APPENDIX J.
The following table exhibits the number of miles of railroad in operation, and the number of miles constructed each year, in the United States, from 1830 to 1883 inclusive. It will be observed that nearly three-fourths of the total mileage have been constructed since 1869.
Year. Miles in Operation the the End of each Year. | Miles Constructed each Year. 1830 23 | 1831 95 72 1832 229 134 1833 380 151 1834 633 253 1835 1,098 465 1836 1,273 175 1837 1,497 224 1838 1,913 416 1839 2,302 389 1840 2,818 516 1841 3,535 717 1842 4,026 491 1843 4,185 159 1844 4,377 192 1845 4,633 256 1846 4,930 297 1847 5,598 668 1848 5,996 398 1849 7,365 1,369 1850 9,021 1,656 1851 10,982 1,961 1852 12,908 1,926 1853 15,360 2,452 1854 16,720 1,360 1855 18,374 1,654 1856 22,016 3,642 1857 24,503 2,487 1858 26,968 2,465 1859 28,789 1,821 1860 30,635 1,846 1861 31,286 651 1862 32,120 834 1863 33,170 1,050 1864 33,908 738 1865 35,085 1,177 1866 36,801 1,716 1867 39,250 2,449 1868 42,229 2,979 1869 46,844 4,615 1870 52,885 6,079 1871 60,293 7,379 1872 66,171 5,878 1873 70,278 4,107 1874 72,383 2,105 1875 74,096 1,713 1876 76,808 2,712 1877 79,089 2,281 1878 81,776 2,687 1879 86,497 4,721 1880 93,545 7,174 1881 103,334 11,142 1882 114,930 11,591 1883 119,937 6,608
APPENDIX K.
The following table gives the number of miles of railroad in operation in each State and Territory in the United States during the years 1865, 1870, 1875, 1877, 1879, 1880, 1881, and 1882 respectively.
STATES AND TERRITORIES. 1865. 1870. 1875. 1877. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1882.
Maine . . . . . . . . . 521 786 980 989 1,009 1,004 1,027 1,056
New Hampshire . . . . . 667 736 934 964 1,019 1,014 1,021 1,038
Vermont . . . . . . . 587 614 810 872 873 916 918 920
Masschusetts . . . .. 1,297 1,480 1,817 1,863 1,870 1,915 1,959 1,967
Rhode Island . . . . 125 136 179 204 210 211 212 212
Connecticut . . . . . . 637 742 918 922 922 922 959 962
New England . . . . . 3,834 4,494 5,638 5,814 5,903 5,982 6,096 6,155
New York . . . . . . . 3,002 3,928 5,423 5,725 6,008 6,062 6,332 7,037
New Jersey . . . . . . 864 1,125 1,511 1,661 1,663 1,602 1,781 1,870
Pennsylvania . . . . . 3,728 4,656 5,705 5,902 6,068 6,166 6,331 6,857
Delaware . . . . . . . 134 197 272 272 293 275 275 282
Maryland and Dist. of
Columbia . . . . . . 446 671 929 944 966 1,005 1,030 1,063
West Virginia . . . . . 365 387 615 638 694 691 706 813
Middle States . . . . 8,539 10,964 14,455 15,142 15,679 15,891 16,455 17,922
Virginia . . . . . . . 1,407 1,449 1,608 1,635 1,672 1,897 2,224 2,446
Kentucky . . . . . . . 567 1,017 1,326 1,509 1,595 1,592 1,734 1,807
North Carolina . . . . 984 1,178 1,356 1,426 1,446 1,463 1,622 1,759
Tennessee . . . . . . . 1,296 1,492 1,630 1,656 1,701 1,845 1,902 2,067
South Carolina . . . . 1,007 1,139 1.335 1,406 1,424 1,427 1,479 1,517
Georgia . . . . . . . . 1,420 1,845 2,264 2,339 2,460 2,438 2,540 2,874
Florida . . . . . . . . 416 446 484 485 519 557 702 973
Alabama . . . . . . . . 805 1,157 1,800 1,802 1,832 1,845 1,859 1,909
Mississippi . . . . . . 898 990 1,018 1,088 1,140 1,133 1,188 1,309
Louisiana . . . . . . . 335 450 466 466 544 675 937 1,032
Southern States . . . 9,129 11,163 13,287 13,812 14,333 14,872 16,187 17,693
Ohio . . . . . . . . . 3,331 3,538 4,461 4,878 5,521 5,824 6,321 6,931
Michigan . . . . . . . 941 1,638 3,446 3,477 3,673 3,981 4,326 4,654
Indiana . . . . . . . . 2,217 3,177 3,963 4,057 4,336 4,020 4,406 5,018
Illinois . . . . . . . 3,157 4,823 7,109 7,334 7,578 7,900 8,309 8,752
Wisconsin . . . . . . . 1,010 1,525 2,566 2,701 2,896 3,169 3,471 3,824
Minnesota . . . . . . . 213 1,092 1,900 2,194 3,008 3,390 3,577 3,974
Dakota Territory . . . 65 275 290 400 1,320 1,733 2,133
Iowa . . . . . . . . . 891 2,683 3,850 4,134 4,779 5,401 6,165 6,968
Missouri . . . . . . . 925 2,000 2,905 3,198 3,740 3,964 4,206 4,500
Indian Territory . . . 275 275 275 279 285 350
Arkansas . . . . . . . 38 256 740 767 808 889 1,033 1,533
Texas . . . . . . . . . 465 711 1,685 2,210 2,591 3,257 4,926 6,007
Nebraska . . . . . . . 122 705 1,167 1,286 1,634 1,949 2,273 2,494
Kansas . . . . . . . . 40 1,501 2,150 2,352 3,103 3,446 3,655 3,866
Colorado . . . . . . . 157 807 1,045 1,208 1,576 2,193 2,772
New-Mexico Territory . 118 745 1,034 1,076
Wyoming Territory . . . 459 459 465 472 500 564 613
Idaho Territory . . . . 220 182 251 472
Utah Territory . . . . 257 506 506 593 747 782 967
Montana Territory . . . 10 110 267 659
Western States and
Territories . . . . . 13,350 24,587 38,254 41,160 46,963 52,649 59,777 67,563