. American engineer and railroad journal . erstate CommerceCommission, prepared by its Statistician, has just been sub-mitted. It comprises a text of about 100 pages, and con-tains many impoitant summaries and comparisons pertainingto the operations of railroads. The report covers the fiscalyear ending June 30, 1891, and its points are wellgiven in the excellent summary sent out by the Commission. MILEAGE. Railroad mileage in the United States on June 30, 1891,was Ui8,402 miles. Thi* figuie indicates the length of sin-gle mileage, the total mileage of all tracks being21(1,149 mile
. American engineer and railroad journal . erstate CommerceCommission, prepared by its Statistician, has just been sub-mitted. It comprises a text of about 100 pages, and con-tains many impoitant summaries and comparisons pertainingto the operations of railroads. The report covers the fiscalyear ending June 30, 1891, and its points are wellgiven in the excellent summary sent out by the Commission. MILEAGE. Railroad mileage in the United States on June 30, 1891,was Ui8,402 miles. Thi* figuie indicates the length of sin-gle mileage, the total mileage of all tracks being21(1,149 miles. The length of single track per 100 squaremiles of territory, exclusive of Alaska, was miles, andthe length of track per 10,000 inhabitants was of the States are exceptionally well provided withrailroad facilities, as may be seen by the table of the reportwhich shows the length of line in the several States per 100square miles of territory. Such assignment shows for Con. Vol. LXVII, No. 2.] AND RAILROAD JOURNAL. 73. HOKIZONTAL COMPOUND ENGINE WITHRECEIVER. Fig. 2.
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