. The railway library . .,-^ 1890. 21,173 93 2 1 Tex., and N. M IX. La., Tex. (except Pan- 1914. 17,169 40 4,489 21,598 handle) and parts of] 7,988 936 8,924 X. Wash., Ore., Cal, Ida., [1914. 24,535 935 9 9 7,112 32,600 Nev., Utah, Ariz.,j 1890 10,135 45 1,387 11,567 and parts N. M 1 United States J 1914. 245,894 2,721 1,922 97,852 376,033 \1890. 156,404 8,437 760 561 33,711 It will be perceived that the group which includes Texas—thatimperium in imperio in the matter of railway regulation—worriesalong without a single mile of third or fourth track. Conditi
. The railway library . .,-^ 1890. 21,173 93 2 1 Tex., and N. M IX. La., Tex. (except Pan- 1914. 17,169 40 4,489 21,598 handle) and parts of] 7,988 936 8,924 X. Wash., Ore., Cal, Ida., [1914. 24,535 935 9 9 7,112 32,600 Nev., Utah, Ariz.,j 1890 10,135 45 1,387 11,567 and parts N. M 1 United States J 1914. 245,894 2,721 1,922 97,852 376,033 \1890. 156,404 8,437 760 561 33,711 It will be perceived that the group which includes Texas—thatimperium in imperio in the matter of railway regulation—worriesalong without a single mile of third or fourth track. Conditions in the United States and-Europe. Railway conditions relative to area and population in the UnitedStates and Europe may be studied in the acompanying map of theCommissions groupings compared with the European states whoseareas they most closely aproximate. The map should be studiedin connection with the following summary giving the population andrailway mileage of the respective divisions: 352 The Railway Library. Statistics of American Railways 353 Summary Showing Population and Railway Mileage of theAmerican Groups and European Countries Shown on theAccompanying Map. Division I II Ill IV V VI VII VIII IX and X. Total. United States Europe Population Miles of Miles of 1914 Railway 1914 Population Railway 6,962,079 7,822 22, 22,512,283 22,604 46,035,570 10,782,395 25,989 ,997 7,765,764 15,364 15,768,797 13,022,655 31,080 ,974 10,770 14,899,907 55,826 106,697,937 53,054 2,539,579 12,730 65,148,182 8,532,363 32,775 33,735,416 11,892,056 41,704 122,550,700 *98,781,324 245,894 455, *U. S. Census Estimate, July 1. 1914. ,081. Here, it will be perceived, the disparity in ratio of mileage topopulation is over 5 to 1 in favor of the American citizen, the ratiothere being one mile of railway to every 2,142 European, while hereit is one mile to every 404 Americans. Railway Mileage in Foreign Cou
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