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UNITED STATES

States and Territories contributed 1478 miles to the aggregate, and the nine Pacific coast States 430 miles, while in the middle west the record of 1898 shows only 532 miles, nearly half of which, as indicated, was constructed in Minnesota.

From the advance report of the Statistician of the Interstate Commerce Commission for the year ending June 30, 1898, covering 97 per cent of the operated mileage in the United States, it is learned that the total gross earnings of the mileage represented were §1,238,523,380 for the year ending June 30, 1898. The distribution of these earnings shows that $332,892,782 were derived from the passenger service and $874,865,487 from the freight service. Other earnings from operation amounted to $30,765,111. The operating expenses of the railways during the year were $811,241,458. The net earnings for the year were $427,281,922.

The total income of the operating railways covered for the year ending June 30, 1898, was $466,790,116. The total deductions from income, which term embraces taxes ($41,699,348), interest on funded debt, rents for leased lines, and other charges against income, were for the same period $358,189,202, while the aggregate of dividends declared by the operating railways was $65,995,915. The deduction of these items from the total income of the operating railways shows a surplus of $42,604,999 from the operations of the year ending June 30, 1898. The corresponding figures for the year ending June 30, 1897, resulted in showing a deficit from operations of $1,412,399.

Railroad Commissions

The composition and duties of the Interstate Commerce Commission of the Federal Government have been given on page xv. The following-named States have railroad commissions: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Shipping

NUMBER AND GROSS TONNAGE OF CANAL BOATS AND BARGES IN THE UNITED STATES, VARIOUS YEARS, 1870 TO 1898

[These vessels are included in Statement following this.]

Year ending June 30— Canal Boats Barges Total
No. Tons No. Tons No. Tons
1870 6,410 567,915 1,530 240,411 7,940 808,326
1880 1,235 106,590 1,930 383,629 3,165 490,219
1890 1,097 114,953 1,241 341,042 2,338 455,995
1894 745 82,362 1,370 389,338 2,115 471,700
1895 680 75,051 1,368 382,632 2,043 457,683
1896 682 75,225 1,357 393,188 2,039 468,413
1897 650 73,786 1,480 432,523 2,130 506,309
1898 660 74,640 1,667 467,348 2,327 541,988