. The railway library . dStates with 800,000 square miles less territory and not one-quarterthe population has 36,000 more miles of railway than all Europe, 358 The Railway Library. while Canada, having a territory in which the United Kingdomcould be lost thirty times, and only one-sixth the population, hasactually more railway mileage than the parent kingdom. In the United States each inhabitant commands the service of4-1/2 times as many miles of railway as is available to each in-habitant of the British Isles, and he is backed in his commandsand demands by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
. The railway library . dStates with 800,000 square miles less territory and not one-quarterthe population has 36,000 more miles of railway than all Europe, 358 The Railway Library. while Canada, having a territory in which the United Kingdomcould be lost thirty times, and only one-sixth the population, hasactually more railway mileage than the parent kingdom. In the United States each inhabitant commands the service of4-1/2 times as many miles of railway as is available to each in-habitant of the British Isles, and he is backed in his commandsand demands by the Interstate Commerce Commission. The accompanying map giving the European states apportionedinto the Interstate Commerce Commissions ten United States divi-sions, whose areas they approximate, will enable the student to com-prehend at a glance the disparity in the mere physical conditionsbetween Europe and America. The population and railway mile-age of these divisions, according to the latest reports, were asfollows: Statistics -of American 359 360 The Railway Library. United States Europe Division 1910 Population Miles ofRailway Population Miles ofRailway I 6,552,681 8,121 21,756,000 13,766 II 21,145,629 23,815 45,450,971 23,286 Ill 9,985,342 26,172 34,565,198 10,439 IV 7,004,418 13,966 15,768,797 3,456 V 11,771,641 27,976 7,868,000 10,438 VI 14,445,528 51,830 105,269,000 52,863 VII 2,225,009 13,935 64,387,98-4 41,277 VIII 7,947,263 33,987 30,402,000 17,458 IX and X 10,892,056 41,028 119,193,000 35,156 Total 91,972,137 240,831 444,660,940 Group VI, which practically equals Germany, Austria and Polandin area and railway mileage, is here seen to have less than one-seventh of the population of those European countries. This meansthat the citizens of the States in Group VI have more than seventimes the railway mileage at their service per capita than the citi-zens of Germany, Austria and Poland. The totals for the United States and Europe show that theratio of railway mileage to population fa
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