. postal revenues 89 Reduction in mail pay89-90 Mail pay vs. express receipts 90 Express Co. income, 1914-1916 91 Freight traffic, 1901.1916 92 Freight service, 1888-1916 93 Foreign ton mile rates 94 Commodities, proportions moved 95 High vs. low grade freight, 1901-1916 95 Commodity rates, selected 96 New South Wales rates 97 VIII. EARNINGS AND EXPENSES 98 Income account, 1916 99 Expenses wipe out gross increases100 Maintenance inadequate 100 Dividends paid from surplus 100 Distribution of transportation revenues 100-101 Rent, distribution of 102-103 IX. TAXES 105 Amounts and ratios, 1889-1916 105 Taxes by states in 1915106 X. DAMAGES AND INJURIES107 Payments for, 1915-1916107 Payments for, 1899-1916 108 XI. LOCOMOTIVE FUEL 109 Cost of, 1899-1916 109 Cost in 1917 109 XII. ACCIDENTS 110 Safety remarkable despite great traffic 110 312 roads with NO passengers killed in train accidents 110 13% year record of immunity111 Roads within ONE of immunity112 Accident summary, 1916118 Safety remarkable in 1916114-116, 117, 118 Fatalities, 1888-1916 115 Passenger traffic relation to fatalities, 1889-1916 117 Trainmen, decreasing hazard to 118 European railway accidents119 XIII. LEGISLATION AFFECTING RAILWAYS 120 Bills introduced and passed by states, 1911-1917 120 XIV. COST OF RAILWAY REGULATION. ...121 XV. 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