. The railway library . cks of British Railways. The slow growth of British railways since 1900 is shown in thenext summary, compiled from returns to the British Board of Trade: Miles of Track of British Railways, 1912 ro 1900. Description of Track 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1905 1900 Single track (miles) 23,447 13,237 1,544 1,208 250 149 69 130 14,875 23,425 13,207 1,520 1,200 238 142 67 120 14,660 23,389 13,189 1,517 1,192 236 143 70 115 14,460 23,280 13,121 1,500 1,175 230 138 67 111 14,350 23,209 13,048 1,435 1,141 208 122 59 94 14,353 22,870 12,819 1,324 1,067 170 97 40 44 13,891 21,85512,1
. The railway library . cks of British Railways. The slow growth of British railways since 1900 is shown in thenext summary, compiled from returns to the British Board of Trade: Miles of Track of British Railways, 1912 ro 1900. Description of Track 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 1905 1900 Single track (miles) 23,447 13,237 1,544 1,208 250 149 69 130 14,875 23,425 13,207 1,520 1,200 238 142 67 120 14,660 23,389 13,189 1,517 1,192 236 143 70 115 14,460 23,280 13,121 1,500 1,175 230 138 67 111 14,350 23,209 13,048 1,435 1,141 208 122 59 94 14,353 22,870 12,819 1,324 1,067 170 97 40 44 13,891 21,85512,162 Third track 898 729 Fifth track 73 36 10 Eighth to 22d tracks 2 13,069* Total trackage 54,909 54,576 54,311 53,972 53,669 52,322 48,834 ♦Sidings for 1900 computed from returns for 1903. Here it appears that between 1900 and 1912 only 1,592 miles ofline were added to the railway mileage of the British Isles. In themeantime the paid-up capital increased $774,000,000, or over000 per added mile. 354 The Railway Library. Stephensons Rocket, a contemporaneous cut EQUIPMENT Other things — main track,auxiliary track and terminalfacilities — being sufficient, theability of a railway system tomeet the obligations of its publicservice depends on the capacityof its rolling stock. Between in-dividual companies the surplusequipment of one road can makegood the shortage of others, but,as a system, the railways of the United States have no accom-modating neighbor to borrow from, unless it be Canada. Seven years ago the traffic demands of the republic had overtakenand overwhelmed the equipment of American railways, as was evi-denced by a reported shortage of 150,000 freight cars in February,1907. This condition continued in a modified degree throughoutthe year until December, when business reaction came to the reliefof the overtaxed roads. What provision has been made to prevent arecurrence of such a condition may be studied in the following tablecompiled by the Railway Age-G
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