Our country and its resources; . ork cars, snow plows,sweepers, etc. Two hundred and thou- sand four hundred and sixty-one em-ployees of all sorts have a pay en-velope holding $200,890,939 peryear, and it is worthy of note asshowing the tremendous demand forthis variety of transportation thatthe number of people so employedwas 100 per cent greater in 1012than in the previous census of 1002. The gross income of the 075 com-panies in 1012 was $585,030,517, ofwhich $51,650,117 was paid out individends. It is interesting to note,in view of the agitation for muni-cipal ownership and the
Our country and its resources; . ork cars, snow plows,sweepers, etc. Two hundred and thou- sand four hundred and sixty-one em-ployees of all sorts have a pay en-velope holding $200,890,939 peryear, and it is worthy of note asshowing the tremendous demand forthis variety of transportation thatthe number of people so employedwas 100 per cent greater in 1012than in the previous census of 1002. The gross income of the 075 com-panies in 1012 was $585,030,517, ofwhich $51,650,117 was paid out individends. It is interesting to note,in view of the agitation for muni-cipal ownership and the cry contin-ually going up that street railwaysmake huge sums of money by crowd-ing ears, that the average passengerrevenue is cents, of which ...40cents must go for operating ex-penses. The greatest street railway mileageis in New York State, which posses-ses 4,605 miles against in Penn-sylvania and miles in least mileage is in New Mexico,which possessed miles in 1012,followed by Nevada with Copyright Underwood & Underwood PAINTING THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE 1 ? » . im* ;>Hi - - 4 ^feB —^~~~*^**B3m/*^^lKk ; mail >FI ICK f « J if I!? Kr l_M MR } ^ —/ STEEL MAIL CAR READY TO PICK UP A SACK EN ROUTE
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