RAILROADS OF THE UNITED STATES.

(From the Report of the Inter-State Commerce Commission.)

MILEAGE.

The statement following shows the mileage in each State, the miles per 100 square miles of territory, and the miles per 10,000 of population, for the year ending June 30, 1896; also for the whole of the United States for a series of years.

* On basis of 2,970,000 square miles, which covers "land surface" only, and excludes Alaska. + On basis of 70,301,571 population for 1896, which is reached by adding to the population of the United States in 1850, 62,801,571, an estimated annual increase of 1,250,000 for each successive year.

TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYÉS,

BY CLASS AND PER 100 MILES OF LINE, FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1896 TO 1893.

AVERAGE DAILY PAY OF EMPLOYÉS IN DOLLARS, YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1896 TO 1892.

NOTE." Other Forms of Indebtedness" omitted in report for 1896 and is not included in "Total

OWNERSHIP OF RAILWAY STOCKS AND BONDS FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30.

STOCKS AND Funded DebT, CLASSIFIED BY RTE OF DIVIDEND OR INTEREST IN 1896.

SERVICE.

PASSENGER AND FREIGHT SERVICE FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30.

§ Covers twelve roads making no classification of earnings under the several heads. I Covers seven roads making no classification of earnings under the several heads.