. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . es of theroads reporting- this information consumed 9,556,663 tons offuel in running 252,958,280 miles, or an average of poundsper mile. This table also shows that the cost of coal at distributing-^points ranged fiom 60 cents to | per ton, and the cost ofwood ranged from 91 cents to |4 per cord. TABLE XV. ACCIDENTS IN ILLINOIS. A summary of this table, and a comparison of the same withthe accidents as shown in last years report, is as follows: 1890. 1889. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured, 27i76365 136
. Annual report of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission of the State of Illinois . es of theroads reporting- this information consumed 9,556,663 tons offuel in running 252,958,280 miles, or an average of poundsper mile. This table also shows that the cost of coal at distributing-^points ranged fiom 60 cents to | per ton, and the cost ofwood ranged from 91 cents to |4 per cord. TABLE XV. ACCIDENTS IN ILLINOIS. A summary of this table, and a comparison of the same withthe accidents as shown in last years report, is as follows: 1890. 1889. Killed. Injured. Killed. Injured, 27i76365 136 1,059 369 25172360 116 1,188 others 402 Totals 568 1,564 557 1,706 From the above it will be seen that during the year there wasan increase of 11 in the number of persons killed, and a decreasein the number injured of 142. The following is a division of the kind of accidents during thevear: Injured. Coupling and uncoupling cars .Falling from trains and engines Overhead obstructions Collisions Derailments other train accidents At highway crossings At stations other causes Totals. 1,564 TABLE XVI. TAXES PAID IN ILLINOIS IN 1888, 1889 AND 1890. The amount of taxes paid by the railroads in Illinois during-the year is shown by this table to be |3,021,, an increaseover the amount paid last year of |195, This table alsogives a comparison of the taxes paid in Illinois in the vears and 1890. 48 The following railroads making reports for the year endingJune 30, 1890, were in the hands of receivers: Chicago and Louis and Chicago. The Indianapolis, Decatur and Western Railway was in thehands of trustees. For the above summary of statistics, together with the fullertables printed elsewhere, we take occasion here to acknowledgeour indebtedness to the untiring efficiency of our Secretary, H. Paddock, whose labors during the past year havebeen invaluable to the Commission, and daily grow more effi-cient with his increasing experience. In the prepar
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