SYSTEMS, LOCATION, AND
FINANCIAL DATA.

Seaboard Air Line Ry.
[Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama. ]

First Div., 370.35 m.; Second Div., President, Alfred Walter; ViceFor year ending June 30, 1906. 386.51 m.; Third Div., 398.26 m.; Total earnings.....$15,116,947 Fourth Div., 534.24 m.; Fifth Div., Operating expenses. 10,513,461 462.44 m.; Sixth Div., 459.17 m. Total mileage, 2,610.97. $4,603,486 36,243 EXPRESS Co. -Southern.

Net earnings.
Other income..

Total net income..$4,639,729
Fixed charges.
Surplus.....

3,647,609
$992,120

Southern Pacific Com-
pany. "Sunset, Ogden
and Shasta Routes."
[Louisiana, Texas, New
Mexico, Arizona, Califor-
nia, Nevada, Oregon, Utah.]
For year ending June 30, 1906.
(Including water lines also.)
Total earnings........$98,140,582
Operating expenses

and charges...... 85,708,608 Net receipts.. $12,431,974 Other charges...

Balance

9,005,174

$3,426,800

This company also controls the Houston and Texas Central R. R.

Southern Railway.
[District of Columbia, Vir-
ginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Missis-
sippi, Tennessee,Kentucky,
Illinois, Indiana, Missouri.]
For year ending June 30, 1906.
Total earnings.....$53,641,438)
Operating expenses 39,773,139

Net earnings $13,868,299
Other income...... 1,589,000
Total net income.$15,457,299,
Total payments.... 14,228,061
$1,229,238

Surplus......

St. Joseph and Grand
Island Railway.
[Missouri, Kansas, and Ne-
braska.]

Central Pacific R. R., 1,457.71 m.
Oregon & California R. R., 665.04 m.
Nevada and California R. R., 314.88
m.; New Mexico and Arizona R. R.,
88.10 m.; Southern Pacific K. R.,
3,093.58 m.; Sonora Ry, of Mexico,
262.60 m.; South Pacific Coast Ry.,
98.66 m.; Texas and New Orleans
R. R.,433.07 m.; Galveston, Houston
and Northern Ry., 53.44 m.; Gal-
veston, Harrisburg and San An-
tonio Ry., 917 m.; Gulf, Western
Texas and Pacific Ry., 111.20 m.;
New York, Texas and Mexican Ry.,
151.20 m.; Houston, E. and W. Tex.
Ry., 190.94 m.; Houston and Shreve-
port R. R., 39.05 m.; Southern Pa-
cific Co., 10.12 m.; Iberia and Ver-
milion R. R., 16.13 m. Total rail
mileage, 8,313.

EXPRESS Co. -Wells, Fargo & Co.

Northern District: Washington Div.,
345.54 m.; Danville Div., 637.25 m.
Richmond Div., 280.16 m. Norfolk
Div., 435.84 m. Total, 1,698.79 m.
Middle District: Knoxville Div
595,75 m. Knoxville and Augusta
R. R., 27.97 m.; Atlanta Div.,
226 m.; Asheville Div., 490.57 m. :
Knoxville and Bristol R. R.,39.60m.;
Macon Div., 488.79 m.; Nashville
Div., 220.68 m.
Eastern District: Charlotte Div., 461.
Total, 2,089.36 m.
21 m. Columbia Div., 628.55 m. :
Charleston Div., 446.02 m.; Jack-
sonville Div., 160.96 m. Total.
1,696.74 m.

Western District: Birmingham Div.,
627.56 m.; Mobile Div., 588.77 m.;
Memphis Div., 332.03 m. Total,
1,548.36 m.

St. Louis-Louisville Line, 517.35 m.
Total mileage of system, 7.550.70.
EXPRESS Co.-Southern,

For year ending June 30, 1906. Kansas City, Mo., to Grand Island,
Total earnings...... $1,522,046 Neb., 313 m.

Operating expenses. 1,064,263 EXPRESS CO. -Wells, Fargo & Co.

St. Louis Southwestern St. Louis Southwestern Ry.:

Railway

System.

"Cotton Belt Route." [Illinois, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas.]

For year ending June 30, 1906.
Total earnings.. .$8.989.564
Operating expenses. 6,699,444 St.
Net earnings.. $2,290,1202
Other income..
162,586

Total net income..$2,452,706
Total payments..... 1.755,651
Surplus...
$697,055

Main

Line, 428.8 m. ;Stuttgart Br.,34.8 m.;
New Madrid Br., 5.2 m.; Little
Rock Br., 44.4 m.; Shreveport Br. ;
61.2 m.; Cairo Br., 57.9 m., Illinois
Div. (joint track), 138.2 m. Total
mileage, 770.5.

Louis Southwestern Ry. of Texas:
Main Line, 304.9 m.; Sherman Br.,
52.3 m.; Fort Worth Br., 154.8 m.
Hillsboro Br., 40 m.; Lufkin Br.
115.4 m.; Dallas Br., 13.7 m. Total
mileage, 681.1. Grand total mileage,
1,451.6.
EXPRESS Co.-Pacific.

SYSTEMS, LOCATION, AND
FINANCIAL DATA.

Texas and Pacific Ry.
[Louisiana, Arkansas, and
Texas.]

For year ending Dec. 31, 1905.
Total earnings.....$12,130,391
Operating expenses. 8,210,165

Net earnings.
Other income.

$3,920,226 584,162 Total net income. $4,504,388 Total payments..... 3,301,344

Eastern Div., 511 m.; Rio Grande President, George J. Gould; Vice-
Div., 620 m.; Louisiana Div., 356
m.; Port Allen Br., 102 m.; La
Fourche Br., 28 m.; Texarkana
Dist., 70 m.; Avoyelles Br., 56 m. :
Natchitoches Br., 89 m.; Napoleon-
ville Br., 16 m. Total mileage, 1,848.
EXPRESS Co.-Pacific.

President, Frank J. Gould, New
York; Vice-President and Gen-
eral Manager, L. S. Thorne,
Dallas, Tex.; Vice-President, A.
C. Bird, Chicago; Secretary, Ć. E.
Satterlee, New York. General
Offices, 195 Broadway, New York,
and Dallas, Tex.

Railway, and Kana

wha and Michigan Ry: Toledo to Bremen, 172.91 m.; New
"Ohio Central Lines."
[Ohio and West Virginia.]
For year ending June 30, 1906.
(Toledo and Ohio Cent. Ry.*)
Total earnings. $4,072,162
Operating expenses. 3,067,889

Lexington to Corning, 12.33 m.;
Whitmore to Thurston, 145.57 m. ;
Roseland to Truro Junction, 4.20
m.; Peoria to St. Marys, 59.80 m.;
trackage rights, 45.99 m. Total
mileage, 440.80.

Net earnings......$1,004,273 EXPRESS CO.-United States.

Total payments...
Surplus...

763,156 $241,117

Kanawha and Michigan Ry.-Total earnings, $2,152,762; operating expenses, $1,616,633; net earnings, $536.128; other income, $7,781; total net income, $43.909; payments, $243,161; net income (including a balance of $31,848), $332,596; additions and betterments, $334,701; deficit, $2,105.

SYSTEMS, LOCATION, AND

FINANCIAL DATA.

Wabash Railroad.
[Ontario, Canada, Ohio, In-
diana, Michigan, Illinois,
Missouri, Iowa. ]
For year ending June 30, 1906.
Total earnings.. $25,015.378
Operating expenses 18,077,887

Net earnings.. $6,937,491
Other income...... 1,020,514

Divisions, Mileage, and Operating
Express.

Lines: In New York, 31 m. ; in Can-
ada, 244.3 m.; in Michigan, 105.6 m.;
in Ohio, 170.2 m.; in Indiana, 357.4
m.; in Illinois, 745.2 m.; in Missouri,
654 m.; in Iowa, 208.9 m.; in
Nebraska, .6 m. Total mileage,
2,517.2.

Total net income $7,958,005 EXPRESS Co.-Pacific.

Total payinents. . . . 7,448,672

General Officers.

President, F. A. Delano, Chicago,
Ill.; Vice-Presidents, Edgar T.
Welles, New York; W. H. Blod-
gett, and E. B. Pryor, St. Louis,
Mo.; General Manager, Henry
Miller, St. Louis, Mo.: Secre
tary, J. C. Otteson, New York.
General Offices, St. Louis, Mo.;
New York Offices, 195 and 387
Broadway.

RAILWAYS OF AMERICA "GROUPED" BY CAPITALISTS.

THE great railroad systems of the United States have been reduced to a few groups'' by means of consolidation and reconsolidation. The following is a list of these groups, which comprise threequarters of all the railroad lines in the country:

Railway Employes in the United States.

COMPARATIVE SUMMARY OF EMPLOYES AND AVERAGE DAILY COMPENSATION.
(From Statistical Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission.)

miles

miles.

Per 100
miles

ber.

ber.

of line.

4,842

2

4,816

Railway Accidents in the United States.

(From Statistical Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission, )

120,002 57
52,451 25
55,004 23
39,645 19
106,734 50
46,272 22
53,646 25
159,472 75

84,892 120,724 59 52,993 26 56,041 27 39,741 19 104,885 51 44,819 22

17

33.478 17

1.93 1.93 1.87

105,433 53
48,318 24
50,651 25
35.070 18

1.71 1.69 1.64

4.12 4.10 4.01

2.38 2.35 2.28

3.50 3.50 3.38

91,383 .46

2.31 2.27 2.17

39,145 19

2.65 2.61 2.50

56,407 154,635

27

51,698 26

2.25 2.26 2.19

75

136,579 68

1.92 1.91 1.86

The total number of passengers carried in 1905 was 738,834,667, as against in 1904, 715,419,682, 694.991,535 in 1903, 649,878,505 in 1902, 607,278,121 in 1901, 576,865,230 in 1900, 523,176,508 in 1899, 501,066,681 in 1898. and 489,445,198 in 1897.

Two hundred and seventy persons were killed and 30,395 injured in handling traffic, tools, machinery, supplies, etc., and in getting on or off locomotives or cars at rest and from other causes.

Railroad Clubs.

Canadian R'y Club.-James Powell, Secretary, Box 7. St. Lambert, Montreal, Que.
Central R'y Club.-Harry D. Vought, Secretary, 62 Liberty Street, New York City.
Jown R'y Club. W. B. Harrison, Secretary, Union Station, Des Moines, Iowa.
New England R. R. Club.-E. L. Janes, Secretary, 185 Summer Street, Boston, Mass.
New York R. R. Club.-Harry D. Vought, Secretary, 62 Liberty Street, New York City.
Northern R'y Club, Duluth. Minn.

Northwest R'y Club.-T. W. Flannagan. Secretary, Soo Line" Shops, Minneapolis, Minn.
R'y Club of Pittsburgh.-J. D. Conway, Sec' y. General Offices P. & L. E. R.R., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Richmond R. R. Club. -F. O. Robinson. Sec'y, Room 16. 8th & Main Streets, Richmond, Va.
Rocky Mountain R'y Club.-M. M. Currier, Secretary, Box 229, Colorado City, Col.
.Louis R'y Club.-B. W. Frauenthal, Secretary, 4th Floor, Union Station, St. Louis, Mo.
Southern and Southwester R'y Club.-W. A. Love, Box 755. Atlanta, Ga
Western R'y Club.-Jos. W. Taylor, 390 Old Colony Building, Chicago, 111,

Railroad Speed.

NOTABLE FAST RUNS OF PASSENGER TRAINS FOR LONG DISTANCES.

The fastest time on record for a distance of over 440 miles was made by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern R.R. from Buffalo to Chicago, in June, 1905, noted above. The fastest long-distance run less than 440 miles was on the New York Central R.R. September 11, 1895, from New York to Buffalo, 436 1-2 miles, in 407 minutes actual time. Average speed, 64 1-3 miles an hour, with two stops and 28 slow-ups, and on January 1, 1903, from Albany to Buffalo, 302 miles, in 295 minutes.

Among the fastest regular trains in the United States, for a shorter distance, are believed to be the New York Central "Empire State Express," between New York and Albany, 143 miles in 160 minutes, and the "Congressional Limited," on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which makes the run from Jersey City to Washington in 4 hours, 46 minutes, a distance of 227 miles.

On August 15, 1898, on P. & R. and C. R. R. of N.J., "Royal Blue Line," between Elizabeth, N. J., and Jenkintown, a distance of 69 miles, in 61 minutes, including 2 "slow-ups," some of the miles being traversed in 38 seconds.

The quickest run between Jersey City and Washington, 231 miles, was made on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, March 2, 1897 (by a special train, bearing Vice-President-elect Hobart and party), in 4 hours 8 minutes, making the running time, including "slow-ups" for taking water, changing engines, etc., 60 miles an hour. This beat the time of the "Aunt Jack" train, made by the Madison Square Theatre Company March 10, 1890, which was 4 hours 18 minutes, each way, going and returning. The fastest long-distance foreign trains, including all stops, are, according to the "Railroad Gazette," as follows:

Of long-distance runs in France one is made on the Northern Railway of France by the Paris-Calais express, which runs 185 miles in 1842 minutes, or a fraction over a mile a minute, allowing for a stoppage of 2% minutes at Amiens.

Other notable long-distance fast runs: February 14-15, 1897-Pennsylvania Railroad and C., B. and Q., Jersey City to Denver, 1,937 miles, in 48 hours; average speed, 40.3 miles per hour. August 29-31, 1891-Canadian Pacific, Vancouver to Brockville, 2,502 miles, in 77 hours 9 minutes; average speed, 36.32 miles per hour.

The Jarrett and Palmer special theatrical train, Jersey City to Oakland (San Francisco), 3,311 miles, June, 1876, 83 hours 45 minutes; average speed, 39.53 miles per hour.

In October, 1905, the "Harriman Special" made the run from Oakland to Jersey City (3,239 miles) in 73 hours, 12 minutes, or 44.30 miles per hour. In May, 1906, the "Harriman Special " made the run from Oakland, Cal., to New York City in 71 hours, 27 minutes.

The "Scott Special" left Los Angeles, Cal., July 9, 1905, and arrived in Chicago (2,445.5 miles), July 11, having made the run in 44 hours 54 minutes, maintaining an average speed while in motion of 51 miles an hour.