The Railroad Commission of Indiana is to be commended for its efforts to enlist public sentiment against trespassing on railway tracks.
[XIII]
RAILWAY RECEIVERSHIPS IN 1909
Only five railway companies, operating 859 miles of line, went into the hands of receivers during the calendar year 1909, as compared with 24 companies, operating 8,009 miles, for the preceding year. The capitalization of these five roads was $78,095,000, against $596,359,000 for those financially involved in 1908. The following statement gives the names, mileage, funded debt and capital stock of the roads for which receivers were appointed in 1909:
| Mileage | Funded Debt | Stock | |
| Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic | 572 | $18,533,000 | $35,000,000 |
| Alabama Terminal | — | 2,445,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Georgia Terminal | — | 3,000,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Yellowstone Park | 32 | 696,000 | 696,000 |
| Chicago, Peoria & St. Louis | 255 | 5,875,000 | 7,350,000 |
| Total | 859 | $30,549,000 | $47,546,000 |
The number, mileage and capitalization of the railways that have failed since 1875 are as follows, the figures being from the Railroad Age Gazette:
| Receiverships Since 1876. | |||||||
| Roads | Miles | Bonds and Stock | Roads | Miles | Bonds and Stock | ||
| 1876 | 42 | 6,662 | $467,000 | 1893 | 74 | 29,340 | 1,781,046 |
| 1877 | 38 | 3,637 | 220,294 | 1894 | 38 | 7,025 | 395,791 |
| 1878 | 27 | 2,320 | 92,385 | 1895 | 31 | 4,089 | 369,075 |
| 1879 | 12 | 1,102 | 39,367 | 1896 | 34 | 5,441 | 275,597 |
| 1880 | 13 | 885 | 140,265 | 1897 | 18 | 1,537 | 92,909 |
| 1881 | 5 | 110 | 3,742 | 1898 | 18 | 2,069 | 138,701 |
| 1882 | 12 | 912 | 39,074 | 1899 | 10 | 1,019 | 52,285 |
| 1883 | 11 | 1,990 | 108,470 | 1900 | 16 | 1,165 | 78,234 |
| 1884 | 37 | 11,038 | 714,755 | 1901 | 4 | 73 | 1,627 |
| 1885 | 44 | 8,836 | 385,460 | 1902 | 5 | 278 | 5,835 |
| 1886 | 13 | 1,799 | 70,346 | 1903 | 9 | 229 | 18,823 |
| 1887 | 9 | 1,046 | 90,318 | 1904 | 8 | 744 | 36,069 |
| 1888 | 22 | 3,270 | 186,814 | 1905 | 10 | 3,593 | 176,321 |
| 1889 | 22 | 3,803 | 99,664 | 1906 | 6 | 204 | 55,042 |
| 1890 | 26 | 2,963 | 105,007 | 1907 | 7 | 317 | 13,585 |
| 1891 | 26 | 2,159 | 84,479 | 1908 | 24 | 8,009 | 596,359 |
| 1892 | 36 | 10,508 | 357,692 | 1909 | 5 | 859 | 78,095 |
| Total, 34 years | 712 | 128,498 | $7,370,526 | ||||
| [Three figures omitted in bonds and stock column.] | |||||||