. The railway library . 988 936 8,924 X. Wash., Ore., Cal., Ida., *1913. 24,049 799 9 9 6,787 31,653 Nev., Utah, Ariz., 1890. 10,135 45 1,387 11,567 and parts N. . United States 1913. 242,177 26,320 2,606 1,814 94,741 367,658 1890. 156,404 8,437 760 561 33,711 199,875 It will be observed that two groups are still without a single mileof fourth track and that there are four groups that divide thirty-three miles of third track among them. The contrast in conditionsprevailing in different parts of the Union are strongly marked in thistable and will repay study by any one wishing to obtain a j
. The railway library . 988 936 8,924 X. Wash., Ore., Cal., Ida., *1913. 24,049 799 9 9 6,787 31,653 Nev., Utah, Ariz., 1890. 10,135 45 1,387 11,567 and parts N. . United States 1913. 242,177 26,320 2,606 1,814 94,741 367,658 1890. 156,404 8,437 760 561 33,711 199,875 It will be observed that two groups are still without a single mileof fourth track and that there are four groups that divide thirty-three miles of third track among them. The contrast in conditionsprevailing in different parts of the Union are strongly marked in thistable and will repay study by any one wishing to obtain a justappreciation of what has been done in twenty-three years to meet therailway problem in the United States. United States Groups and European Countries. Some idea of the difference of conditions as to population inAmerica and Europe may be gained from the accompanying mapshowing the Commissions groupings compared with the Europeanstates whose areas they most closely approximate. The map should 348 The Railway Library. Statistics of American Railways for 1Q13 349 be studied in connection with the following summary giving the popu-lation and railway mileage of the respective divisions. Here it willbe seen that the disparity in the ratio of mileage to population is 6to 1 in favor of the American citizen. Summary Showing Population and Railway Mileage of theAmerican Group and European Countries Shown on theAccompanying Map. United Statea Europe Division Population1910 Miles of Railway 1913 Population Miles ofRailway 1 6,552,681 21,145,629 9,985,342 7,004,418 11,771,641 14,445,528 2,225,609 7,947,263 10,892,056 7,84922,39926,08714,95325,,40336,01340,860 21,756,00045,450,97134,565,19815,768,7977,868,000 105,269,00064,387,98430,402,000 119,193,000 13,766 II 23,286 HI 10,439 IV 3,456 V 10,438 VI 52,863 VII 41,277 VIII 17,45835,156 Total 91,972,137 242,177 444,060,940 208,139 Railway Mileage in Foreign Countries. Although the returns to this Bureau for several foreign countr
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