Compiled from the Sixth Annual Report of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
| Mileage in the United States June 30, 1891 | 168,402.74 |
| Number of men employed | 784,285 |
| Number of employes per 100 miles | 486 |
| Number of locomotives per 100 miles | 19 |
| Number of passenger cars per 100 miles | 17 |
| Number of cars per 100 miles | 721 |
| Capital | $9,829,475,015 |
| Capital per mile | 60,942 |
| Gross earnings | 1,096,761,395 |
| Gross earnings per mile | 6,801 |
| Operating expenses | 731,887,893 |
| Operating expenses per mile | 4,538 |
| Net income from operation | 364,873,502 |
| Net income per mile | 2,263 |
| Of gross income 67.17 per cent. was earned on freight. | |
| Of gross income 25.64 per cent. was earned on passengers. | |
| Received for carrying mails | $ 24,870,015 |
| Received rentals from express companies | 21,594,349 |
| Received from investments | 133,911,126 |
| No. of passengers carried | 531,183,988 |
| No. of tons freight carried | 675,608,323 |
| Average journey per passenger | 24.18 miles |
| Average haul per ton of freight | 120 miles |
| Average number passengers per train | 42 |
| Average number tons freight per train | 181.67 |
| Average revenue per passenger per mile | 2.142 cents |
| Average revenue per ton per mile of freight | .895 cents |
| Average revenue per train mile, passenger | $1.06 |
| Average revenue per train mile, freight | 1.64 |
TABLE No. 2.
Statistics of the Railways of the United Kingdom for The Year Ending Dec. 31, 1891.
From the English Reform Almanac for 1893 and from the Report of Commissioners R. Giffen and Courtenay Boyle to the Board of Trade.
| Mileage | 20,191 miles |
| Double, triple or quadruple | 10,853 miles |
| Capital per mile | £45,536 |
| Gross income per mile | 3,873 |
| Net income per mile | 1,818 |
| Income from passenger traffic | 35,130,916 |
| Income from goods traffic | 43,230,717 |
| Income from miscellaneous | 3,498,974 |
| Income, total | £81,860,607 |
| Operating expenses, 55 per cent. | £45,144,778 |
| Rates and taxes | 2,246,430 |
| Government duty | 321,260 |
| Paid for persons injured | 165,219 |
| Paid for damage and loss of goods | 257,804 |
| Number of first-class passengers | 30,423,776 |
| Number of second-class passengers | 63,378,397 |
| Number of third-class passengers | 751,661,495 |
| Number of third-class passengers over 88 per cent. of all. | |
| Number of employes | 346,426 |
| Number of employes per 100 miles | 1,750 |
| Number of locomotives per 100 miles | 80 |
| Number of passenger cars per 100 miles | 249 |
| Number of freight and other cars | 2,595 |
| Revenue per train mile | 58.37d |
| Expense per train mile | 30.54d |
| Per cent. of earning on capital | 4.21 |
TABLE No. 3.