Eighth Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1895 (Classic Reprint)
Author | : Interstate Commerce Commission |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 714 |
Release | : 2016-08-23 |
ISBN-10 | : 1333325169 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781333325169 |
Rating | : 4/5 (69 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Excerpt from Eighth Annual Report on the Statistics of Railways in the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1895 The aggregate mileage on June 30, 1895, was being an increase during the year covered by the report of It was noted in last year's report that the increase in mileage for the year ending June 30, 1894, was relatively less than for any previous year since the organization of the Commission, the per cent of increase for that year being The per cent of increase for the year ending J 1111c 30, 1895, is but showing a yet further decline in railway con struction. From current indications, however, it may be expected that the year ending June 30, 1896, will Show greater activity in the exten sion of railway facilities. Such increase in railway mileage as has taken place does not seem to have been localized, but, 011 the contrary, to have been fairly well distributed. Arizona leads in railway construction, with a new mile age of miles; Illinois shows an increase of miles; Penn sylvania an increase of 157 miles; Maine an increase of miles; Texas an increase of miles; Montana an increase of miles; these being the only Territory and States which show an increase in railway mileage over 100 miles. Attention has been called in pre vions reports to the steady and continuous extension of railway facil ities in the Southern States; the present report shows this tendency to have been in some degree arrested. The last two columns in the above summary, which Show the number of miles of line per 100 square miles of territory and the number of miles of line per inhabitants, re ect in the comparative totals for the United States the rate of development in railway facilities since 1890. Thus, in the year 1890 there were miles of line for each 100 square miles of territory, which has been increased to miles of line per 100 square miles of territory in 1895. By reference to the corresponding figures for the several States, the great diversity in rail way facilities in different parts of the country is made clear. The assignment of the number of miles of line per inhabitants is not as satisfactory as the foregoing assignment on account of the necessity of estimating the population at a uniform rate of increase; but for the United States as a whole the generalization which the figures warrant may be accepted as trustworthy. The number of miles of line per inhabitants in 1890 was as against miles in 1895. The highest figure was reached in 1893, when the number of miles of line per inhabitants was During the years ending June 30, 1894, and 1895, population is assumed to have increased at a rate relatively more rapid than railway facilities. It would be premature to inquire whether from the social point of view this is a healthful tendency or the reverse, since it may be doubted if the tendency re ects a permanent change in commercial forces. The country must be more evenly provided with railway facilities than is at present the case before railways can be said to have lost their place as pioneers in industrial development.14 report OF the interstate commerce commission. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."