. The Street railway journal . ears. TABLE NO. 12 Gross Receipts Per Mile Operated Per Year—Surface Lines So. Mile Year Cents 1892 1893 1894 1895 No. Div. Rcpts. Per W. Div. TotalRcpts. Mile Per Mile Cents system is compelled to run more mileage to secure its businessthan either of the other divisions. This is due to the elon-gated shape of the territory, with consequent long ro
. The Street railway journal . ears. TABLE NO. 12 Gross Receipts Per Mile Operated Per Year—Surface Lines So. Mile Year Cents 1892 1893 1894 1895 No. Div. Rcpts. Per W. Div. TotalRcpts. Mile Per Mile Cents system is compelled to run more mileage to secure its businessthan either of the other divisions. This is due to the elon-gated shape of the territory, with consequent long routes andthe settlement of the population at points farther removedfrom the business center than in the other divisions. It willbe noted that more mileage has been run in the North andWest Divisions since the acquisition of those systems by theUnion Traction Company, which means that a more liberalservice has been given. The constantly decreasing receipts per , -too 000,000. FIG. A, OF TABLE NO. 14. REVENUE PASSENGERSCARRIED PER YEAR, 1892-1901—SURFACE AND ELEVATED LINES mile run, as shown in Table 12, demonstrate that a more lib-eral policy in the furnishing of accommodations has beenadopted each year, and the increase in receipts per mile run inthe North and West Divisions over the South Division ismainly attributable to the fact of there being a more densepopulation adjacent to the business center requiring shorterhauls. Table 13 gives the revenue passengers carried per year bythe elevated lines. These last three tables demonstrate that the South Division J ABLE NO. lo Revenue Passengers Carried Per Year 1892 to 1901—Elevated Lines Year So. Div. No. Div. W. Div. Total 1892 In Construction In Construction 1893 30, 30, 1894 13,587,855 In Construction 6,000,000 1895 14,217,845 9,936,450 24,154,295 1896 26,363,907 1897 13,331,625 28,236,528 41,568,153 1898 18,898,6
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