XIV STATISTICS OF The mileage and traffic statistics of the principal countries of the world are set forth in the following statement. So far as possible the information has been obtained from official sources or authoritative publications, and where estimates have been resorted to they have been computed from ascertained facts. The average journey and haul given for British traffic is that furnished by the London Statist. From the data here furnished it is possible to make a close approximation of the average passenger and freight receipts per ton mile in the countries named. FOREIGN RAILWAYS The average passenger journey and freight haul in the United States are more than twice as long as the average for the rest of the world. In this table taxes have been added to the operating expenses of the railways of the United States. For further details of the railways of Canada, the United Kingdom and the German Empire, for which more complete statistics are available, the reader is referred to succeeding pages. Here the writer acknowledges the courtesy of the Railway Department of Canada for an early copy of its valuable statistics of the railways of the Dominion for 1910. RAILWAYS OF CANADA. STATISTICS OF THE RAILWAYS OF THE DOMINION FOR THE YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1908, 1909 AND 1910. *The net capital liability of the Canadian railways, exclusive of Government owned roads, in 1910 was $1,183,998,699 or $52,361, which is far below their "capital cost." RAILWAYS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. STATISTICS OF MILEAGE, CAPITALIZATION, AND TRAFFIC FOR THE YEARS 1907, *No enumeration of employes has been made since 1907; the last preceding, in 1904, gave a total of 581,664. GROWTH OF RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD. In the following table is given the mileage of the principal coun- United States.. 1827 2,818 9,021 Canada.. 1836 16 66 France.. 1828 1,714 Germany. 1835 341 3,637 6,979 Belgium.. 1835 207 554 1,074 Austria (proper) Great Britain... 1825 1,857 6,621 10,433 15,537 17,933 19,943 21,666 23,280 |